Criminal Justice

Students with officers who provided a K9 demonstration on campus.

The Criminal Justice program has a 95% rate on students either being accepted into a grad program upon graduation or being offered a full-time position in their discipline. Students have hands-on projects, internships and many opportunities to shadow or ride-a-long with the Murfreesboro Police Department. The faculty in Criminal Justice brings speakers to campus for students to hear the many opportunities that a bachelor’s degree in this field can allow them. The field is not limited and we have students in FBI, Secret Service, Corrections, Probation, Game Warden, Courts, and more.

B.S. Degree Requirements

Minor Requirements

Associate’s Requirements

Department of Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice students can complete internships with any police department, correction facility, or shadow jobs in the courts. They are supervised and must complete a set number of hours.

Learn by Doing

Students also connect classroom knowledge with real-world experience through membership in organizations specifically designed for students pursuing the Criminal Justice degree. The Chowan University chapter of the Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society and the Criminal Justice Club offers students additional educational, service, and fellowship opportunities.

Potential Careers

Probation Officer
Victim-Witness Advocate
Forensic Science Technician
Police Officer
Correctional Officer
Private Detective
Probation Officer
Security Guard
Homeland Security
Secret Service Agent
Crime Scene Investigator
Computer Forensics Investigator
Fish and Game Warden
Fraud Investigator
FBI Agent
CIA Agent
US Postal Inspector
Paralegal
Law Clerk
Immigration and Customs
DEA Agent

They really encouraged me to push myself to do things that I myself did not believe I could do. And that is really the best thing about Chowan University, is that the professors and the advisors, they will encourage you, they will help you out in anyway they can so that you can really have faith in your future.

Zach Cooper ’17 | Attorney | Zackary A. Cooper Law

Recent Graduate Positions

Two female criminal justice majors recently completed all requirements to receive their badges. One is working with the City of Petersburg and the other is working with the City of Newport News.
One just graduated with a master’s in Criminal Justice from the University of North Texas and is employed at John W. Lawit, LLC.
One completed an internship with the City of Franklin, VA, and is now employed as a 911 dispatcher.