2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

Criminal Justice Management, Bachelor of Science

The Criminal Justice Management major focuses on the development of leadership, supervision and analytic skills of students who aspire to executive positions in criminal justice agencies such as correctional facilities, courts, and emergency response and law enforcement agencies. The major is designed to introduce students to the American criminal justice system, expose students to management issues and methods, introduce ethical considerations, and provide students with basic academic and management skills that are needed for supervisory and executive positions.

Learning Outcomes. Students will:

  • Identify core management issues affecting delivery of services by criminal justice agencies.
  • Describe the political, economic, legal, and social environments in which criminal justice agencies operate. 
  • Explain the constitutional and legal challenges of delivering policing, court, and correctional services in a diverse society.
  • Synthesize information and use analytical approaches in designing appropriate courses of action for management-related problems in criminal justice agencies.
  • Organize and communicate information to a diverse workforce and citizenry by means of oral presentations, written documents, presentation graphics, and online techniques.
  • Observe and identify examples of decision-making, leadership and management skills in public, private, or nonprofit criminal justice organizations.

Credits Required.

Criminal Justice Management Major 39
General Education 42
Electives 39
Total Credits Required for B.S. Degree 120

Prerequisites. POL 101. This course fulfills the Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in its Diversity area of the general education requirements.

Coordinator. Professor Henry Smart, Department of Public Management (hsmart@jjay.cuny.edu, 212.393.6865)

Advisor. Ms. Yvonne Purdie, Department of Public Management (212.237.8554, ypurdie@jjay.cuny.edu)

Advising information. Advising Resources Page including a Sample Four-year Advising Plan of Study.

Baccalaureate/Master’s Program in Criminal Justice Management. Qualified undergraduate students may enter the Baccalaureate/Master’s Program and thereby graduate with both a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice management, and either a master’s degree in criminal justice or the Master of Public Administration degree. For additional information, see BA/MA webpage or email: bamadirector@jjay.cuny.edu.

Additional information. Students who enroll for the first time at the College or changed to this major in September 2015 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose either the form shown here or the earlier version of the major. A copy of the earlier version may be obtained in the 2014–2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

Part One. Foundation Courses

Required
CJBS 101Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System

3

LAW 203Constitutional Law

3

PAD 101Introduction to Public Administration

3

Total Credit Hours: 9

Part Two. Management Courses

Required
ENG 235Writing for Management, Business and Public Administration

3

PAD 121Information in Public Administration

3

PAD 314Leadership, Supervision and Performance

3

PAD 318Decisions in Crises

3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Part Three. Technical Courses

Select one
ACC 250Introduction to Accounting

3

PAD 343Administration of Financial Resources

3

Select two or three
COR 282Principles of Correctional Operations

3

PAD 360Court Administration

3

PSC 101Introduction to Police Studies

3

PSC 201Police Organization and Administration

3

SEC 310Emergency Planning

3

SOC 203Criminology

3

PAD 402Seminar and Internship in Public Administration

6

PAD 404Practicum in Public Administration

3

Note: In-service students in the uniformed services may apply up to 12 credits of external credit for advanced training approved by the College or by the American Council on Education (ACE), provided that the student’s total external credits do not exceed curricular limitations on total external credits toward a degree. Advanced training is training that is not part of the initial program of training for new uniformed service personnel.

Note:  If students take PAD 402 or PAD 404, the internship or practicum, the placement or project must involve an agency with a criminal justice–related mission to count in the Criminal Justice Management major.

Total Credit Hours: 12

Part Four. Criminal Justice Planning and Policy Analysis

Required
PAD 348Justice Planning and Policy Analysis

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Part Five. Capstone Seminar

Select one
PAD 445Seminar in Justice Administration and Planning

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Total Credit Hours: 39