Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice

The study of criminal justice provides an interdisciplinary perspective on deviance, crime and the criminal justice system. It enables students to understand how deviance and crime are defined and interpreted, understand the parts of the criminal justice system and their respective roles, develop a theoretical understanding of deviance and crime, and investigate ethical issues related to the criminal justice system.

The three required courses are Introduction to the Sociological Imagination, Sociology of Deviance, and Criminology. Electives from other departments can include Crime, Incarceration and Communication; Introduction to Law; and Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco.

Ripon College, established in 1851, is Wisconsin’s best-value private college and a national leader in innovative liberal arts education. Within six months of graduation, 98 per cent of alumni are employed in graduate school or student-teaching. After 10 years, Ripon graduates are among the highest earners from all Wisconsin colleges and universities.

Ripon’s five-course Catalyst curriculum rigorously develops the 21st-century skills employers seek while connecting students to career and professional development throughout their four years and streamlining the path to graduation. Catalyst ensures students have extensive freedom to complete multiple majors and minors, applied experiences, play sports, hold internships and graduate in four years, guaranteed.

Ripon offers more than 80 areas of study along with unique pre-professional programs that provide qualified students preferred and early admission into graduate programs, and in some cases, a fast track to earning sought after professional degrees sooner.