By 1977 the new Department of Criminal Justice and Corrections was formed and, in 1978, I was promoted to associate professor. The agreement with SMSU was that, if I could create a criminal justice program, if enrollments went well, and if my teaching, research and service performance were satisfactory, I would be granted tenure at the end of two years. I was also told that, if my academic performance merited promotion to full professor within four years, I could be promoted. That also happened.
All programs also offer an academic minor and are well populated.