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A Criminal Justice Degree Online:
Syllabus and Specialties

Before beginning your online criminal justice degree, you should have a general idea of what you'll learn. The following is a sample syllabus for a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. If these courses seem like they might interest you, and you'd like to work in the field of criminal justice, a degree in criminal justice might be for you.

• Corporate and White Collar Crime
• Courts and the Justice System
• Crime Analysis
• Crime Control Strategies
• Criminal Justice Management
• Criminal Justice Research and Statistics
• Criminal Law and Legal Reasoning
• Criminology
• Drug Education
• Evidence: Collecting and Protecting
• Gender, Race, Crime and Justice
• Human Sexuality
• Introduction to Forensic Science
• Juvenile Justice
• Policing in America
• Psychology of Crime
• Punishment and Corrections
• Theories of Crime

In addition to the general concentrations of corrections, criminology, juvenile justice, legal studies, policing and security, if you are pursuing an advanced degree in Criminal Justice, you will choose a more specific area of expertise.

Which specialty would you choose for your advanced online criminal justice degree from among the most common?

• Alcohol and Aggression
• Community Policing
• Computer Crime
• Corrections
• Crime Prevention
• Criminal Law and Procedure
• Domestic Violence
• Drugs and Drug Abuse
• Gangs and Gang Delinquency
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Mental Health Law and Policy
• Organized Crime
• Punishment and Reform
• Research Methods, and Statistics
• Sexual Assault

If these courses and specialties interest you, check out our Criminal Justice Degree online article to learn more about beginning your career in criminal justice.

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