A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- BS
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- Catalog edition
- CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 200004
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_200004_a6434cae
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)
0 items
Residential Students - Major Requirements (49 hours)
0 items
Major Core Requirements (16 hours)
6 items
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Additional requirement for residential students (18 hours) include six hours in each of the following areas
0 items
Area 1: The Justice System (6 hours)
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Area 2: Cultural Competencies and Ethics in Criminal Justice (6 hours)
4 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Area 3: Criminological Issues (6 hours)
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Major Electives* (15 hours)
36 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 1-3
- 3-6
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- *The 15 hours CJ elective requirement may include additional “area” courses and six hours of credit earned by completion of Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET). EDM courses may count (double dipping) toward both CJ elective category and EDM minor or EDM major. A maximum of 9 credit hours from EDM can be applied to the CJ Major Electives requirement. A minimum of 25 hours in the major must be completed at WCU.Not resolved to a course
Distance Learning Students - Administration of Justice Concentration (49 hours)
0 items
Major Core requirement (16 hours) as listed above.
0 items
Concentration Core (9 hours)
5 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Concentration Electives (9 hours)
16 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Additional Major Electives (15 hours)
0 items
General Electives (29 hours)
0 items
Source. Western Carolina University, catalog CURRENT 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.wcu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=62&poid=8914. Captured page pages/0040.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.