Bachelor’s Degree in Public Safety and Security Courses
Public Safety and Security is no longer available to incoming students.
Public Safety curriculum
In addition to major core requirements, all students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs must complete a minimum of 40 credits in general education courses.
General education requirements - 40 credits
General education core requirements - 28 credits
| ENG 101 | English Composition | 3 |
| BUS 212 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| COM 1XX | Communications Elective OR | |
| COM 101 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| MATH 135 | Viewing Life Mathematics | 3 |
| SCI 1XX | Science w/lab (SCI) | 4 |
| PSY 112 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PHIL 103 | Ethical and Legal Issues OR | |
| PHIL 105 | Ethics, Values, and Cultural Competence in Practice OR | |
| HSM 105 | Contemporary Ethical Perspectives | 3 |
| General Education Electives | 6 |
Programmatic general education requirements - 12 credits
| STAT 167 | Principles of Statistics | 3 |
| PSY 2XX | Elective | 3 |
| PSY 3XX | Elective | 3 |
| ENG 3XX | English Elective | 3 |
Public Safety major core requirements - 42 credits
Criminal Justice concentration requirements - 24 credits
Freshman year
| CJS 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice and the Law | 3 |
| CJS 112 | Criminal Procedures | 3 |
| CJS 140 | Introduction to Corrections | 3 |
| CJS 150 | Criminology | 3 |
Sophomore year
| CJS/ HSM 106 | Investigative Report Writing | 3 |
| CJS 210 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| CJS 243 | Juvenile Justice in America | 3 |
| CJS 299 | Internship | 3 |
Public Safety and Security upper division core requirements - 18 credits
Junior year
| PSS 360 | Risk Reduction through Environmental Design | 3 |
| PSY 350 | Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 420 | Research Methods | 3 |
Senior year
| PSS 350 | Multiculturalism in Public Safety and Security | 3 |
| PSS 450 | Public Policy Analysis | 3 |
| PSS 490 | Capstone: Seminar in Public Safety and Security | 3 |
Directed electives - 15 credits
| 1XX | Electives | 6 |
| 2XX | Elective | 3 |
| 3XX | Electives | 6 |
Open electives - 24 credits
| 1XX | Open Electives | 12 |
| 3XX | Open Electives | 12 |
Total credits: |
121 |
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Course sections noted with an ‘H’ are delivered in a hybrid format (a combination of on-campus and online learning).
Course sections noted with an ‘O’ are delivered in an online format.
