CJ 4903 - Criminal Justice Research I

Common Course Number: CRJU 49073
Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3 Lecture
Offered: Odd Spring

Guides students through the research process. Students will learn how to identify a research topic, conduct literature reviews, develop research questions, select an appropriate research design, development data collection and measurement instruments, write an IRB proposal and obtain approval to conduct their research. Students will select a sample and collect primary and/or secondary data under the direction of a criminal justice faculty member.

Prerequisite: criminal justice major with junior standing or consent of instructor, CJ 3983 - Introduction To Research Methods, STAT 2503 - Probability And Statistics I or PSYC 2513 - Introduction To Behavioral Statistics, and ENGL 1213 - Composition II or ENGL 1233 - Honors Composition