Criminal Justice
Discover your path and reach your professional goals to help keep our streets safe, guide our youth towards better choices, handle those unique criminal investigations, and theorize the psychology of criminal behavior and more!
Discover your path and reach your professional goals to help keep our streets safe, guide our youth towards better choices, handle those unique criminal investigations, and theorize the psychology of criminal behavior and more!
“All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.”
Winston Churchill
CCJ majors receive a BA or BS by successfully completing the 71 credits required for the CCJ major Core Curriculum. These requirements provide students with a solid background in all areas of the CCJ field, including law, policing, theory, and corrections. Students leave the program ready for the CJ field, graduate studies, or law school. The requirements also allow for opportunities to minor in other fields or to explore the plethora of CCJ electives offered.
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This program is offered as an online degree option.
This degree program offers a 100% online option.
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My educational success is a product of the great professors who taught and encouraged me along the way. All the professors in the CCJ department were key in helping shape my career path, and prepared me for the rigors of law school.
The CCJ department at Southern Oregon University is filled with excellent professors who encourage you to be the best version of yourself and attain any career and/or personal goals you may have.
Southern Oregon University’s Criminology program was the foundation to my career as a prosecutor. I use the information I learned at SOU every day and I appreciate the professors who provided me with a solid foundation.
I thought the Criminology department at SOU was outstanding. All of the classes were interesting and the professors that taught them were knowledgeable in the topics that they were teaching.
The Criminology program at SOU has given me a great foundation for future success. The professors have helped me figure out my career path and have taught me lifelong lessons. This program has really given me an exciting perspective into my future.
SOU Criminal Justice Program
1250 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland, OR 97520
541.552.6508
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