阿拉巴马大学

Build a Career That Can Make a Real Difference

Take the first step toward a fulfilling career in criminal justice with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice from The University of Alabama. Complete your degree online and broaden your career possibilities while balancing your work and other responsibilities.

Deepen your understanding of the legal system with an emphasis on the research and theory that are critical to investigating and preventing criminal behavior. Courses are delivered in a flexible online format and are taught by the same faculty who teach on UA's campus.

Classes like Judicial Process, Corrections, and Law and Society will enhance your writing and communication skills while helping you grasp the structure of the judicial system. Armed with this degree, you can pursue careers in fields such as law enforcement, private or corporate security, corrections, legal and investigative services, or compliance and intelligence analysis.

The BA in Criminology and Criminal Justice program consists of 120 credit hours. Students complete 36 credit hours within the Criminal Justice major.

Required Courses

• CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CJ 280 Research Methods
• CJ 300 Survey of Criminal Theories
• CJ 381 Statistics
• CJ 220 Law Enforcement
• CJ 240 Juvenile Delinquency
• CJ 250 Judicial Process
• CJ 270 Correction
• CJ 352 Social Inequality and Crime
• CJ 424 Hate Crimes
• CJ 430 Drugs, Crime and Policy
• CJ 483 Law and Society

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Criminology and Criminal Justice is particularly suited for students with an interest in computer fraud investigation, crime scene analysis, criminal investigation, studies in deviance, law and social control strategies, terrorism, or who have a general broad-based academic interest in crime and deviance studies.

Career Opportunities:

Criminal justice is a field that offers many employment opportunities, stable employment, and often exciting jobs. Recent graduates work for Homeland Security, the Secret Service, Probation and Parole, and many other state and federal agencies. Other have successfully completed law school and now work as attorneys. Other graduates work as drug rehabilitation specialists and as offender/victim advocates. Other recent graduates have been awarded paid assistantships to pursue advanced degrees.