Criminal Justice - North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Criminal Justice from North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a Campus Bachelor Criminal Justice degree that prepares you for a Legal career. The criminal justice practitioner deals with the broad areas of law enforcement, courts and corrections. The work may include police work; juvenile probation or parole work; or counseling and correctional work in institutions, group homes or halfway houses. Within these broad areas the practitioner enjoys exciting professional challenges and opportunities for serving society and helping people. The Program During the past few years the demand for professionals has increased. Many criminal justice agencies and program administrators see a continuing need for qualified professionals. The criminal justice program at North Dakota State University has graduated students who have pursued criminal justice careers in local, state and federal agencies throughout the United States. The program is designed so that our graduates will succeed in both beginning and advancing their criminal justice careers. Career Opportunities Students graduating from this program have experienced much success in pursuing their career goals. Our alumni work in law enforcement, courts, correctional agencies, probation and parole departments; and do so at the local, state and federal level. Salaries are respectable and vary from agency to agency. Types of agencies which have employed our graduates include: police departments, sheriff\\\'s departments, planning agencies, group homes, juvenile courts, family courts, probation and parole departments, juvenile and adult correctional institutions, halfway houses and virtually all federal agencies (e.g. U.S Marshal\\\'s Service, Secret Service, federal probation). The Curriculum The criminal justice curriculum is an interdisciplinary program drawing on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, humanities, computer sciences and managerial sciences. Course requirements are based on the idea that our students should have a curriculum which enables them to advance their long term specialized educational training and professional development. The department also offers a minor in criminal justice , and partners with the Department of Accounting and Information Systems on a fraud investigation minor. View more details on North Dakota State University - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Criminal Justice courses.