Drexel University

With an emphasis on justice and criminological theory, a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology and Justice Studies from Drexel teaches how to translate conceptual knowledge into state-of-the art practice. Students develop their skills by using analytical tools and data to answer both large- and small-scale questions about crime. There are several paths and concentrations for students to specialize in while learning foundational knowledge and ethics, including civic engagement in the community. These concentrations include:

• Criminal Justice – The Criminal Justice concentration is designed as the most flexible, focusing its curriculum primarily on the substance of criminal justice institutions and crime without requiring many of the analytics- and computer-based courses the other two concentrations require. Criminal Justice is primarily intended for students seeking to double major, prepare for law school, take on multiple minors (e.g., a language and legal studies), or for students who desire a traditional criminal justice education.
• Justice Informatics – This concentration brings together computing and informatics with criminology and criminal justice to produce globally aware and technology-proficient graduates who bring an analytical and information-led approach to solving societal issues. Students will learn how to collect, manage, visualize, and analyze large sources of information so that they can bring their expertise into the crime and justice occupational arena and/or graduate school.
• Justice Studies – The Justice Studies concentration begins with the fundamental assertion that crime and crime policy are generally interconnected with social, economic, health, and environmental risk factors in ways that extend beyond the traditional criminal justice system. Thus, while the other Criminology and Justice Studies concentrations focus largely on crime, criminology, crime science, and analysis, Justice Studies more thoroughly considers issues of justice, fairness, and due process across a range of domains, groups, and places that are frequently—but not always—directly related to crime.