The goal of the program is to develop critical-thinking skills among the students through the use of current criminal justice and criminological topics, reports and research findings.

Student learning outcomes:

  • Students will identify concepts and issues that are relevant and/or appropriate for the research or content area.
  • Students will demonstrate logical connections in concepts, facts and information identified in the literature.
  • Students will be able to solve a problem, write a research paper or make a line of argument on a particular criminal justice topic.
  • Students will be able to exemplify the trivium of learning.