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Major Requirements
Law and Justice Major = 60 Credits
Core Requirements
| LAJ Core (All Required) | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LAJ | 300 | Administration of Criminal Justice* | 4 |
| LAJ | 302 | Criminal Procedure* | 4 |
| LAJ | 303 | Legal Research* | 4 |
| LAJ | 313 | Introduction to Criminal Law* | 4 |
| LAJ | 400 | Research Methods | 4 |
| LAJ | 401 | Ethics, Conflict and Diversity | 4 |
| LAJ | 420 | Community and Social Justice* | 4 |
| LAJ | 451 | Crime in America* | 4 |
| Core Credits | 32 | ||
| LAJ Major Courses (Pick 5 Courses) | Credits | ||
| LAJ | 311 | Family Law* | 4 |
| LAJ | 316 | Introduction to Paralegal Studies* | 4 |
| LAJ | 317 | Introduction to Civil Practice | 4 |
| LAJ | 324 | Correctional Law* | 4 |
| LAJ | 326 | Correctional Counseling | 4 |
| LAJ | 327 | Community Corrections* | 4 |
| LAJ | 331 | Investigation | 4 |
| LAJ | 332 | Police Community Relations | 4 |
| LAJ | 333 | Police Personnel Administration | 4 |
| LAJ | 334 | Issues in Policing | 4 |
| LAJ | 342 | Juvenile Justice Process* | 4 |
| LAJ | 350 | Criminal Justice and the Media* | 4 |
| LAJ | 353 | Great American Trials | 4 |
| LAJ | 402 | African Americans and the Constitution | 4 |
| LAJ | 403 | Sexual Minorities, the Law and Justice* | 4 |
| LAJ | 410 | Legal Writing* | 4 |
| LAJ | 426 | Advanced Correctional Counseling | 4 |
| LAJ | 440 | Basic Mediation | 4 |
| LAJ | 450 | Report Writing* | 4 |
| LAJ | 453 | Domestic Violence Issues* | 4 |
| LAJ | 455 | Comparative Criminal Justice Systems | 4 |
| LAJ | 459 | Current Issues* | 4 |
| LAJ | 460 | Terrorism* | 4 |
| LAJ Elective from Major Courses | 20 | ||
| Credits from Approved Electives | 8 | ||
| Total Credits Required | 60 | ||
| * Designates a course which may be offered online Depending on course selection, it is possible to complete a minor online. | |||
Law and Justice Core Total Credits: 32
LAJ Electives Credits: 20
— Select five (5) upper-division CWU LAJ courses (other than 490, 492, 495, or 496).
Approved Elective Credits: 8
— Select eight (8) credits from the list of approved electives. See department for a complete list of approved electives.
Law and Justice News
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Winter Quarter Ellensburg LAJ Club MeetingsThe Ellensburg Law and Justice student club will be meeting at 5pm on Mondays in the LAJ confer
