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Major in Criminal Justice - Economic Crime Investigation 


School of Business and Justice Studies 


(Bachelor of Science Degree)

Economic crimes are a major and costly societal problem in America. Presently there are few individuals who have the skills to prevent, detect, or investigate this kind of crime. This major is designed to prepare practitioners to understand this evolving technological problem of business fraud and computer crimes. By combining accounting, management, computer science, and economics courses with criminal justice courses in economic crime investigation and law, students will be sufficiently prepared for an entry level position in this field.

Utica College also offers a master's program in economic crime management. For more information, consult the UC graduate catalog.

Total credit hours required for degree: 126

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS


Students in criminal justice - economic crime investigation are required to achieve a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) across major, major-related, major elective, and major concentration courses by the first semester of their junior year and to maintain that average thereafter.


ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS


(See also General Education Core)

Course Credit Hours Year Taken
Core 34-55  
Major Course Requirements
Criminal Justice 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice Research Methods 1 1
Criminal Justice 103 Introduction to Criminal Justice 3 1
Sociology 274 Criminology 3 2, 3
Government & Politics 341 Jurisprudence of the Criminal Law 3 3, 4
Criminal Justice 333 Information Security 3 3, 4
Criminal Justice 334 Economic Crime Investigation 3 3, 4
Criminal Justice 335 Cybercrime Law and Investigations 3 3, 4
Criminal Justice 343 Law of Economic Crime 3 3, 4
Criminal Justice 461 Senior Seminar 3 4
Criminal Justice 470* Internship 6-15 4
  31-40  

* A student with appropriate professional criminal justice work experience may substitute upper-level criminal justice electives for the internship with permission from the director of the program.

Major-Related Requirements
Economics 131 Principles of Microeconomics 3 1,2,3,4
Sociology 376 Criminological Research Methods 3 3, 4
Mathematics 112 Statistics 3 1,2,3,4
or
Psychology/Sociology 211 Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences 3 2,3
or
Economics 241 Statistics 3 2,3
  9  
Major Concentration
Each major must select one of the following concentrations:

Computer Security
Computer Science 101 Computer Science I 3 1,2,3
Computer Science 201 Discrete Mathematics I 3 2,3,4
Computer Science 303 Computer Organization and Programming 4 3,4
Computer Science 316 Object-Oriented Programming 3 3,4
Computer Science 323 Introduction to Networks 3 3,4
Computer Science 432 Computer and Network Security 4 3,4
Criminal Justice 435 Computer Forensics 3 3,4
  23

  
Financial Investigation
Accounting 201 Financial Accounting 3 2,3,4
Accounting 202 Managerial Accounting 3 2,3,4
Accounting 301 Intermediate Accounting I 4 3,4
Accounting 302 Intermediate Accounting II 4 3,4
Finance 333 Corporation Finance 3 3,4
Accounting 406 Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing 3 3,4
  20  
Electives
The student must complete sufficient elective courses to earn at least the minimum credit hours required for this degree, and at least 63 credit hours of the 126 required must be in the liberal arts and sciences.


* Students wishing information about the criminal justice retention policy should consult with their academic adviser.