The request to revise requirements for BA in Criminal Justice, revise CJUS 3400, and add CJUS 4220

Date: March 18, 2013
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: March 13, 2013
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Fall 2013

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Current UNC Charlotte students interested in declaring a major in Criminal Justice should submit a Declaration of Program form and unofficial transcript to the department for evaluation. Completion of CJUS 1100 and STAT 1222, with a C or above in both courses, and a GPA of 2.0 or higher are required to become a major. Applicants must also successfully complete a writing component requirement which is offered several times throughout the year (see Department for specific dates). Criminal Justice majors must declare an approved minor or second major to graduate with a Criminal Justice degree.

Criminal Justice majors must also satisfy the foreign language requirement by completing the 2201 level course with a C or better (or course with emphasis on conversation) in a modern language other than English that uses the Latin alphabet (e.g., French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) OR the 1202 course (or the equivalent) in a modern language that does not use the Latin alphabet (e.g., Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Japanese, Russian). Approved American Sign Language courses may be substituted with permission of the department prior to enrolling in such courses.

CJUS 3400. Criminal Justice Practicum Criminal Justice Internship. (1-6) Prerequisite: CJUS 1100 and permission of the department and criminal justice agency. Supervised experience in a criminal justice agency. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 hours but with no more than six hours counting toward the major. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

CJUS 4220. Evidence (3) (W and O). A critical examination of the use of evidence within the criminal courtroom. Emphasis is placed on the rules of courtroom evidence with particular attention to the proper search and seizure of evidence.