Bachelor of Arts - Criminology and Justice Studies (online)
- 4 years
- Duration
- 36,000 USD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Online
- Format
- Kansas City / USA
- Location
- Avila University
- School
Program description
Avila University offers a Bachelor of Arts degree program in criminology and justice studies online, where you can enhance your skills in analyzing criminal behavior and its root causes. With this bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies, you'll learn to think critically about criminal conduct from a sociological perspective while enhancing your research and communication skills.
Examine the impact of gender, class, and race on interactions with the criminal justice system and investigate how legal systems develop, function, and change within society. Gaining this criminology degree online will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for a wide range of careers in fields such as rehabilitation and crime prevention.
Program structure
In order to earn your online criminology and justice studies degree, you will complete 120 credit hours, including 35 credit hours of general education requirements, 45 credit hours of major requirements, and 40 credit hours of electives.
General Education Requirements (35 credit hours)
- CO 110: Fundamentals of Communication
- EN 111: Composition I
- AR 183: Survey Art II: From the Renaissance to Modernism
- BI 111: General Biology - Cell & Genes w/Lab
- EN 278: Global Lit
- HI 204: American Experience II
- MA 117: Mathematical Modeling and Reasoning
- PL 255: Ethics
- PY 101: General Psychology
- RS 117: World Religions
- IS 311 (IS/GS): Peace Studies
Major Requirements (45 credit hours)
- Independent Research (CR 499) is a 16-week course and is offered during the first session of each term.
- SW 230: Social Statistics
- CR 262: Criminal Justice
- CR 264: Intro to Criminology
- CR 360: Criminological Theory
- CR 397: Research Methods
- SO 101: Intro to Sociology
- SO 260: Sociology of Deviance
- CR 364: The Police
- CR 368: Courts and Law
- CR 366: Law and Society
- SO 351: Human Institutions
- CR 450: Social Diversity and Criminal Justice
- CR 499: Independent Research
- CR 352: White-Collar Crime
- SO 340: Social Stratification
Electives (40 credit hours)
- Any UG courses can be taken that are not already included in this specific degree plan.
Price
- Tuition fees — 300 USD per credit hour (36,000 USD per course)
Requirements for applicants
In order to be eligible to receive a bachelor’s degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- High school diploma
- Minimum 2.0 GPA on college coursework or 2.0 GPA on high school conferred transcript
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
About the university
Upon their arrival in the United States from France in the middle of the 1800s, the Sisters of St. Joseph committed themselves to the "practice of all the spiritual and corporal works of mercy and which will most benefit the dear neighbor." Avila University was founded on these tenets, and it has carried on the heritage via its values and mission.
As a result of our Catholic heritage, Avila University offers an educational experience that fosters the growth of the whole person by teaching students how to love in a way that aims to bring them closer to God and to their beloved neighbor.
The goal of Avila students is to change the world and their communities through creativity, passion, and drive. There are a lot of international students from around the globe on campus. Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, France, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam are among the nations.
