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History
The Bachelor of Science degree
in Criminal Justice, first established at Fayetteville State
University in 1985, is currently home to approximately 400
undergraduate majors and is housed in the Department of Criminal
Justice within the College of Basic and Applied Sciences.
On Friday, 10 February 2006,
the University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved the
proposed Master of Science degree program in Criminal Justice at
Fayetteville State University. Our first year was an
unqualified success. Come
join us for the learning challenge of a lifetime!
Mission Statement
The mission of the Department
is to contribute to human understanding of crime and criminal
justice. Our goal for our students is that they become creative
thinkers and leaders who will reach beyond current intellectual
and cultural boundaries to become change agents for shaping the
future of criminal justice in the United States and the world.
Specific learning
objectives include:
- students
will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the
components of the criminal justice system and provide a critical
analysis of the state of crime and criminal justice;
- students
will demonstrate improvement in written (hand and computer
generated) and oral communication so they are prepared for
further education and/or to communicate effectively in the field
as a practitioner or advocate;
- students
will graduate with the ability to understand the proper way to
both construct and analyze research on criminal justice issues
and to be able to interpret statistics presented in the line of
their work, academics, or presented by the media or other
reporting agencies;
- students
will graduate with the ability to identify and confront ethical
violations in their workplaces and lives; and
- students
will graduate with the ability to identify the benefits of
working, learning, and living in diverse environments and the
impact of differential treatment based on people’s differences.
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