Criminal Justice Program
The Criminal Justice Program is aligned with the national curriculum for criminal justice in the United States. It is an interdisciplinary field drawing from legal studies, data analysis, business, and public administration.
Career Possibilities: Graduates qualify to hold management and administrative positions within the criminal justice system (i.e., Corrections, Customs, Judiciary, Police, etc.). They may also pursue a graduate degree in the law policy or criminal justice fields.
Why UOG?: As a small Pacific Island, Guam is ideally suited to study crime policy and the application of justice. Its unique location allows students to interact with many Pacific island cultures as well as Asian cultures.
Successful students will be able to demonstrate:
Description | Credit Hours |
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General Education | 47 |
Criminal Justice Major Courses | 51 |
Criminal Justice Electives | 26 |
Total Credits | 124 |
Important Note: 40 upper division credits are required for the baccalaureate degree.
The Criminal Justice Program requires students to complete 47 semester hours of General Education. While there are many choices among the General Education courses offered, it is strongly recommended that BSCJ students include the following courses as part of their General Education requirements. (See General Education Student Advisement Sheet.)
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
CT101 | CRITICAL THINKING + This is an interdisciplinary foundation course in critical thinking. Students learn
how to analyze, critically evaluate and construct arguments, detect common fallacies
in reasoning, and propose logical and creative solutions to complex problems. Critical
thinking skills are valuable in all disciplines and will benefit students in academic
contexts and in life. Corequisites: EN109 or the equivalent.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
MA110 | BASIC MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS + This course explores the world of mathematical application for the management, life,
and social sciences. It covers linear, quadratic, polynomial, exponential and logarithmic
function and their applications to finance and economics. This course also provides
an introduction to solving systems of linear equations, matrix operations, and a graphical
treatment of linear programming. This course satisfies the GE requirement, but does
not satisfy any prerequisite for higher level mathematics courses. It is intended
for those students who have no further needs in mathematics. Prerequisite: Grade of
C or better in MA-085b or MA-089, completed within the previous 3 semesters, or placement.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
EN110 | FRESHMAN COMPOSITION + This is a basic college composition course. Emphasis is on constructing grammatical
sentences in standard written English, on developing unified paragraphs employing
appropriate principles of organization, on developing papers employing appropriate
principles of organization, and upon improving skills in critical reading of non-fiction
prose. EN110 must be completed with a grade of "C" or better before taking EN111.
Grades are A, B, C, D, F, I or NC. Prerequisites: Completion of EN109 or test out.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
CO210 | FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION + This course introduces students to public speaking and person-to-person communication,
as well as to group and intercultural communication. Students learn about basic speech
preparation and delivery, as well as effective communication skills suited to the
people with whom they interact in a variety of everyday contexts. Oral presentations
may include demonstrative, informative, and/or persuasive speeches of 6-8 minutes
in length. Prerequisites: EN110 placement.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
EN111 | WRITING FOR RESEARCH + In this course, students are introduced to the conversation model of scholarship and
to the work of composing academic research from topic development to final edit. This
course emphasizes the development and advancement of information literacy skills for
the purpose of acquiring knowledge of and cultivating a practice for conducting academic
research and composing research-related documents such as annotated bibliographies
and research manuscripts. Throughout the course, students learn to skillfully navigate
information systems to access both print and electronic sources of information related
to their research endeavor, with special attention on ethical and legal use of information
in their academic research processes and research products. Prerequisite: EN110 with
a grade ''C'' or better. REVISED AS APPROVED 042116
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Course | Credits | |
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Language | Any | 4 |
Regional | Any | 3 |
Course | Credits | |
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Science & Math | Any | 3-4 |
Cultural Perspectives | Any | 3 |
Choice of:
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
PY101 | GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY + This course provides an introduction to the basic principles of psychology, to methods
for research in psychology, and to key finding from its subfields. Topics include
the biological bases of behavior sensation and perception, consciousness and altered
states, learning, human memory, problem-solving, motivation and emotion, development
across the life span, personality, stress and coping, psychological disorders, psychotherapy,
and social behavior.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
SO101 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY + This course is a study of human society, its diversity, its nature, structure, and
processes including foundations of culture, social interaction, social controls, social
change and cross-cultural relations. Special emphasis is given to social processes
in Micronesia and the Western Pacific.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
PA233 | IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION ON BUSINESS + This course offers an overview and rationale of public policies and administrative
regulations as applied to the private sector, analysis and implementation of public
policies/regulations; substantive, methodological and practical problems and issues
of public policies and regulatory administration toward business by Federal, State
and Local government, and governments in the Asian-Pacific region.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
BA110 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS + This course introduces the principles, terminology and fundamental concepts of microeconomics
and macroeconomics. It is a foundation for understanding the scope and methods of
the economic perspective applied to issues faced by modern capitalist societies. Topics
include the role of economics in society, the structure of economic activity, the
behavior of firms and households in a market economy, the role of government and institutions
of public policy in the United States. Relevant examples from Guam, Micronesia and
the Pacific Rim will be explored. Prerequisites: MA110.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW101 | INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE + This course is designed to produce an understanding of the underlying purpose of law
enforcement by analyzing the functions of the police officer, courts, penal institutions
and attorneys. The course also provides a survey of the criminal justice system focusing
on its purpose, problems and functions.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
EN210 | INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE + This course is an introduction to poetry, the short story and drama. Prerequisite:
EN110.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
LW480 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE CAPSTONE + This course is the capstone of the Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice (BSCJ) degree
program integrating concepts and skills learned in the BSCJ Foundation. This is an
integrative, problem-solving course in which the knowledge gained in the major is
applied to case studies where the students will evaluate and provide solutions to
actual problems. There is special emphasis on a student's abilities to utilize critical
thinking skills to analyze strategic trends in public administration and demonstrate
proficiency. Prerequisites: a) Graduating seniors only; b) Completion ofPA405 and
either PA305 or tvlA385; and c) Consent of the Instructor.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Course |
Course Title |
Credits |
Term Offered |
BA130 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND APPLICATIONS + This course introduces students to basic computing concepts and the use of computers
in management settings. Prerequisite: MA110 or MA115 with a C grade of better.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW106 | PERSONAL LAW + Personal Law introduces basic legal principles and their application to everyday human
relations.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW202 | TRIAL AND EVIDENCE + This course examines criminal procedure from investigation through arrest and trial.
The rules of evidence and constitutional requirements regarding police investigations,
search and seizure, arrests, confessions and admissibility of evidence in criminal
trials are covered.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW306 | CRIMINAL LAW + The student studies the required elements of crimes under the common law and modern
criminal statutes. Specific problems of application of the elements of crimes to law
enforcement and the criminal justice system are emphasized.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW311 | CORRECTIONAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION + The rationale, procedures and problems underlying sentencing and the correctional
process are analyzed. The course also focuses on problems of recidivism and future
trends in criminal corrections.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW402 | CONSTITUTIONAL LAW + This course provides the student with underlying principles of constitutional interpretation,
government organization and functions, and the application of the Bill of Rights to
criminal justice. Special problems of constitutional principles applied to the criminal
justice system are dealt with through the study of U.S. Supreme Court cases.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
LW404 | ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS + This course examines the application of sound organizational theory and public administration
and management practices in the criminal justice system. This course focuses on the
interdependencies of the administrative systems of criminal justice agencies and strategies
that are necessary for administrators to successfully manage these agencies.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA210 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS + This course covers the functioning of public administration and management in government
structures; the history and environment of public administration and management in
the U. S. and in the Government of Guam; the development and application of concepts,
principles, and techniques of public administration and management in the public sector;
and problems, issues, needs, achievements in public administration and management.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA233 | IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION ON BUSINESS + This course offers an overview and rationale of public policies and administrative
regulations as applied to the private sector, analysis and implementation of public
policies/regulations; substantive, methodological and practical problems and issues
of public policies and regulatory administration toward business by Federal, State
and Local government, and governments in the Asian-Pacific region.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA303 | GOVERNMENT FINANCE + tA survey of financial administration, budgeting, and grant management in government
and nonprofit organizations, including understanding the budget as an instrument of
fiscal policy, sources of revenue, contracting for services, the procurement function,
financial planning, accountability, and control. The course focuses on enhancing the
ability of students to think critically, plan, analyze, synthesize, solve fiscal problems
and challenges, and make successful financial decisions in government and nonprofit
organizations engaged in the delivery of government and public services.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA304 | GOVERNMENT PUBLIC INFORMATION + The course focuses on the deliberate and sustained effort to establish and maintain
effective communications with various publics by government and nonprofit organizations.
The course promotes an understanding of how public and nonprofit organizations design,
plan and execute successful information programs and/or special events using traditional
media channels (newspapers, TV and radio broadcasting, direct mail, community meetings
and disaster-related communications, seminars and conferences, etc.) and via new ?21st
Century? technologies (e.g., live streaming on the web, social media networks, and
AI - Artificial Intelligence, etc.) In this course students will learn that the key
to excelling in disseminating information and fund-raising to various publics is sending
the right message at the right time via the right communication channels.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA305 | DATA ANALYSIS IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION + This course provides students with basic research tools used in of public administration,
criminal Justice, and other applied fields. Emphasis is given to data collection,
analysis, and interpretation skills. Major topics include research methods and techniques
to study planning, organizing, staffing, directing, reporting and budgeting. Applied
policy research is the consistent theme for this course. Prerequisites: BA130 with
a C grade or better.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA403 | PUBLIC PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION + This course covers the development and management of human resources; history of the
Civil Service career system; training practices; human relations in supervision; Issues
and cases in professional leadership ethics in SBPA disciplines with case study examples
from the United States, Guam, Asia and the Western Pacific provides the framework
for the course. Codes of conduct, clientele and organizational relationships, legal
requirements and professional accountability are studied with a leadership ethics
emphasis for the public and private sector.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
PA405 | LEADERSHIP ETHICS IN THE PROFESSIONS + This course emphasizes Best Practices in Leadership Ethics and Governance in Business,
Government, and Societal Institutions. The course examines ethics in the workplace
and the roles of organizational leaders in fostering ethical behavior. Contemporary
ethical challenges, scenarios and ethics case studies from the United Statas, Guam,
Asia, and the Western Pacific provide the framework for the course. The course takes
an SBPA interdisciplinary approach to leadership Ethics in order to prepare students
for professional employment and/or advancement in an increasing diverse technological
and global society. Lectures, case studies, simulations, scenarios, self-assessment
exercises, reading assignments and field activities explore the basic frameworks of
ethical and moral leadership. The course emphasizes leadership development, team building,
ethical decision making, enhanced communication skills, strategic thinking, and people
skills. Upon completion of the course, students are expected to demonstrate a competency
in critical thinking skills to both identify and remedy ethical issues typically encountered
d in organizational setting and interaction. Successful graduate of the course normally
pursues careers in government, business, accounting, finance, nonprofits, social work,
and education organizations. The course is available to all University of Guam students.
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3 credit hours | FALL/SPRING/ALL YEARS |
Required electives must be approved by the Criminal Justice advisor.