Bachelor's Degree Requirements (128 Hours)
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- Core Requirements…………...22 hours
- JSO 100 or Orientation Substitute
COR 100 Orientation to Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies
COR 201 Introduction to Corrections and Juvenile Justice
COR 310 Foundations of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Practice
COR 350 Correctional Intervention Strategies
COR 388 Criminal Justice Research
COR 400 Applied Criminal Justice Analysis
COR 490 Senior Seminar
- Degree Options - Select One (9 hours)
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Adult Corrections Option:
COR 301 Institutional Corrections
COR 315 Legal and Ethical Issues in Adult Corrections
COR 330 Community Corrections
Juvenile Justice Option:
COR 311 The Juvenile Justice System
COR 316 Legal and Ethical Issues in Juvenile Justice
COR 321 Juvenile Corrections - *Electives (6 hours)
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COR 106 Workshop
COR 349 Cooperative Study in Corrections and Juvenile Justice
COR 423 Topical Seminar
- Free Electives (43 hours)
- Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies majors not having a second major or minor are required to devote at least nine of these 43 hours to coursework from at least two of the following programs in consultation with the major advisor; observe prerequisites: Criminal Justice Studies, Police Studies, Child and Family Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Recreation, Social Work, Sociology, and any foreign language. These nine hours may not be used to fulfill general education requirements.
- General Education (48 hours)
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The following are EKU's general education requirements for B.S. and A.A. degrees.
- Core Requirements
- Communication (9 hours)
Mathematics (3 hours)
Arts and Humanities (6 hours)
Natural Sciences (6 hours)
Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 hours)
Wellness (3 hours)
Breadth of Knowledge (6 hours)
Depth of Knowledge (6 hours)
General education requirements can be completed at many other post-secondary educational institutions and transferred to EKU. You can learn more about transferring general education credits at the EKU advising page. It is imperative that you contact the Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies assistant online coordinator before taking general education requirements at another university.
If you have not completed your general education credits, it is recommended that you explore the online courses offered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). KCTCS provides seamless transfer of credits to EKU. For more information about these online courses visit www.kctcs.edu or contact our distance education counselor, Jessica Zeitz, at (859) 622-8407 or Jessica.Zeitz@eku.edu.
*Please note that all electives are offered on a 16 week schedule rather than on an 8 week schedule
