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Community Justice Major (BS)

Description

Community Justice is a growing field that seeks fair, collaborative and sustainable solutions to societal problems. Our interdisciplinary program trains students to consider alternatives to the current punitive U.S. legal system. We strive for a system oriented towards community engagement and focused on institutional accountability and the perspectives of all those involved, particularly victims. This field seeks an understanding of law enforcement and criminal law through an anthropological lens, emphasizing human rights and cultural competency. We teach students to consider the histories and needs of local stakeholders and to strive for meaningful social action.

Community Justice majors will be instructed in cultural competency, anthropological research methodologies (including forensics), the principles of the criminal justice system and the complexities of ethics and justice. Graduates of this major are prepared to help individuals to navigate complex systems, in a range of career fields from community policing to human rights advocacy or emergency disaster relief.

Admission to the Program

Any undergraduate student can declare this major.

Program Requirements

General Education Requirements (31-40 credits - 40 if students take stand-alone courses for I, W, and Y)

Major Department Requirements (42 credits)

CJD/ANT Community Justice Major (BS degree) – (42 credits)

Core: Intro Courses (21 credits):

  • CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • ANT 201 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology* – pre-req. for ANT 383
  • ANT 256 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology – pre-req. for ANT 356
  • PHL 102 Ethics

Methods (6 credits)

  • CRJ 471 Research Methods in Criminal Justice

Theory (3 credits)

  • CRJ 494 Criminology

Statistics (3 credits) - Pre-req for CRJ 471

Choice of:

  • MTH 243 Elementary Statistics
  • SOC 200 Social Statistics
  • PYS 202 Introductory Statistics for Psychology
  • any acceptable stats

Elective 300-400 level (9 credits) 

from the approved list with at least one course in ANT and one course in CRJ to ensure interdisciplinary exposure, based on consultation with CJU advisor. Note: A course used to fulfill a core requirement cannot be used to fulfill an elective requirement.
  • ANT 301 Native Americans: Contemporary Issues*
  • ANT 303 Native American Women*
  • ANT 304 Native American Images in Film and Media*
  • ANT 305 Gender, Sex, and Power: The View from Inside*
  • ANT 315 The Migration Experience: Cultural Perspectives*
  • ANT 321 Global Friction: Conflict in the Anthropocene*
  • ANT 364 GIS and Spatial Survey for the Social Sciences
  • ANT 368 Forced from Home: Refugees, IDPS and Asylees*
  • ANT 415 Human Rights and Political Ecology
  • ANT 416 Exiled to America: Experiences of Refugee Resettlement*
  • ANT 456 Skeleton Keys: Forensic Analysis of Bones
  • ANY 460 Anthropology Internship
  • ANT 499 Independent Study in Anthropology
  • CJU 311/ANT 311 Global Perspectives on Justice and Power
  • CRJ 304 Investigations
  • CRJ 331 Community Based Corrections
  • CRJ 343 Juvenile Justice Process
  • CRJ 371 Survey of Forensic Sciences
  • CRJ 431 Crime Prevention and Control
  • CRJ 451 International Criminal Justice Systems
  • CRJ 465 Terrorism and the Criminal Justice System
  • CRJ 474 GIS and Crime Mapping
  • CRJ 476 Race & Crime
  • CRJ 477 Family Violence
  • CRJ 479 Victimology*
  • CRJ 481/WMS 481 Women and the Criminal Justice System
  • CRJ 494 Restorative Justice
  • SOC 311 Sociology of Disaster
  • SOC 374/PLS 374 Sociology of Human Rights

Electives (9 Credits)

Total Credits (120 Credits)

*denotes courses that meet both major and general education requirements

Additional Degree Requirements

  • Majors need to earn a grade minimum of C in core courses.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this major, students should be able to do the following:

  1. To articulate the discursive and theoretical complexities concerning what is community and what is justice and how these two concepts intersect.
  2. To demonstrate cultural competency and knowledge of human biodiversity through time and across cultures.
  3. To develop effective arguments using sound cross-cultural critical thinking when evaluating issues related to social control, crime prevention, community development, punishment, adjudication and human rights.
  4. To collect, analyze and present data (in oral and written language), in accordance with related ethical standards.