Criminal Justice: Police, Courts and Corrections
Bachelor of Science Degree
The Bachelor of Science program in Criminal Justice: Police, Courts, and Corrections prepares students for careers in law enforcement and corrections on the local, state, and federal levels. Career opportunities for graduates also exist with the courts, as well as with private police and military police forces.
The program blends coursework in patrol operations, homeland security and counterterrorism, courts and the judiciary, probation and parole, privacy law, civil rights and liberties, law enforcement administration, leadership and ethics, intelligence operations, and intelligence analysis to provide students with the ability to develop tactical and strategic plans to reduce crime and protect society.
The goal of this program is to produce graduates with a critical understanding of criminal justice agency operations, theories, and practices, crime and its causes, how intelligence operations and analysis can improve the ability of the police to counter terrorism and crime and who are prepared to use modern criminal justice agency operations and specialized approaches in the design of crime reduction programs.
Typical Employment Opportunities:
- Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
- Transit and Railroad Police
- Corrections and Probation
- Policymaking
Special Opportunities:
- Internships
- One-on-one Student-Faculty Research
- Clubs (Criminal Justice Club and Pre-Law Club)
- Honor Societies (Alpha Phi Sigma and Sword & Shield)
Criminal Justice: Police, Courts, and Corrections (BS) Program Objectives:
- Graduates will be able to utilize intelligence operations and analysis in the design of police strategic and tactical planning efforts.
- Graduates will be able to undertake and complete the design and implementation of criminal justice agency programs aimed at reducing crime.
- Graduates will be able to develop an assessment program which measures and evaluates criminal justice agency performance.
- Graduates will be able to formulate and interpret policies the impact the criminal justice system in its efforts toward public safety.
Admission to Farmingdale State College - State University of New York is based on the qualifications of the applicant without regard to age, sex, marital or military status, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Contact Information
Center for Criminal Justice Studies
934-420-2692
criminaljustice@farmingdale.edu
Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Fall 2026
Subject to revision
| College Requirement | (1 credit) |
|---|---|
| FYE 101 First Year Experience* | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | (37 credits) |
|---|---|
| EGL 101 Composition I: College Writing (GE) | 3 |
| EGL 102 Composition II: Writing About Literature | 3 |
| Oral Communications (GE) | 3 |
| MTH 110 Statistics (GE) | 3 |
| Humanities (GE) | 3 |
| The Arts (GE) | 3 |
| World Languages (GE) | 3 |
| US History and Civic Engagement/World History and Global Awareness(GE) | 3 |
| Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning with a lab (GE) | 4 |
| PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology (GE) | 3 |
| SOC 122 Introduction to Sociology (GE) | 3 |
| SOC 229 Race and Ethnic Relations (GE) OR SOC 231 Multiculturalism (GE) | 3 |
| Required: Lower Division | (36 credits) |
|---|---|
| CRJ 100 Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CRJ 101 Law Enforcement and Community Relations | 3 |
| CRJ 102 Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| CRJ 105 Corrections in America | 3 |
| GIS 101 Digital Earth | 3 |
| CRJ 200 Criminal Investigation | 3 |
| CRJ 203 Criminology | 3 |
| CRJ 205 Criminal Procedure Law | 3 |
| CRJ 211 Law Enforcement Administration | 3 |
| CRJ 245 Logic & Reasoning in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| Free Electives | 6 |
| Required: Upper Division | (48 credits) |
|---|---|
| CRJ 301 Criminalistics | 3 |
| CRJ 350 Courts and the Judiciary | 3 |
| CRJ 360 Probation and Parole | 3 |
| CRJ 374 Intelligence Operations | 3 |
| CRJ 380 Homeland Security and Counterterrorism | 3 |
| CRJ 385 Criminal Justice Research Methods | 3 |
| CRJ 410W Senior Paper OR CRJ 460W Senior Project | 3 |
| CRJ 425 Policy and Program Evaluation | 3 |
| CRJ 450 Privacy and Equality | 3 |
| CRJ 454 Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| HIS 341 Terrorism & Modern World | 3 |
| PSY 315 Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| Upper Division Technical Elective** | 12 |
| Total Credits | 121-122 |
Curriculum Summary
*FYE 101 First Year Experience is required for all first time full time students
Degree Type: BS
Total Required Credits: 121-122
Please refer to the General Education, Applied Learning, and Writing Intensive requirement sections of the College Catalog and consult with your advisor to ensure that graduation requirements are satisfied.
As a part of the SUNY General Education Framework, all first-time full time Freshman at Farmingdale State College (FSC) beginning Fall 2023, are required to develop knowledge and skills in Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ). Students will be able to fulfill this requirement at FSC by taking a specially designated DEISJ course that has been developed by faculty and approved by the DEISJ Review Board. DEISJ-approved courses may meet other General Education Knowledge and Skills areas and/or core competencies and thus be dually designated. DEISJ-approved courses may also earn other special designations such as those for Applied Learning or Writing Intensive.
**Technical electives may be selected from the following list:
CRJ 300/PSY 300 Forensic Psychology
CRJ 307 Database Operations
CRJ 309 Crime, Justice and the Media
CRJ 316 Victimology
CRJ 325 Fraud Examination
CRJ 354 Police Leadership
CRJ 355 Mental Health and Criminal Justice
CRJ 365 Alternative Court Programs in Society
CRJ 370 Patrol Operations
CRJ 380 - Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
CRJ 390 Organized Crime
CRJ 393 Environmental Crime
CRJ 395 Gangs in the U.S.
CRJ 400 Forensic Technology
CRJ 405 Corrections and Reentry
CRJ 406 Crime Analysis & Mapping
CRJ 407 Crime Prevention Systems
CRJ 430 Forensic DNA Analysis
CRJ 441 Environmental Law
CRJ 442 Wildlife Crime Investigation
CRJ 444 Intelligence Analysis
CRJ 454 Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice
CRJ 458 Criminal Justice Internship
CRJ 490 Topics in Criminal Justice
Any 300 or 400 level GEO/GIS course
PSY 304 Multicultural Psychology
PSY 311 Organizational Behavior
PSY 331 Industrial/Organizational Psychology
POL 310 Introduction to Political Theory
SOC 325 Social Inequality
SOC 329 Social Movements
SOC 342 Deviance: Crime, Sex and Drugs
STS 300 Special Topics: Science, Technology and Society