Emergency Management and Homeland Security, B.S.

Criminal Justice
615-494-7751
Joshua Harms, chair
Joshua.Harms@mtsu.edu

Courses in the Department of Criminal Justice provide students with a well-rounded curriculum designed to meet the academic needs of those seeking careers in law enforcement, courts, corrections, and homeland security as well as those already employed in the criminal justice system and related agencies.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Emergency Management and Homeland Security, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	36 hours
Major Core	15 hours
Major Focus Courses	12 hours*
Major Electives	9 hours**
Minor (Homeland Security minor not permitted.)	15-18 hours
Electives	25-34 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:

COMM 2140 (HSSR)
CJA 1100 (HCL) if selected in the major electives area**

Major Requirements (36 hours)

Major Core (15 hours)

In order to graduate, all Emergency Management and Homeland Security majors must earn a grade of at least a C (2.00) in all of the following core CJA courses:

CJA 2200 - Prevention and Control of Crime 3 credit hours
CJA 2800 - Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Management 3 credit hours
CJA 3200 - Research Methods with Computer Technology 3 credit hours
CJA 3190 - Disasters and Criminal Justice 3 credit hours
CJA 3911 - Introduction to Homeland Security 3 credit hours

Major Focus Courses (12 hours)

CJA 3810 - Phases of Emergency Management 3 credit hours
CJA 3820 - Analysis of the National Preparedness Program 3 credit hours
COMM 2140 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
LEAD 3010 - Leadership Skills and Development 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours

Major Electives (9 hours)**

**Note: 6 hours must be upper division (3000-4000 level) courses

CJA 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Administration 3 credit hours
CJA 2100 - Criminal Theory 3 credit hours
CJA 2400 - Judicial Process 3 credit hours
CJA 2600 - Corrections 3 credit hours
Any CJA upper-division (3000-4000 level) course
FSCJ 4330 - Criminal Investigations 3 credit hours
FSCJ 4340 - Crime Scene Investigation 3 credit hours
FSCJ 4360 - Crime Scene Photography and Documentation 3 credit hours
FSCJ 4530 - Criminal Evidence and Procedures 3 credit hours
HLTH 4400 - Drugs and Violence in Public Health 3 credit hours
PS 3370 - American Constitutional Law I: Government Powers 3 credit hours
PS 3380 - American Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 3 credit hours
PS 4590 - Administrative Law 3 credit hours
PSY 4120 - Psychology of Criminal Behavior 3 credit hours
PSY 4220 - Correctional Psychology 3 credit hours
SOC 3511 - Social Justice 3 credit hours
SW 2000 - Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice 3 credit hours

Minor (15-18 hours)

Emergency Management and Homeland Security majors cannot select the Homeland Security minor. Students may not major and minor in the same discipline. See Undergraduate Degree Requirements .

Electives (25-34 hours)

Curriculum: Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Following is a suggested pattern of study; however, consultation with the assigned advisor is necessary before each registration.

Freshman

Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
Electives 6 credit hours
CJA 2200 - Prevention and Control of Crime 3 credit hours
COMM 2140 - Introduction to Organizational Communication 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

CJA 2800 - Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Management 3 credit hours
Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Non-Written Communication (COMM 2100 recommended) 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships/Elective 3 credit hours
Minor course 3 credit hours
General elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Junior

CJA 3190 - Disasters and Criminal Justice 3 credit hours
CJA 3200 - Research Methods with Computer Technology 3 credit hours
CJA 3810 - Phases of Emergency Management 3 credit hours
CJA 3911 - Introduction to Homeland Security 3 credit hours
Major elective 3 credit hours**
Minor courses 9 credit hours
General elective 3 credit hours
LEAD 3010 - Leadership Skills and Development 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

CJA 3820 - Analysis of the National Preparedness Program 3 credit hours
Major electives 6 credit hours**
General electives 13 credit hours
Minor course 3 credit hours
Minor course/general elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours

NOTE:

**Major electives–see Major Electives (9 hours) above.