Join the Extended International Pathway Program for Criminal Justice at the University of Hartford. Enhance your English skills & apply now!
Program Description The Criminal Justice Program offers courses in the study of criminal behavior, criminal law, and proactive and reactive strategies of social control of crime. It is unique in the following ways: The program emphasizes an interdisciplinary view of crime and its control, including policing, crime prevention through personal change and community development, taught within the context of the traditional liberal arts The program offers opportunities to study within agencies dealing with crime and justice The program offers courses that broadly educate students in the full range of issues related to the social nature of crime, criminal law and social control Learning Outcomes: Students will demonstrate knowledge of theory on the crime pattern of their choice. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the current research on the crime pattern of their choice. Students will demonstrate evidence of critical thinking, drawing logical conclusions in the analysis of that pattern of behavior. Students will demonstrate evidence of the ability to communicate effectively their knowledge of theory and current research and their critical thinking about the crime pattern of their choice. Students will demonstrate knowledge of theory on crime and on a component of the criminal justice system. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the current research on crime and that system component. Students will demonstrate evidence of critical thinking, drawing logical conclusions in the analysis of that policy. Students will demonstrate evidence of the ability to communicate effectively their knowledge and critical thinking. International Pathway Program Students should be advised that this is the Extended 3-Semester Pathway option for this program. The International Pathway Program (IPP) is open to students who need to strengthen their English skills before studying a degree program in the USA. The IPP offers undergraduate students the additional support needed for their first year of university study. Students’ academic, social and personal success are ensured while in the program as they prepare to continue on to their degree. Each semester students will take a combination of Hartford academic courses (credited) and English courses (non-credit). Course options are dependent upon the required pathway. Once students have reached the required English level, they can progress to their program at the University of Hartford.
