Bachelors in Legal in USA

We are currently the only University in Manhattan to offer a major in Peace and Justice Studies. This unique program merges the field’s theoretical principles with the practical experience in New York City and beyond. Pace’s PJS major is centered around three fundamental pillars—research, action, and education. We draw on the vibrancy of the city, the expertise of our faculty and the passion of our students to create a community that is centered on sustainability, intersectionality, and transformation on local, national, and international levels.

Justice Studies is an interdisciplinary major that uses justice as a framework to sustain and promote the growth and development of individuals and communities: politically, economically and socially. Our students develop a personal definition of justice and a fuller understanding of the nature of the world in which they live. Students select an emphasis in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Global Justice and Policy, and Social Justice Engagement. Justice Studies offers students a set of skills, knowledge and habits of mind that can be applied to a wide range of academic, civic and career opportunities.

Legal studies is an undergraduate major in the College of Letters & Science. The program's mission is to provide a liberal education across traditional disciplines, focusing on the theory and operation of law and legal institutions. The courses in the legal studies major expose students to the many facets of law as a social phenomenon—its evolution, function, motivating ideas and effects. The major is not intended as preparation for law school because the emphasis is on exploring broadly defined questions about law from a variety of perspectives, rather than on training for the profession. The legal studies major is, however, suitable for pre-law students.

The curriculum is designed around the following five themes: Legal Institutions, Processes of Legal Order and Disorder, Law and Social Forces, Law and Culture, and Law and Theory.

Law regulates our social lives and is concerned with the causes and consequences of human behavior.  Likewise, Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.  Sociologists study many of the contemporary issue that legal professionals work on, including: street crime and policing practices; disparities in income and family resources; poverty and unemployment; and problems of peace and war.  And, research conducted by sociologists is often used to test the effectiveness of laws and to advocate for changes in law. 

The B.S./M.A. program in Legal Studies and Sociology allows qualified students to simultaneously work toward the completion of a B.S. degree in Legal Studies and an M.A. degree in Sociology.  While still working toward your undergraduate Legal Studies degree, you’ll enroll in four approved graduate courses in Sociology. These courses will still apply to your bachelor’s degree if for any reason you do not wish to continue at the master’s level after four years.”

The criminal justice- rehabilitative services program includes courses in criminal investigation, police work, corrections, juvenile justice, police operations, crime scene analysis, criminal profiling and law which prepare our students for a variety of careers.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the legal system of the United States.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the major components of the criminal justice system.
3. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of and limitations on criminal justice professionals in our constitutional system.
5. Understand the importance of ethical behavior.
6. Recognize and be sensitive to issues related to diversity.

Northeastern Illinois University’s Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Justice Studies program gives students the opportunity to examine the social and historical roots of justice, crime, and the law. Students seek to discover how these roots have shaped public policies, including those of the criminal justice system, and study systematic explanations for the failure—or triumph—of justice in society and explore the potential for transformative justice.

Through critical inquiry, social science investigation, and experiential learning, Justice Studies students develop an understanding of social and economic justice issues and critical criminology. For instance, criminology examines the structural roots of crime and takes up the legal and social concerns of diverse, urban, low-income, and disenfranchised communities, whose members are often heavily targeted by the criminal justice system.

For those wanting to continue their education in an academic, non-legal setting, one should consider the Law & Society Option B.A. degree in Legal Studies. This is a richly interdisciplinary major that enables interested students to study law and legal culture from many disciplinary, conceptual, historical, theoretical and empirical perspectives. Along with completing the regular sequence of legal specialty courses, students will earn credits in several interdisciplinary courses that demonstrate the convergence of the law in all aspects of society.

The Law Enforcement and Justice Administration degree program is designed to provide professional knowledge, understanding, and skills for criminal justice, loss prevention, and fire personnel and, at the same time, develop an educational base for further development into staff and administrative positions in criminal justice, public safety, and private security agencies. The program allows the student ample flexibility for liberal and professional education to meet the anticipated needs of the criminal justice and fire networks. Most majors in the program participate in an internship for one academic semester to gain firsthand acquaintance with criminal justice agencies or organizations at the federal, state, county, or local level. Graduates find employment in city, county, state, and federal agencies, in private security, in fire service, and in adult and juvenile court services.

Our Criminal Justice majors study the law inside and out, and how best to protect citizens under those laws. Many students also choose to go on to law school after earning their degree.

We're the only university in Ohio where you can practice your CSI aspirations firsthand. Criminal Justice and Forensic Science majors have a five-room crime scene laboratory to analyze mock crime scenes. It's one of only six in the country.

Our students also get the opportunity to integrate academic studies with the daily operations of a forensic science related facility through our required internship program their senior year. Each of the required six semester hours translates to 45 on-site hours in the field. For more about our internship program, see the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science Internship Manual*.

You can also get a head start on finding a job as a police officer. Our department offers a full-service police academy, Basic Police Officer Training. After finishing, you're certified by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission.

The mission of the Criminal Justice program is to capitalize on the diversity of the Clayton State student population and multidisciplinary training of faculty to provide students with a specialized understanding of the criminal justice system and criminal behavior. Curriculum and instruction are designed to advance knowledge, understanding, and skills relevant to the criminal justice discipline in order to prepare students for careers, advancement, or graduate studies in criminal justice, law, and other justice-related fields.

Thomas University’s bachelor degree in Justice Administration is designed for individuals interested in administrative positions within the criminal justice industry. The program blends coursework in both criminal justice and business to provide graduates with skills in leadership, operational readiness and business acumen.

This program is offered at our main campus and also entirely online.

Individuals currently working in corrections or law enforcement will be awarded credit toward their degree for their law enforcement or corrections training.

Explore the history and impact of the law while expanding your analytical, writing, advocacy and communication skills. A degree in legal studies will prepare you to enter law school or pursue a variety of careers, including those in the legal field.

Utah Tech’s criminal justice major is an interdisciplinary program that combines the study of criminal law, law enforcement, and criminology, providing a firm foundation for a myriad of careers. This course of study exposes students to the interconnected nature of the criminal justice system and explores criminological explanations for crime commission. Graduates from this program are prepared to enter applied positions in the criminal justice system or pursue graduate degrees in law, criminology, sociology, forensics psychology, etc. The associate’s degree in criminal justice as Utah Tech prepares students to continue their education in other criminal justice programs at various USHE institutions or at Utah Tech. This program emphasizes criminal law, criminal investigation, and the functioning of the criminal justice system.

The College of Arts and Sciences offers a B.A. in Criminal Justice that is developed from the social and behavioral sciences. The study of criminal justice combines the traditional aspects of the criminal justice system, such as law enforcement, courts and the judiciary, corrections, and juvenile justice with an understanding of social deviance as a whole. It also recognizes the interdependence of historical social traditions, values, politics, economic, and legal structures that impact policy questions in a democratic society.

The Bachelor in Arts of Criminal Justice at Governors State University will prepare students with the professional education, analytical background, and communication skills currently demanded in law and justice-related positions in policing, community and institutional corrections, juvenile facilities, social service and community outreach, conflict mediation, and non-profit enterprises among others.  This is accomplished through a curriculum specifically developed for students wishing to cultivate a broad perspective which includes the examination of the intersection of the traditional criminal justice model with social, restorative, and community-based models of justice.

The requirements of this degree include completing courses covering 1) Traditional criminological and restorative theoretical perspectives important to understanding crime, deviance, and the shaping of public policy; 2) Social justice approaches to crime prevention and community-based problems; 3) Ethics, diversity, professionalism; and 4) Research design and inquiry to strengthen analytical skills. 

Completion of this major prepares one to assume the responsibilities of the following professions: Police officer (municipal and state), special agent (in federal law enforcement agencies), criminal investigator (in state prosecutor offices), court administrator (state and federal), probation officer (state and federal), parole officer (state), correctional officer (state and federal), juvenile counselor, victim advocate (government or community), and others. Continued study may include a master’s and/or doctoral degree in criminal justice or public administration or a doctoral degree in law

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with a major area of specialization in Legal Studies is intended to enhance the interaction between the business manager and legal counsel, preparing graduates to excel in a wide variety of business pursuits. A flexible, inherently cross-disciplinary course of study, the Legal Studies major can facilitate careers in such fields as risk management, compliance, human resources, marketing, finance and accounting, general business or non-profit management, health care, government, and small business ownership/entrepreneurship. For some, it may also provide an appropriate foundation for the professional study of law.

Calvin’s pre-law program is much more than an advising office. It’s a robust program that equips you for success in law school and a legal career.

Your pre-law experience starts at the very beginning of your time at Calvin, with the question “Is a career in law right for me?” Your pre-law advisor knows the challenges and opportunities that a law career presents and will help you to select courses and programs of study that fit your career goals.

Our administration of justice program is an upper-division undergraduate course of interdisciplinary study in the liberal arts and sciences that leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree. The goal of this baccalaureate program is to develop an understanding of the evolution, theory, structure, functioning, and processes of change in the total system of criminal justice in our society. Administration of justice majors develop competence in one of four specialized areas:

• Adult and Juvenile Corrections
• Law Enforcement Practice
• Forensics
• Cybercrime