Law and Justice

Major Requirements

Law and Justice Major

LAJ Core (All Required)

  • LAJ 300 Administration of Criminal Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 302 Criminal Procedure (4 credits)
  • LAJ 313 Introduction to Criminal Law (4 credits)
  • LAJ 400 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 401 Ethics, Diversity, and Conflict in Criminal Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 420 Community and Social Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 451 Crime in America (4 credits)
  • LAJ 489 Senior Seminar in Law and Justice (4 credits)

Major Core Credits: 32

Must include 36 credits of approved electives from the following.

Only 8 of the 36 credits may count from lower division Law and Justice (LAJ) courses (102, 202, 203, 210, 215, 216). LAJ 490,492,495, and 496 do not count towards the major (e.g., electives or core classes, they do count towards the 180 credits required for graduation

LAJ Electives (Select nine (9) upper division CWU LAJ classes from list below)

  • LAJ 303 Legal Research (4 credits)
  • LAJ 310 Trial Practice and Strategy (4 credits)
  • LAJ 311 Family Law (4 credits)
  • LAJ 316 Introduction to Paralegal Studies (4 credits)
  • LAJ 317 Introduction to Civil Practice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 318 Introduction to Forensics (4 credits)
  • LAJ 324 Correctional Law (4 credits)
  • LAJ 326 Correctional Counseling (4 credits)
  • LAJ 327 Community Corrections (4 credits)
  • LAJ 329 Drugs, Alcohol, and Criminal Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 331 Investigation (4 credits)
  • LAJ 332 Police Community Relations (4 credits)
  • LAJ 333 Police Personnel Administration (4 credits)
  • LAJ 334 Issues in Policing (4 credits)
  • LAJ 342 Juvenile Justice Process (4 credits)
  • LAJ 347 Court Structure and Process (4 credits)
  • LAJ 350 Criminal Justice and the Media (4 credits)
  • LAJ 351 Preparing for Law Enforcement and Corrections Careers (4 credits)
  • LAJ 353 Great American Trials (4 credits)
  • LAJ 360 Sex Crime and Sexual Offending (4 credits)
  • LAJ 377 Mock Trial (4 credits)
  • LAJ 398 Special Topics (4 credits)
  • LAJ 402 African Americans and the Constitution (4 credits)
  • LAJ 403 Sexual Minorities, the Law, and Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 410 Legal Writing (4 credits)
  • LAJ 418 Contract Law (4 credits)
  • LAJ 422 Justice, Activism, and Social Science (4 credits)
  • LAJ 426 Advanced Correctional Counseling (4 credits)
  • LAJ 436 Statistical Applications in Law and Justice (4 credits)
  • LAJ 440 Basic Mediation (4 credits)
  • LAJ 449 Legal Regulation of Expression (4 credits)
  • LAJ 450 Report Writing (4 credits)
  • LAJ 453 Domestic Violence Issues (4 credits)
  • LAJ 455 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (4 credits)
  • LAJ 459 Current Issues (4 credits)
  • LAJ 460 Terrorism (4 credits)
  • LAJ 470 Victimology (4 credits)
  • LAJ 493* Field Experience* (1-12 credits*)
  • LAJ 498 Special Topics (4 credits)
  • LAJ 499 Field Experience Seminar (2 credits)

Major Elective Credits 36

*While LAJ 493 can be taken up to 12 credits only 8 credits apply to the major as LAJ Electives

Note: 180 total credits required to graduate

Must maintain 2.25 GPA or better

This LAJ Major program is active starting Fall 2020.

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