• Note: For certain locations, program enrollment is onsite with online instruction.

  • Bachelor of Science in International and Comparative Criminal Justice

    Through this program, you will be taught how to collect, analyze, synthesize, and report information regarding international and comparative criminal justice procedures and investigations. Particular emphasis is placed on evaluating policy recommendations, planning, procedural design, emerging trends, and preventative approaches to transnational crime to help you stand out in this field.

    Bachelor of Science in International and Comparative Criminal Justice Program Highlights

    The Bachelor of Science in International and Comparative Criminal Justice is designed to provide a foundation for a critical, global approach to the analysis of cross-cultural theories of crime, legal systems, jurisprudence, policing, courts, juvenile justice, and other substantive offenses. This includes, but is not limited to:

    • Areas of study in computer crime, smuggling, narco-terrorism, human and migrant trafficking, and cyberlaundering
    • The complexities of the causes, prevention, and containment of global criminal activity
    • Evaluation of the components of international criminal justice systems as they apply to transnational and international crime
    • Analysis of the impact of varying global legal systems on human rights and crimes against humanity 

    What are the Career Opportunities?

    This program prepares graduates to pursue careers in which international and multijurisdictional crime plays an important role. Career opportunities include special agent, intelligence research specialist, collection management officer, counterterrorism analyst, and protective agent. Agencies and departments that may be looking for degree holders include the Department of Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Administration, metropolitan police departments, the United Nations, U.S. immigration, customs enforcement, and the CIA.* 

    Fast Track to Your Degree

    Eligible students in this bachelor's degree program who want to continue on to pursue a master's degree within the School of Criminal Justice or School of Legal Studies may be interested in the accelerated master's degree option. Students complete graduate-level courses within this undergraduate plan of study. Once accepted to the master’s degree program, students transfer in the graduate courses and matriculate into a shortened degree plan. This accelerated option allows students to complete both their bachelor's degree and master's degree in less time and at a lower cost than completing both programs separately. Accelerated options are offered for the following programs:

    Advanced Start Option

    If you already have an associate's degree from another accredited institution, our advanced start program may help you earn a Bachelor of Science in Bachelor of Science in International and Comparative Criminal Justice in as little as two years.†

  • Kaplan University offers multiple start dates, giving you greater flexibility with your education, life, and work schedules.

    Jun 05

    Online Start Date
    Jun 05, 2013

    Jul 03

    Online Start Date
    Jul 03, 2013

    Jul 31

    Online Start Date
    Jul 31, 2013

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  • Curriculum: All Tracks

    Core

    100/200 LEVEL: COMMUNICATION COURSE (5  Credits)

    Total Core Credits: 33
    Total Program Credits: 180

    100/200 LEVEL: MATHEMATICS COURSE (5 Credits)

    Total Core Credits: 33
    Total Program Credits: 180

    200 LEVEL: COMMUNICATION COURSE (5 Credits)

    Total Core Credits: 33
    Total Program Credits: 180

    300/400 LEVEL: ARTS AND HUMANITIES COURSE (6 Credits)

    Total Core Credits: 33
    Total Program Credits: 180

    300/400 LEVEL: PHYSICAL SCIENCE COURSE (6 Credits)

    Total Core Credits: 33
    Total Program Credits: 180

    300/400 LEVEL: SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE (6 Credits)

    Total Core Credits: 33
    Total Program Credits: 180

    Major

    CJ 100: PREPARING FOR A CAREER IN PUBLIC SAFETY (5 Credits)

    This course introduces students to careers in criminal justice and describes the Kaplan University public safety degree programs. The field of study, skill sets, and the criminal justice agencies and diverse populations encountered in the field will be discussed. Students will research the public safety degree program and class offerings in conjunction with their professional and personal goals in order to map out their specific degree plan and career goals. This course is designed to ensure criminal justice students have a successful social and academic transition into academic excellence within the Kaplan University community, and provide a foundation for success within the profession. 

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 101: INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (5 Credits)

    This course provides an overview of the criminal justice system in the United States. Students gain an understanding of the philosophy and development of the criminal justice system, the current state of the criminal justice agencies and institutions, and the issues and challenges facing them.

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 102: CRIMINOLOGY I (5 Credits)

    This course presents a framework for studying the nature and causes of crime and antisocial behavior. It focuses on explanations provided through criminal topologies and criminological theories, using a variety of multidisciplinary perspectives. Topics range from crime causation to the extent of crime, victimization, social and psychological theories, and various types of criminality including violent, property, and public order offenses.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 106: FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (5 Credits)

    The course provides a study of the Western system of criminal justice and a comparative analysis of criminal justice systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, and China. The definition of crime, the methods of enforcement, and the types of punishment in foreign countries are examined.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 107: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLICING (5 Credits)

    This course is an introduction to the nature and scope of international and transnational crime and the contributions made by professional police forces in foreign countries to combat crime. Emphasis will be placed on the international aspects of police activities in various foreign criminal justice agencies including formal and informal police cooperation between nations as well as the impact of mutual assistance and extradition agreements. Bilateral, regional, and international systems created for crime prevention, punishment, and control are analyzed. Recent enforcement measures against organized crime and terrorist organizations are considered.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 210: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (5 Credits)

    This course explains the importance and legal significance of evidence. It demonstrates how the investigative process works, from crime scene preservation to case preparation and courtroom presentation. It also examines various techniques used during criminal investigations, such as photography, interviewing, evidence handling, and scene reconstruction, and how each applies to specific types of crimes.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 219: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (5 Credits)

    This course explains the methods of addressing post-conflict situations in which the root causes of conflict remain unsettled because the basic political, legal, economic, social, and governmental institutions remain in flux. The course describes the role of the civilian police and other entities, as well as standards to be applied in peacekeeping operations. The course examines the nature of peacekeeping operations and effective models used throughout history.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 293: INVESTIGATING TERRORISM (5 Credits)

    This course covers the contemporary issues faced by the U.S. government and criminal justice professionals in containing terrorism. Students discuss and evaluate government strategies in combating terrorism. They also explore important issues linked to terrorism, including the effects on federal laws, the use of the media by terrorists, and the impact on civil liberties and the economy.

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 307: CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN TERRORIST ATTACKS AND DISASTERS (6 Credits)

    This course will cover the methodology and rationale behind the unified response to a terrorist, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), or disaster incident within the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS). Students will explore the management and incident command response to terrorist, WMD, or disaster events, including elements of logistics, budgeting, prioritization, staffing, and support. Students will examine these methodologies from the perspective of crisis management and consequence management.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 343: COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS (6 Credits)

    This course compares and contrasts justice systems around the world. Topics covered include crime on the world scene, legal traditions, substantive law and procedural law, and an international perspective on policing, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice. The study of other cultures and countries is an important feature of a comprehensive educational experience. In this course, students discuss the positive and negative attributes of the various justice systems of England, France, Sweden, Japan, and Russia.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 350: ORGANIZED CRIME (6 Credits)

    The course investigates the international phenomenon of organized crime from historical origins through future trends in organized criminal enterprise. Special emphasis is given to domestic organized crime involving different racial and ethnic groups. Law enforcement's efforts to describe, understand, and combat organized crime are discussed.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 360: GLOBAL CULTURE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (6 Credits)

    This course includes a study of transnational crime including violence and economic crime. Concerns exist for criminal justice organizations around the world as they work to stem the flow of drugs, control trade in human beings, diminish smuggling, and halt terrorism. This course will explore how individual cultures and societies affect the processes related to crime investigation, prosecution, and punishment.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 361: TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICING (6 Credits)

    The mafia, Russian organized crime, drug cartels, Chinese human traffickers, terrorists, and the electronic sex trade thrive in part due to the disconnected efforts of sovereign countries and their law enforcement institutions to enforce law outside of their national borders. Slowly, the international community has recognized that it must establish international institutions and work collaboratively in order to challenge those who profit from an absence of the rule of law. During this course, we will explore law enforcement's efforts to combat international organized crime in the past, present, and future. The course will furnish a concise but comprehensive introduction to the challenges inherit in criminal investigations than span traditional state boundaries. Students will analyze international policing case studies and identify effective operational methods that result in the successful enforcement of the transnational rule of law.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 362: CURRENT GENDER ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE (6 Credits)

    This course will examine from a cross-cultural perspective the role of gender in comparative criminal justice by considering such topics as the punishment of female offenders, the assistance to female victims, and the roles of female criminal justice practitioners.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 412: ROLE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (6 Credits)

    This course provides an analysis of the role of criminal justice institutions in peacekeeping operations. The student will learn how peacekeeping organizations address the criminal element that attempts to prosper and profit from weak or no governmental authority. The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how to develop functioning law enforcement and criminal justice systems that enforce the rule of law, are accountable to the electorate, and are adaptive to the needs of a society subjected to political and military conflict and instability.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    CJ 498: BACHELOR'S CAPSTONE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (6 Credits)

    This course is designed as the culminating experience of the bachelor's degree program in international and comparative criminal justice. This course consists of a series of assignments that integrate concepts from the curriculum. The assignments are designed to test application and critical thinking skills as students work through fact-based scenarios and analyze issues affecting contemporary practice.

    Prerequisites Required: Last term or permission of the Dean

    Total Major Credits: 88
    Total Program Credits: 180

    Electives

    OPEN ELECTIVES (59 Credits)

    Total Electives Credits: 59
    Total Program Credits: 180

    Prior Degree

    Total Prior Degree Credits (90 Credits)

    Total Prior Degree Credits: 90
    Total Program Credits: 90

    *Comparability is determined by a course-by-course examination of the prior associate's or bachelor's degree against the core requirements of a Kaplan University associate’s degree.

    Prerequisites

    CJ 101: INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (5 Credits)

    This course provides an overview of the criminal justice system in the United States. Students gain an understanding of the philosophy and development of the criminal justice system, the current state of the criminal justice agencies and institutions, and the issues and challenges facing them.

    Total Prerequisites Credits: 15
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 102: CRIMINOLOGY I (5 Credits)

    This course presents a framework for studying the nature and causes of crime and antisocial behavior. It focuses on explanations provided through criminal topologies and criminological theories, using a variety of multidisciplinary perspectives. Topics range from crime causation to the extent of crime, victimization, social and psychological theories, and various types of criminality including violent, property, and public order offenses.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Prerequisites Credits: 15
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 106: FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (5 Credits)

    The course provides a study of the Western system of criminal justice and a comparative analysis of criminal justice systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, and China. The definition of crime, the methods of enforcement, and the types of punishment in foreign countries are examined.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Prerequisites Credits: 15
    Total Program Credits: 90

    Bachelor's Core

    300/400 LEVEL: ARTS AND HUMANITIES COURSE (6 Credits)

    Total Bachelor's Core Credits: 18
    Total Program Credits: 90

    300/400 LEVEL: PHYSICAL SCIENCE COURSE (6 Credits)

    Total Bachelor's Core Credits: 18
    Total Program Credits: 90

    300/400 LEVEL: SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE (6 Credits)

    Total Bachelor's Core Credits: 18
    Total Program Credits: 90

    Major

    CJ 307: CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN TERRORIST ATTACKS AND DISASTERS (6 Credits)

    This course will cover the methodology and rationale behind the unified response to a terrorist, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), or disaster incident within the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS). Students will explore the management and incident command response to terrorist, WMD, or disaster events, including elements of logistics, budgeting, prioritization, staffing, and support. Students will examine these methodologies from the perspective of crisis management and consequence management.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 343: COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS (6 Credits)

    This course compares and contrasts justice systems around the world. Topics covered include crime on the world scene, legal traditions, substantive law and procedural law, and an international perspective on policing, the courts, corrections, and juvenile justice. The study of other cultures and countries is an important feature of a comprehensive educational experience. In this course, students discuss the positive and negative attributes of the various justice systems of England, France, Sweden, Japan, and Russia.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 350: ORGANIZED CRIME (6 Credits)

    The course investigates the international phenomenon of organized crime from historical origins through future trends in organized criminal enterprise. Special emphasis is given to domestic organized crime involving different racial and ethnic groups. Law enforcement's efforts to describe, understand, and combat organized crime are discussed.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 360: GLOBAL CULTURE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (6 Credits)

    This course includes a study of transnational crime including violence and economic crime. Concerns exist for criminal justice organizations around the world as they work to stem the flow of drugs, control trade in human beings, diminish smuggling, and halt terrorism. This course will explore how individual cultures and societies affect the processes related to crime investigation, prosecution, and punishment.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 101

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 361: TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICING (6 Credits)

    The mafia, Russian organized crime, drug cartels, Chinese human traffickers, terrorists, and the electronic sex trade thrive in part due to the disconnected efforts of sovereign countries and their law enforcement institutions to enforce law outside of their national borders. Slowly, the international community has recognized that it must establish international institutions and work collaboratively in order to challenge those who profit from an absence of the rule of law. During this course, we will explore law enforcement's efforts to combat international organized crime in the past, present, and future. The course will furnish a concise but comprehensive introduction to the challenges inherit in criminal investigations than span traditional state boundaries. Students will analyze international policing case studies and identify effective operational methods that result in the successful enforcement of the transnational rule of law.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 362: CURRENT GENDER ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE (6 Credits)

    This course will examine from a cross-cultural perspective the role of gender in comparative criminal justice by considering such topics as the punishment of female offenders, the assistance to female victims, and the roles of female criminal justice practitioners.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 412: ROLE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS (6 Credits)

    This course provides an analysis of the role of criminal justice institutions in peacekeeping operations. The student will learn how peacekeeping organizations address the criminal element that attempts to prosper and profit from weak or no governmental authority. The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of how to develop functioning law enforcement and criminal justice systems that enforce the rule of law, are accountable to the electorate, and are adaptive to the needs of a society subjected to political and military conflict and instability.

    Prerequisites Required: CJ 102

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    CJ 498: BACHELOR'S CAPSTONE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (6 Credits)

    This course is designed as the culminating experience of the bachelor's degree program in international and comparative criminal justice. This course consists of a series of assignments that integrate concepts from the curriculum. The assignments are designed to test application and critical thinking skills as students work through fact-based scenarios and analyze issues affecting contemporary practice.

    Prerequisites Required: Last term or permission of the Dean

    Total Major Credits: 48
    Total Program Credits: 90

    Electives

    OPEN ELECTIVES (24 Credits)

    Total Electives Credits: 24
    Total Program Credits: 90

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    The 25% tuition reduction applies only to international students living outside of the United States. This discount does not apply to military students. Please check with your advisor to see if you are eligible. 

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