THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE PROGRAM

FOR A MAJOR IN ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

The Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Justice is offered by the Department of History and Political Science to prepare individuals for professional positions in law enforcement and related criminal justice areas. In addition to general curriculum requirements, courses are offered which develop the skills essential to criminal justice practioners, who are currently engaged in law enforcement work.

Mississippi College will give special transfer credit consideration to all students who have completed an administration of justice/law enforcement curriculum at an accredited junior college. A maximum of 18 semester hours of junior or senior college equivalent courses with grades of C or better on each may count toward the major in Administration of Justice. Additional transfer courses may be counted as general electives.

The four areas of emphasis in the program are: Police Process, Corrections Process, Judicial Process, and Criminology. Appropriate minors are: Political Science, Sociology, Business Administration, Psychology, History, Communication, and others chosen in consultation with the program director. It is possible for a student to complete requirements for another major in an related field.

AJU CORE (9 Semester Hours)

• AJU 100: Introduction to Criminal Justice
• PLS/HIS 407-08: American Constitutional Development

REQUIRED FROM THESE COURSES (9 of 12 Semester Hours)

• AJU 300: Police Process
• AJU 310: Judicial Process
• AJU 320: Corrections Process
• SOC/AJU 332: Crime, Law and Social Control

ELECTIVES in Administration of Justice are to be chosen in consultation with the program director depending on the student's curriculum emphasis (12 Semester Hours).

ELECTIVES IN RELATED FIELDS (6 Semester Hours)

The following courses are recommended, but others may be selected in consultation with the program director. It is strongly recommended that students who plan to attend graduate school select SOC 311 and SOC 312 as their related field electives.

• PLS 201: American National Government
  
• PLS 202: State and Local Government
  
• PSY 302: Adolescent  Psychology
  
• PSY 423: Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 443: Psychology of Personality
• COM 304: Public Speaking
• COM 301: Nonverbal Communication
• MGT 474: Human Resources Management
• PLS 303:  Mississippi Government and Politics
  
• BUS 321: Business Communications
• ACC 201: Elementary Accounting
• MGT 371: Principles of Management & Organizational Behavior
  
• SOC 205: Principles of Sociology
• SOC 209: Contemporary Social Problems
• SOC 310: Contemporary Family Problems
• SOC 311: Computer and Social Statistics
  
• SOC 312: Quantitative Social Research
  
• SOC 420: Stratification: Class, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
  

FOR A MINOR IN ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Select 18 semester hours of course work from the Administration of Justice courses listed in the catalog. AJU 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice  and either AJU 300 Police Process, AJU 310 Judicial Process, AJU 320 Corrections Process or AJU 332 Crime, Law and Social Control (six hours total) are required course work in the minor. Only nine hours of criminal justice course work from other colleges will be allowed to count toward a minor in Administration of Justice.