Major Focus- Criminology & Justice Studies

Major Focus-Criminology & Justice Studies- This KSU Tuscarawas program lays a firm foundation for criminal and regulatory law enforcement affiliated with a wide variety of municipal, city, county, state, regional, & national agencies

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With over 30 degrees to choose from, Kent State University (KSU) at Tuscarawas has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology and Justice Studies. This degree offers 7 different concentrations which can be completed at the Tuscarawas campus.

Major Focus on Criminology & Justice Studies

The degree program gives students the tools to understand criminal & juvenile justice systems, law, law enforcement, corrections, courts and diversity regarding:

Foundations
Structures
Practices
Current Challenges
Controversies

7 Tuscarawas Concentration Options

Future Career Paths

Kent State Tuscarawas Criminology and Justice Studies graduates may work in the following types of positions:

First-line supervisor of correctional officers (guards, counselors, probation and parole officers and supervisors)
First-line supervisor of police and detectives
Public safety telecommunicator
Homeland security, courthouse security, park/forest ranger, private security services

This knowledge is needed in numerous sectors of business, including education, manufacturing, healthcare, non-profit, & government.

Program Requirements

120 credit hours where 15 of those hours will be in a specific concentration.
A roadmap for this program’s class schedule success is laid out here.

Enrollment

Applications can be found online here
No application fee
No test scores needed for first-year students

Why Go Anywhere Else?

Unique classroom opportunities present themselves exclusively to Tuscarawas students.

High-quality teaching
Advising
Mentoring
Learning with small class sizes
Dedicated teachers such as David Graff (awarded Outstanding Teaching in ’08 & ’12), Senior Lecturer in Justice studies at Kent State University Tuscarawas. He also is the advisor for Tuscarawas’ Criminology & Justice Club on campus. Listen to his interview with Tuscarawas Broadcasting Company WBTC about his past, passion and drive for student success.

State-of-the-art technology, software, and equipment to learn and create with.
Gold standard curriculum and excellent Professors.
Incredible ALC makerspace.
Tutoring is offered for many Kent Core classes including; psychology, biology, math, chemistry, and writing.
Local advisors dedicated to the Tuscarawas campus will assist with academic forms, information, classes as well as success tips virtually or in person.
USCAA athletics on campus.
Over $350K in scholarships are awarded annually.
Convenient access to educational experience at the PAC.
Ability to gain future career experience in the exclusive KSU Tuscarawas Research Colloquium.

Tuscarawas Campus Dedicated to Success

The job forecast for information technology careers from the U.S. Beauru of Labor Statistics is predicted to grow exceedingly faster than the average rate for the next eight years. Major Focus- Criminology & Justice Studies program at KSU Tuscarawas is able to prepare for a successful future.

Why go anywhere else when low tuition, close to home, extraordinary education is right down the road!

Kent State University at Tuscarawas
330 University Drive NE
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
(330)-339-3391

Source of occupation titles and labor data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.