BS Criminal Justice

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Program Overview

The ESU Criminal Justice program is interdisciplinary by design. Criminal Justice is placed within the Department of Sociology, Social Work, & Criminal Justice. Our faculty teaches across all three programs, providing and broad array of knowledge and experiences.

This significant cross-pollination between each discipline enables students to further their preparation academically and professionally for real world employment.

  • Students will learn the key aspects of the criminal justice system, in particular its primary subcomponents: law enforcement, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.
  • In addition, the program offers an array of electives geared towards those interested in higher level critical criminological theory.
  • Students will also be prepared to enter an array of Criminal Justice careers, as well as many of the related and/or overlapping human service systems affecting or affected by the criminal justice system.
  • Students progress through our program, moving from learning the basic structure and function of these systems, to rigorous critical thinking and analysis of how these systems function in a diverse and dynamic society that is ever-changing.

Program Key Stats

$15,338
$ 25
Rolling


93.6 %
No

Eligibility Criteria

3.0
30
50

950
20
6.0
79

Additional Information & Requirements

Career Options

  • Juvenile Justice Systems and Agencies
  • Court Systems
  • Private and Corporate Security Organizations

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