Bachelor of Criminal Justice (Degree Completion)
The Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree from Anderson University, where the best of liberal arts combines with professional education in a Christian community, opens doors to exciting career possibilities.
Program Benefits
Skills - Anderson's Criminal Justice program furthers the skills people have attained in their work in various law enforcement, corrections, probation and other related fields.
Job Opportunities - Job Opportunities in Criminal Justice encompass many areas, including federal, state and local police and sheriff departments, probation departments, parole agencies, private detective agencies, correctional institutions, corporate security firms, financial investigations, drug and firearms agencies, immigration, Secret Service, U.S. Customs, diplomatic security, Homeland security, air marshals, transportation agencies, and many others.
Potential to grow within the field - Federal law enforcement agencies require bachelor degrees for employment, as do many State departments. Other agencies are moving in that direction. Having a Bachelor in Criminal Justice degree enables you to earn a graduate degree, attend law school, work in government, in private security and as a consultant. The more you study, the further you can go. Earning a Bachelor's degree typically results in automatic pay increases of 5 - 10% in South Carolina. Check with your state to see how it may help you.
Convenience and Quality - The BCRJ can be earned entirely online. The flexibility of online classes means you can keep your job and still earn your degree, by scheduling classes around your busy schedule.
The quality of the online Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree is of the same high quality as traditional courses, and the faculty consists of well-trained full time professors from various academic fields.
Expected salary - Wages and benefits for criminal justice graduates are among the best in the nation. As long ago as 2002, annual salaries for police supervisors and detectives topped $61,000.
Faculty and Staff
Anderson University's online faculty is well-credentialed. The head of the program, Dr. George Ducworth, has 20 years experience prosecuting criminal cases and serves on the College of District Attorney's National Advocacy Center. He has a JD, Law from University of SC. Other BCRJ instructors also have excellent credentials. One has 12 years experience as a prosecutor; another has a PhD in Sociology, Yale University.
Description
The BCRJ degree consists of 42 - 43 semester hours of General Education courses; 27 - 33 CRJ core courses from an associate degree program; 36 semester hour credits in the course major, including 21 credits in Criminal Justice, communications and social sciences and 15 semester hours of 300 level and above in CRJ, psychology, sociology and political science; and 12 general elective credit hours. A maximum of 64 semester hours of credits may be transferred from an associate level degree program. Anderson University is accredited by SACS, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. As such, a degree from Anderson is a prestigious, accredited degree.
Philosophy & History
Anderson University has an interesting history. It was originally established as a women's college prior to the Civil War. Its founder was the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Reverend William B. Johnson. The school closed during the war, but reopened in 1910, and in 1930 became a coeducational institution.
Anderson has stayed true to its original commitment to quality higher education and is ranked one of the best universities in the South by both U. S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review. AU is also recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top 35 universities in the South whose graduates accumulate the least amount of educational debt.
Enjoy the benefits of an Anderson degree from anywhere in the world with our online Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree, and look for online expansion into other degree areas.