Program Details

Bachelor of Science Degree • School of Business and Justice Studies

Criminal Justice - Economic Crime Investigation Major

Program Details

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
Criminal Justice 232	Economic Crime Theory	3	2, 3
Criminal Justice 336	Information Privacy	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
or
Criminal Justice 475*	Senior Project, plus CRJ  300-level or higher elective	3-6	4
		28-37
* Only available for online students enrolled in the major or students with appropriate professional criminal justice work experience, with permission from the director of the program.
Major-Related Requirements
Accounting 201	Financial Accounting	3	2,3,4
Economics 131	Principles of Microeconomics	3	1,2,3,4
Sociology 274	Criminology	3	2,3
Mathematics 112	Statistics	3	1,2,3
or
Psychology/Sociology 211	Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences	3	2,3
or
Economics 241	Statistics	3	2,3
Sociology 376	Criminological Research Methods	3	3,4
Government & Politics 341	Jurisprudence of the Criminal Law	3	3,4
		18
Major Concentration
Select one of the following concentrations:
Financial Investigation
Accounting 202	Managerial Accounting	3	2,3,4
Accounting 301	Intermediate Accounting I	3	2,3,4
Accounting 302	Intermediate Accounting II	3	3,4
Accounting 406	Forensic Accounting & Fraud Auditing	3	3,4
Finance 333	Corporate Finance	3	3,4
Accounting 303	Cost Management	3	3,4
or
Accounting 401	Auditing	3	3,4
		18
Fraud Prevention and Detection
Criminal Justice 347	Fraud Prevention & Detection Technologies	3	3,4
Criminal Justice 353	Fraud Prevention Techniques	3	3,4
Criminal Justice 354	Payment Systems & Fraud	3	3,4
Criminal Justice 365	Advanced Issues in Economic Crime	3	3,4
Criminal Justice 444	Fraud & Compliance Operations	3	3,4
Concentration Elective:
Select one of the following:
Criminal Justice 313	Corruption & Organized Crime	3	3,4
Criminal Justice 314	Modern Techniques in Criminal Investigation	3	3,4
Economics 343	Money & Banking	3	3,4
Risk Management and Insurance 273	Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance	3	3,4
Philosophy 108	Professional Ethics	3	3,4
		18
Electives
The student must complete sufficient elective courses to earn at least the minimum credit hours for this degree, and at least 60 credits 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.