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Criminal Justice

K. Gary Sherman, Department Head
223 Arts and Sciences Building
Phone: (307) 766-2988, Fax: (307) 766-3913
Website: http://www.uwyo.edu/cj/

Professors
MARGARET M. MURDOCK, B.A. Creighton University 1970; M.A. Tufts University 1975; Ph.D. 1978; Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice-Casper 1993, 1975.
NARINA N. NUÑEZ, B.A. State University of New York-Cortland 1980; M.S. 1984; Ph.D. Cornell University 1987; Professor of Psychology 2000, 1987.

Associate Professors

ADRIENNE B. FRENG, B.A. Black Hills State University 1995; M.A. University of Nebraska 1997; Ph.D. 2001; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice 2007, 2001.

ED A. MUÑOZ, A.A. Western Nebraska Community College 1987; B.A. University of Nebraska Lincoln 1990; M.A. 1992; Ph.D. 1996; Associate Professor of Criminal Justice 2007, 2003.

Assistant Professors
SCOTT E. CULHANE, B.A. University of Tennessee 1998; M.S. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 2000; Ph.D. University of Texas at El Paso 2005; Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 2005.

CARY HECK, B.S. Pittsburg State University 1989; M.A. San Jose University 1994; Ph.D. Washington State University 1998; Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 2004.

ERIC J. WODAHL, A.A. Eastern Wyoming College 1992; B.A. Chadron State College 1994; M.P.A. University of Wyoming 2003; Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice 2008.

Senior Lecturer
K. GARY SHERMAN, B.S. University of Missouri 1972; M.S. Southwest Missouri University 1975; Lecturer in Administration of Justice 1994; Head of Criminal Justice Department 1999.

CHERYL C. BURNETT, B.A. University of Wyoming 1975; J.D. 1981; Senior Lecturer of Criminal Justice 2008..

Assistant Lecturer
ERNEST L. JOHNSON, A.A.S. Law Enforcement 1975; B.S. University of Wyoming 1992; M.P.A. 1997; Assistant Lecturer in Criminal Justice 2001.

Adjunct Professors:
(See bulletin section following name for academic credentials.)
George Blau, psychology
George W. Gill, anthropology
William H. Moore, history

Students majoring in criminal justice will be involved in a critical examination of the sources of criminal behavior and the social and political institutions and processes designed to control criminal behavior. Criminal justice majors are offered at University of Wyoming campuses in Laramie and Casper, as well as through the Outreach School.

Undergraduate Major

Students pursuing a B.A. in criminal justice must fulfill university studies and college requirements as listed in this bulletin, satisfy required prerequisites to courses in the major program and complete a minimum of 33 credit hours in the major. Each student must complete 9 hours of foundation classes, 18 hours of required core courses and 6 hours of electives in the major. Only courses in which a grade of C or better has been earned may be used to satisfy major requirements.

Foundation Classes	Hours
CRMJ 1001	3
CRMJ 2210	3
CRMJ/SOC 2400	3
*Total Hours*	9

Required Core
Students are required to take two courses in each of the following three areas:

Crime and Deviance Hours

CRMJ 3150 3

CRMJ/SOC 3250 3

CRMJ 4260 3

CRMJ/PSYC 4370 3

CRMJ 4890 3

Criminal Justice Institutions Hours

CRMJ 3350 3

CRMJ 3490 3

CRMJ 4130 3

CRMJ/ SOC 4280 3

CRMJ 3500 3

Criminal Justice Processes Hours

CRMJ/POLS 3100 3

CRMJ 3110 3

CRMJ 4720 3

CRMJ 4140 3

CRMJ/PSYC 4730 3

Total Hours for Required Core 18

Electives

These courses may be taken at any level. They may come from additional courses listed above in the required core or from the following approved list of electives:

CRMJ 3200, CRMJ/ SOC 3320, CRMJ/SOC 3400, CRMJ 3680, CRMJ/ POLS 4110, CRMJ/ POLS 4120, CRMJ/ ANTH 4230, CRMJ/ SOC 4250, CRMJ/ SOC 4270, CRMJ/ SOC 4540, CRMJ/ POLS 4600, CRMJ 4750, CRMJ/ PSYC 4760, CRMJ/HIST 4810, CRMJ 4965, CRMJ 4970, CRMJ 4975, CRMJ 4990

Pre-Forensic Science Concentration

The Criminal Justice Department offers a Forensic Science Concentration for Criminal Justice majors that consists of courses selected from several departments across the university. These inter-disciplinary courses are intended to provide a base knowledge of the field of forensic science for future educational and employment opportunities.

27 hours must be completed from among the following courses. Of these 27 hours, 14 must be upper division (3000 level or above) and 6 hours of elective coursework either from the Criminal Justice or the Forensic Science Concentration curriculum. Life Sciences 1010 and Chemistry 1020, General Chemistry I, must be taken to fulfill the University Studies Program lab science requirement.

Analytical Techniques

(minimum 10 hours)

ANTH/CRMJ 4230 Forensic Anthropology or

ANTH 4240 Forensic Anthropology Lab

CHEM 2230 Quantitative Analysis

CHEM 3550 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences*

CHEM 4230 Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis

CHEM 4507 Physical Chemistry I*

CHEM 4508 Physical Chemistry II*

PATB 4140 Principles of Toxicology

MOLB 4170 Cloning & DNA Sequencing Laboratory

MOLB Nucleic Acids Identification Laboratory

MOLB 4260 Quantitative Microscopy

MOLB 4440 Microbial Genetics

MOLB 4490 Microbial Gene Expression Laboratory

ZOO 4425 Genetic Markers

Human Biological Structure

(minimum 9 hours)

ANTH/CRMJ 4210 Human Osteology

LIFE 3050 Genetics

LIFE 3600 Cell Biology

CHEM 2300 Introduction to Organic Chemistry or

CHEM 2320 or 2420 Organic Chemistry I or

CHEM 2340 or 2440, Organic Chemistry II

CHEM/MOLB 3610 Principles of Biochemistry

HM 4420 Human Anatomy

MOLB 4600 General Biochemistry I or

MOLB 4610 General Biochemistry II

ZOO/KIN 2040/2041 Human Anatomy

ZOO/KIN 3115 Human Systems Physiology Z

OO 4140 Histology

ZOO 4320 Human Heredity

Physics

(minimum 8 hours)

PHYS 1110 Physics I and

PHYS 1120 Physics II or

PHYS 1310 College Physics I and

PHYS 1320 College Physics II

Pre-Law Concentration

The Department of Criminal Justice offers a Pre-law Concentration for Criminal Justice majors that consists of courses selected from several departments across the university. These courses were chosen to help prepare students for the challenges of law school and the practice of law. Students electing the Pre-Law Concentration are urged to seek advising early.

Along with the 33 hours of criminal justice degree requirements, an additional 27 credit hours (18 of which must be 3000-level courses or above) must be earned for the Pre-Law Concentration.

Verbal Comprehension and Expression

(Chose at least one course - min. 3 hours)

COJO 2090 Persuasion

COJO 2260 Interviewing

COJO 3010 Business and Professional Communication

COJO 3160 Theory of Language and Society

COJO 4050 Communication and Conflict

COJO 4061 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism

Written Comprehension and Expression

(Choose at least two courses)

CRMJ 3680 Research Methods in Criminal Justice*

ENGL 4000 21st Century Issues in Professional Writing

ENGL 4010 Technical Writing in the Professions

ENGL 4020 Editing for Publication

ENGL 4780 History of English Language

ENGL 4970 Writing Internship

*Course will be allowed to count for the concentration hours requirement.

Critical Understanding of Human Institutions and Values

(Choose at least one course)

ECON 1020 Principles of Microeconomics

PHIL 2200 Social and Political Philosophy

PHIL 3300 Ethical Theory

PHIL 3350 History of Moral Philosophy

PHIL 3500 History of Science

PHIL/ENGL 3340 Philosophy of Literature (max. 3 hours)

POLS 2460 Introduction to Political Theory

Creative and Analytical Thinking

(Choose at least one course)

ENGL 2050 Creative Writing - Intro to Fiction or

ENGL 2060 Creative Writing - Intro to Non-Fiction (max. 3 hours) or

ENGL 2070 Creative Autobiographical Writing (max. 3 hours) or ENGL 2080 Creative Writing - Intro to Poetry (max. 3 hours)

PHIL 2420 Critical Thinking

PHIL 3140 Philosophy of Science

PHIL 3150 Philosophy of Social Science

PHIL 3420 Symbolic Logic

PHIL 3510 Introduction to Epistemology

World Cultures and International Institutions

(Choose at least one course)

HIST 1320 World Civilizations to 1450

HIST 1330 World Civilizations from 1450

INST/BUSN 2000 Introduction to International Business

POLS/INST 2310 Introduction to International Relations

POLS/INST 4340 International Organizations

ANTH 3420 Anthropology of Global Issues

POLS/INST/SOC 4300 The World System

INST/SOC 4370 Global Political Economy

ECON/INST 4710 Comparative Systems

Electives

(Select courses from this list - maximum 3 courses or 9 hours)

AMST 1030 Social Justice in the 21st Century

ANTH 1200 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

ANTH/INST 4350 Culture Change

CNSL 2200 Intro to Student Leadership

CNSL 4520 Fundamentals of Counseling

COJO 1030 Interpersonal Communication

COJO 1040 Introduction to Human Communication

COJO 3190 Cross-Cultural Communication

COJO 4150 Legal Communication

ECON 1000 Global Economic Issues

LANG/ENGL 4750 Fundamentals of Linguistics

LANG/ENGL 4770 Sociolinguistics

PHIL 3440 Philosophy of the Mind

POLS 4090 Anglo-American Jurisprudence

POLS/INST 1200 Non-Western Political Cultures

STAT 2000 Statistics and the World or

STAT 2050 Fundamentals of Statistics or

STAT 2070 Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences

Undergraduate Minor

A minor in criminal justice requires 9 hours of foundation classes and 9 hours of required core courses. Students majoring in political science, psychology or sociology must complete 12 hours of criminal justice courses outside of their major department. A grade of C or better is required in all core and elective courses.