Do you want to help and protect people? Would you like to use some of the same investigative equipment that you see in those CSI TV shows? Then our criminal justice major is just what you’re looking for.
In our program, you’ll use forensic techniques to investigate “crime scenes” in our Crime Scene Investigation House. You’ll examine evidence in our crime lab. And, you’ll work with high-tech equipment that some professional law officers don’t have.
You'll get real-world experience in our program and on an internship. Work alongside a police officer. Spend time at the local federal prison. You could even get an internship with the FBI, just like student Nathan Rhoades did one summer.
With your criminal justice degree, you’ll be prepared for many kinds of careers:
- Work as a crime scene investigator.
- Be a police, probation or correctional officer.
- Join federal or state law enforcement.
- Be a child welfare case worker.
- Go on to law school, as some of our graduates have.
Learn more about our CSI House. Read what students have to say about the new facility.
Watch a night-time exercise in the CSI House and Professor Gaskew explain more about the criminal justice program.
Students in our Criminal Justice Club are working with federal inmates to prepare them for their release. Read more
Dr. Tony Gaskew, assistant professor, has written a book about how law officers can understand the Muslim community better in a post-9/11 world and is taking part in a two-year FBI research project to create a database to help law enforcement handle hostage situations.
What you can do with a degree in Criminal Justice.