Criminal Justice, Investigative Services Concentration, B.S.

B.S., Criminal Justice

Concentration in Investigative Services (48 credits)

Students earning the B.S. degree in criminal justice with a concentration in investigative services must complete the University Core Curriculum, the common courses for criminal justice majors listed above, and the following:

• CJST 2201 - Principles of Criminal Investigation
• CJST 2218 - Criminal Procedure II and Evidence
• CJST 4420 - Advanced Investigative Techniques
• FORS 2215 - Introduction to Forensic Science
• FORS 4415 - Crime Scene Investigation
• Plus eleven free electives

Direct Entry B.S. Criminal Justice - Investigative Services/M.S. Forensic Technology

This degree program creates a pathway between an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice with a graduate degree in Forensic Technology. Students will have the opportunity to attain a Master's Degree within 5 years of starting their undergraduate degree. Students who are accepted into this program will master various forms of forensic field technology to allow them to apply on-the-spot forensic capabilities in the field. Students will build upon their solid undergraduate interdisciplinary program where they will gain an acute understanding of crime-solving and public safety issues to navigate the intricate fields of criminal justice with a combination of traditional crime scene techniques and cutting-edge technology to bring the student into the future of crime scene and death investigations.  

This combined degree program is available to qualified criminal justice/investigative services upper-level students. Three graduate-level courses (FORS 6613, FORS 6616, and FORS 6661) that are taken during the senior year replace three undergraduate courses in the BS program in Criminal Justice/Investigative Services and count toward the MS program in Forensic Technology. During the fifth year, students complete the MS degree by taking ten more FORS graduate-level courses.

To qualify, students must apply for admission no later than two semesters prior to the anticipated fulfillment of the BS degree requirements, have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 at the time of application to the 4+1 program (upon completion of 90 credits toward the BS degree), and submit one letter of recommendation by a criminal justice faculty member. A minimum grade of B is required in each of the three overlapping graduate courses for the student to apply to both programs.