Bachelor of Science in Intelligence and Crime Analysis
Required General Education Courses
Completion of the following:
| Oral Communication (3) | 3 | |
| One (1) of the following: | ||
| Oral Communication | ||
| Communicating Orally | ||
| English Composition (3) | 3 | |
| Critical Thinking (3) | 3 | |
| One (1) of the following: | ||
| Thinking Critically | ||
| Critical Thinking in Everyday Life | ||
| Critical Thinking about Social Issues | ||
| Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning (3) | 3 | |
| One (1) of the following: | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Thinking (One (1) of the following:) | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Thinking with Support Lab | ||
| Total Units | 12 | |
The grade earned in each of the above courses must be no lower than a “C” (2.0).
Students are encouraged to take the above classes prior to taking the Criminal Justice classes below.
Degree Requirements (55 units)
Total units required for graduation: 120
| Lower-Division Requirements (7) | ||
| (Prerequisites for upper-division requirements) | ||
| CJUS 1101 | Introduction to the Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| CJUS 1102 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| IST 1110 | Introduction to Information Technology | 1 |
| The grades earned in CJUS 1101 and CJUS 1102 and IST 1110 must not be lower than a "C" (2.0). | ||
| Upper-Division Requirements (30) | ||
| SSCI 3060 | Expository Writing for the Social Sciences | 3 |
| CJUS 3320 | Theories of Crime and Delinquency | 3 |
| CJUS 3350 | Intelligence & Crime Analysis 1 | 3 |
| CJUS 3470 | Crime Prevention | 3 |
| The grades earned in CJUS 3320, CJUS 3350, and CJUS 3470 must not be lower than a "C" (2.0). | ||
| CJUS 3320 is a prerequisite for all upper division CJUS 3000 level courses. CJUS 3350 and CJUS 3470 are prerequisites for all CJUS 5000 level required courses. | ||
| CJUS 3311 | Research Methods in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJUS 3312 | Statistics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| CJUS 5550 | Intelligence & Crime Analysis 2 | 3 |
| CJUS 5560 | Crime Pattern Detection | 3 |
| or CJUS 5571 | Social Network Analysis | |
| CJUS 5570 | Crime in Public Spaces | 3 |
| Three (3) units chosen from: | 3 | |
| Internship in Criminal Justice | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Note: Students may take additional elective CJUS courses if needed to reach 120 units to graduate. | ||
| Concentration (18) | ||
| Students must complete one of the concentrations listed below: | 18 | |
| Total Units | 55 | |
A student may enroll in a required course three times. If a student does not successfully complete the course after three enrollments, the student must change majors. Students may appeal to the department academic standards committee.
Concentrations (18 units)
Geographic Information Systems (18 units)
Note: Concentrations may have additional requirements if you desire to obtain professional certificates. Consult the relevant department.
| GEOG 2250 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems and Cartography | 4 |
| GEOG 3710 | Advanced Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| GEOG 3730 | Geo-Spatial Analysis | 3 |
| GEOG 4880 | Remote Sensing of the Environment | 4 |
| Minimum of 3 units chosen from: | 3 | |
| Web GIS | ||
| GIS and Socio-Economic Applications | ||
| Environmental GIS | ||
| Internship in Geography | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |
Cyber Security (18 units)
| IST 2210 | Introduction to Networking and Security | 3 |
| IST 2310 | Applications Development | 3 |
| IST 2610 | Cybersecurity | 3 |
| IST 3110 | Management of Information Technology | 3 |
| IST 4620 | Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking | 3 |
| IST 5250 | Incident Handling and Cyber Investigation | 3 |
| Total Units | 18 | |
Note: Students may take additional elective IST courses in the concentration if needed to reach 120 units to graduate.
Note: Students transferring from community colleges may substitute a maximum of six (6) lower-division units selected from computer science courses for the Cyber Security concentration.
Homeland Security (18 units)
| CJUS 3340 | Police and Police Systems | 3 |
| CJUS 5508 | Preventing Crime in Transportation Systems | 3 |
| CJUS 5554 | Terrorism | 3 |
| CJUS 5555 | Homeland Security | 3 |
| CJUS 5556 | Transnational Organized Crime | 3 |
| One (1) courses chosen from: | 3 | |
| International Relations | ||
| African Politics | ||
| East European Political Systems | ||
| East Asian Politics | ||
| Latin American Politics | ||
| Government and Politics of the Middle East | ||
| International Politics | ||
| National Security Policy | ||
| Seminar in Comparative Politics | ||
| War and Politics | ||
| Introductory Accounting I | ||
| Introductory Accounting II | ||
| United States History, Cold War Era | ||
| Foreign Relations of the United States | ||
| Immigration and Ethnic American History | ||
| Cybersecurity | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |
A student may enroll in a required course three times. If a student does not successfully complete the course after three enrollments, the student must change majors if the course is a required course. Students may appeal to the department academic standards committee.
Note: Students may take additional PSCI, ACCT, or HIST courses in the concentration if needed to 120 units to graduate.
Note: Students transferring from community colleges may substitute a maximum of six (6) lower-division units selected from administration of justice courses, political science or accounting courses towards the Homeland Security concentration.