What are some classes involved in a Criminal Justice Major?
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I don't know what you plan on doing if you want to be a criminal justice major - but I'd like to give you some advice from personal experience.\n\nIf you plan on being a police officer, or federal law enforcement (FBI, Secret Service, DEA, CBP, etc), and you need a college degree - pick your SECOND favorite major besides criminal justice.  The service you pick will train you on the law enforcement stuff.  All they care about is that you have a college degree.  You can intern with a police department or something during college to display your interest.\n\nIt makes you much more well-rounded and more valuable to them if you have a degree in accounting, business, or some sort of science (particularly chemistry or biology).  I even know a guy who majored in nuclear engineering who is a police officer (and has invaluable knowledge about hazardous materials and the potential threats of nuclear terrorism).\n\nHaving another degree also makes it easier in the future if you should decide to use your law enforcement experience and enter private business.  I've been stuck in law enforcement for a little while after trying to make a career change because ALL of my education, experience, etc is in law enforcement.\n\nI've advised many college students along this same path but no one really wants to do it.  They will have to learn it from experience.\n\nI attended the school with the courses that the previous poster listed.  It is actually the University of Maryland, and I've taken many of those courses.  Please feel free to email me if you have ANY qustions about being a criminal justice major or police work.
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you have to take either the paralegal courses or criminal justice classes.
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you should check with your local college or university and find out more about "Criminal Justice"
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criminal justice, law, pyschology, sociology just to name a few
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hi! me again, different universities and tech schools require different classes in their particular curriculum. most will require understanding the processes of the police, the courts and corrections. in addition, you will probably take forensic courses, evidence courses, investigation courses and basic law courses. then if you continue for a masters, you will be taking more advanced research classes ans so on...any help, let me know, i put my email address on the other one, but here it is again. kuhner_us@yahoo.com
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a major in forensic sciences and u need to be pre-med if im not mistaken, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry (the class that makes or breaks ppl), biology, umm and a whole assortment of sciences
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Not necessarily.  Criminology would be defined as crime science or the study of crimes and criminals.  Criminal Justice is the application of criminal laws to the prosecution of crimes and the perpetrators thereof, in other words police work.  Somewhere between those two would be criminal forensics or forensic science.\nYou need to decide whether you want to be a police officer, a scientist or a pshychologist.
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majors:\nInternational Studies\nInternational Business\nAsian Studies\nJapanese Studies\nHistory (with an Asian emphasis)\n\ncareers:\nThe corporate sector, embassy/consolate work, non-profits, academia.
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You're college will make sure you choose the right classes.  Of course, you will have to take the core classes:  english, algebra, chemistry, etc.  You also have to take the nursing related classes:  pharmacology, biology, psychology, anatomy, nutrition, etc.
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All you need is a B.A. degree in Criminal Justice.
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At my college, here in Marshfield, WI, they have two criminal justice programs. One is for law enforcement and the other is for the department of corrections. You should see if there is a program at a local college in your area that will work with the Hillsbourough Sheriff's Department.
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It depends what area of Forensic Science you wish to specialize in.  If you were to become an expert in ballistics, for example, then a degree in Physics should be your choice.  For things like toxicology or pathology, then a degree in chemistry/medicine would be in order.
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Instead of worrying about what courses or majors to take, go backwards, look for actual jobs you'd want to do, then find their job ads and see what the typical experience and education requirements are and THEN find the courses you need to take.  Criminology encompasses a huge range, so try narrowing your interest and go from there.  In the end the diploma specifics doesn't mean a whole lot, you'll find that out in the real world.
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If you're smart enough to think about college, you should be resourceful enough to know how to find out what colleges offer criminal justice courses and majors.\n\nMost famous one is John Jay in New York - look around to get more.
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Any college that offers a Criminal Justice program. Accident reconstruction is part of a police officers job. Once you have your degree and get hired by a department they will teach you all you need to know.\nGood Luck
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I have a criminal justice degree... there are many jobs in social work... i am a case manager and work with inner city kids, you could also be a probation officer, legal secretary, police officer (but you would have to go the academy), security guard, in some states you could teach \n\ngood luck
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Stick with you major. Law enforcement agencies don't really care what your major is most of the time. If you ever look at a job announcement for a law enforcement job, no matter if its local, county, state, or federal, they will say that they want someone with a degree, thats all. They never say a major. All they care about is what  being able to get a degree says about you. It says that you are responsible and have a work ethic. If you are chosen they will teach you what you need to know for the job, so your major is not important. Also, having a biology major with open doors in a law enforcement agency because you could work doing forensics and stuff like that, where as someone with a criminal justice or criminology degree wouldnt be able to do. I majored in Criminal Justice and I like it, but now that I know about what agencies require I would have majored in something else knowing I would have the same chance to get a job in law enforcement.