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“This program is for the student seeking a Pre-Law major or a career related to law, policing, crime control, investigation, juvenile justice, counter-terrorism, corporate security and/or public safety." Courses in the required core focus upon explanations of crime and its types, investigational methods, law and trials, rehabilitation of offenders, constitutional issues, ethics and justice research. Related courses allow students to pursue specialized study of topics such as terrorism, crime scene investigation, violent crime profiling, drugs and computer crime. Students may also elect to take some related courses from psychology, sociology, political science, business and human relations as credits toward the Criminal Justice major.

What is Criminal Justice?

The major in Criminal Justice takes students on an exciting, scholarly adventure during which they explore subjects such as law, trials and courts, deviant behavior, the profiling of violent serial offenders, crime scenes, investigation/detection techniques, juvenile delinquency, therapeutic treatment, criminology, victimology, agency management and the administration of justice.

A plethora of professions await graduates, including careers in private business and major corporations, federal and state government, investigative or enforcement bureaus, social and emergency management agencies, municipal bureaus, research organizations, law firms and more. Other students majoring in Criminal Justice are admitted to graduate or professional schools, including programs in law and criminal justice.

“The program in Criminal Justice at High Point University is one of the absolute best; it is one of the few in the region to host a chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Honor Society in Criminal Justice. Furthermore, the program is appropriate for students seeking a Pre-Law major or career as a judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, federal investigator, police officer, juvenile or adult counselor, probation/parole officer, victim advocate, social services worker or court manager.”