The Criminal Justice major at Keystone provides students with a solid foundation in criminal justice and liberal arts. This curriculum is designed for transfer into a Baccalaureate degree program. Criminology presents a theoretical overview of crime and criminality. Juvenile Delinquency provides students with various theoretical models used to explain delinquent behavior. The criminal justice courses utilize the expertise of professionals from the community to introduce students to the theoretical and practical components of the field.
Students also take classes in psychology, sociology, biology, political science, and economics.
An integral component of the Criminal Justice curriculum is cooperative education which provides a supervised work experience in the criminal justice field. After completing two semesters of course work, students are eligible to enroll in cooperative education. This curriculum was developed with much input from Criminal Justice Professionals who saw a real need for administration and management skills. For this reason, the Keystone curriculum includes both criminal justice and business courses. Students will have opportunities to build competencies in business administration while learning about current issues in criminal justice.