B.A./B.S. in Legal Studies - Criminal Justice Concentration

As a student in the region's only undergraduate criminal justice program, you'll learn how to critically reflect on the complexities of crime and society's response to it. Examine the ways in which police and correctional agencies operate and relate to the larger political and social world.

Your intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and oral and written communication skills will be challenged and developed.

As you complete courses in accounting, philosophy, political science, social work and sociology, you will achieve a global and comprehensive view of problems and potential solutions to criminal justice issues.

Did You Know?

Students can join the award-winning Criminal Justice Student Association where they can compete in regional and national competitions.

UW-Superior's Criminal Justice Honor Society was awarded the Outstanding New Chapter in the United States by the National Criminal Justice Society, Alpha Phi Sigma.

Each student in the criminal justice program completes an internship.

Students have completed internships with the U.S. Border Patrol, the National Park Service, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as well as numerous police departments, public defender offices and juvenile detention centers.