Criminal Justice Core Competencies

Criminal Justice majors are required to demonstrate mastery of the following core competencies:

1. Administration of justice including correctional processes, criminological theory, law adjudication, law enforcement, and juvenile justice
2. Critical thinking and reasoning skills
3. Professionalism, including legal conduct and behavior, integrity, ethics, interpersonal relationships, problem solving, communications, diversity, fairness and equality
4. Research and analytical methods
5. Practical experience