Program Student Learning Outcomes

• Graduates will demonstrate effective written and oral communication and synthesis of credible sources with proper attribution through the creation of a capstone project. 
• Graduates will analyze the nature, extent, causation, and prevention of crime as indicated by the major criminological theories.
• Graduates will evaluate the relationship between police practice and the U.S. Constitution and demonstrate their understanding of Fourth Amendment principles related to search, seizure, and arrest.
• Graduates will apply the principles of substantive, procedural, and evidentiary criminal laws that guide the criminal justice system and its members.
• Graduates will analyze the role of diversity, culture, and social power in the shaping of the modern, American corrections system.