Program Mission & Learning Objectives

The Saint Peter’s University Criminal Justice degree program mission is to develop professionals with specialty knowledge as well as contemporary academic skills who are able to enter a diverse workforce in a multi-cultural service-dominated governmental agency or advance on to graduate level education.

The program will serve the criminal justice education needs of our state’s residents, employers, workers and leaders from around the world who value the mission of the University.

Goal A

To provide quality instruction in undergraduate and graduate level criminal justice studies reflective of the broad range of sociological and procedural subject found within this discipline.

GOAL B

To ensure that students completing the Criminal Justice major or minor degree requirements are able to demonstrate mastery of predominant theories and research methods found within the discipline.

GOAL C

To prepare students for graduate-level studies in criminal justice or professions in which criminal logical/legal understanding is a prerequisite.

GOAL D

To ensure that students successfully completing the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Saint Peter’s College are truly men and women for others, worthy of trust confidence.

GOAL E

To ensure that students completing the Criminal Justice major or minor degree requirements are able to demonstrate mastery of specialty knowledge in criminal law, police, corrections, or law enforcement, forensics and criminology.

GOAL F

To ensure that students acquire the following skills necessary to serve in modern society; I) the ability to find ethical solutions to complex problems, II) the ability to integrate information technology, and III) understanding, appreciation, and sensitivity when working in a diverse multicultural workforce, and serving a diverse multicultural community.