criminal Justice
Program Transfer Guide
University of Baltimore
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Effective
Fall, 2026 - Current
Instruction Methods
In person, Online
About the Program
The B.S. in Criminal Justice program is administered through the School of Criminal Justice. The University of Baltimore is only the second institution in the nation to have both its undergraduate and graduate criminal justice programs certified by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. The key objective of the criminal justice program is to meet the educational needs of people planning criminal justice careers and those of people already in criminal justice careers. The program is designed to build on and complement prior academic work and professional experience. The program integrates theory and practice in the study of crime and criminal justice.
The program’s coursework is designed to ensure that all majors develop a basic grounding in the substance and methods of the field while being provided with sufficient flexibility to pursue individual interests.
The criminal justice core encompasses surveys of the criminal justice system, criminological theory, professional studies, research design and analysis, and a capstone course integrates the materials from the other core courses in a special project completed by each student.
Area courses ensure that a student’s upper-level work in criminal justice includes at least one course focusing on each of the major components of the criminal justice system—law enforcement, courts and law, and corrections—while minimizing possible course duplication with lower-division courses taken elsewhere.
Elective courses, which may focus on such subjects as prevention and comparative criminal justice systems, broaden the study of criminal justice beyond discussion of U.S. criminal justice systems. Other electives, focusing on such subjects as white-collar crime and victimology, provide in-depth analysis of specific topics and issues. The internship, required of preservice students with no prior criminal justice internship experience, is designed to ensure that students experience direct contact with criminal justice operations while having the opportunity to explore career interests.
The program’s coursework is designed to ensure that all majors develop a basic grounding in the substance and methods of the field while being provided with sufficient flexibility to pursue individual interests.
The criminal justice core encompasses surveys of the criminal justice system, criminological theory, professional studies, research design and analysis, and a capstone course integrates the materials from the other core courses in a special project completed by each student.
Area courses ensure that a student’s upper-level work in criminal justice includes at least one course focusing on each of the major components of the criminal justice system—law enforcement, courts and law, and corrections—while minimizing possible course duplication with lower-division courses taken elsewhere.
Elective courses, which may focus on such subjects as prevention and comparative criminal justice systems, broaden the study of criminal justice beyond discussion of U.S. criminal justice systems. Other electives, focusing on such subjects as white-collar crime and victimology, provide in-depth analysis of specific topics and issues. The internship, required of preservice students with no prior criminal justice internship experience, is designed to ensure that students experience direct contact with criminal justice operations while having the opportunity to explore career interests.