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Criminal Justice Department

Criminal justice deals with how laws are made, applied and enforced (equally or unequally) and the policies and goals that inspire those laws. It also focuses on crime and criminal behavior. 

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College Factual

Our programs

The criminal justice major at SUNY Oswego is a multidisciplinary liberal arts program with special emphasis in the social and behavioral sciences combined with specialized in-depth research and supervised fieldwork experience. Areas of study include administration of justice, corrections, court, and judicial administration, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, probation, parole, community-based rehabilitation programs, private security, and pre-law. Our faculty bring a wide variety of experience, research interests, and teaching methods that make this a strong, vibrant, and interesting area of study.

Majors and Minors

Real experience

The criminal justice optional internship opportunity gives students a valuable opportunity to gain practical experience in an occupation of interest, make professional contacts, and to prepare for their future careers locally and nationally. During the internship, students relate theory they have learned in their course work to the way things “really work” in the field. Several of our students have had their research presented during QUEST Day, won Dean's Writing Awards, and had their research submitted to professional publications.

Beyond the Classroom

Career paths

Our program prepares you for multiple career options in human services and community rehabilitation programs, court, law and government administration, and law enforcement, investigative, and corrections fields.

Prospective Students

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Office

Criminal Justice Department
Temporary Location:
321 Poucher Hall

Contact

Phone: 315.312.3406

Department Secretary: 
[email protected]

Advisement Coordinator
[email protected]

Department Chair: 
[email protected]