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Jun 04, 2025
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Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026
Criminal Justice, BA
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The criminal justice program prepares students interested in careers in the criminal justice system as well as those planning to pursue graduate degrees in various fields. The program provides students with an academically sound understanding of theory, research, and practice as they relate to crime, justice, and our criminal justice system. The criminal justice major earns a B.A. degree.
Honors
Students may be invited by the full-time criminal justice faculty to undertake a senior honors thesis. Upon successful completion of the thesis, along with CRJ 498 and CRJ 499 , a student will graduate “with honors in criminal justice.” Normally in order to be considered, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above and a minimum major GPA of 3.5 or above. The faculty may invite a student to undertake honors who has not met the GPA requirement and likewise may not invite every student who has done so. CRJ 498 and CRJ 499 may count toward the major elective requirements.
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Technical Requirements (6 Hours)
Major Requirements (45 Hours)
Choose 24 Credit Hours from the Following Major Elective Courses
General Elective Credits
General Electives (28 hours) as needed to reach 120 hours overall. Total Credit Hours - Minimum 120 hours
On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific General Education requirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly. All bachelor’s degree programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 120 credit hours. If, in combination, General Education, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 120 hours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 120 hours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major. |
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