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Criminal Justice (BA)

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Program Information

Program Description

The mission of Dallas Baptist University is to provide Christ-centered quality higher education in the arts, sciences, and professional studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to traditional age and adult students in order to produce servant leaders who have the ability to integrate faith and learning through their respective callings.

Criminal Justice is the study of crime and of the agencies concerned with its prevention and control. We, as a Christ-centered educational institution, are dedicated to integrating faith and learning with professional knowledge and skills. Students will be trained to enforce the law not only on a fair and just basis but also under the guidance of Biblical standards and in the scope of God's love.

Additional Program Information

Goals of the Criminal Justice Major

  • Provide students with knowledge of the general scope of crime in America and of the criminal justice system.

  • Prepare students for their careers in areas of law enforcement, the judicial system, corrections, homeland and organizational security, social services, and juvenile justice or preparation for competition at the graduate level or law school.

  • Instruct students in the societal standards of ethics along with divine truth and Christian doctrines and how these principles apply to the enforcement of the law in practice.

  • Have in-service Christian instructors to provide a variety of disciplines, cases, and experiences as a reference, so that students may successfully cultivate Christ-centered servant leadership in their careers of protection and service.

  • Recruit Christian students with a vision and burden to enter this field. Also, recruit qualified in-service officers for our program to be trained as criminal justice agents who are Christ-centered with a servant attitude.

Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
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Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:
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(Requisite: scores or completion of MATH 1300)

Choose one 3-4-hour course from the list below.

Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:
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Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
Complete at least 1 courses in the following Course Sets:

Choose two 3-hour 2000-level courses in the same language from the list below. The second digit of the course numbers must be a three.

Complete at least 2 courses in the following Course Sets:
Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:

For those students who have not attended college and taken criminal justice core courses, or who have not attended a certified Texas Law Enforcement Academy; requirements include:

Complete ALL of the following Courses:
AND
Complete at least 2 courses in the following Course Sets:
Completion requirement
Select 15 Upper-Level Elective Hours
Select 24-26 Lower or Upper-Level Elective Hours
Completion requirement
Completion requirement

The following list of courses found in the above degree plan contain a field-based service-learning component.

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A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University

DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

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Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

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