Secure a rewarding career while you serve and protect.
The SUNY Morrisville criminal justice Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree program prepares you to meet the professional expectations and performance standards of today’s law enforcement and private security agencies.
Why SUNY Morrisville Criminal Justice?
Our B.Tech. program coursework addresses practical and current issues in law enforcement so you’re ready to enter the workforce immediately upon graduation. Along with requisite courses in policing, corrections, investigation and criminal law, you will choose courses in information technology, natural resources, economics & white-collar crime, adolescents & the criminal justice system or public safety & security.
You also get an inside look at a career in law enforcement through our on-campus IES Milo simulator. This “Shoot, Don’t Shoot” system, which also features Taser and chemical agent options, teaches you the use of force continuum, and communications and professionalism in decision-making scenarios. The Crime Scene Lab provides you with a true look at crime scene investigation, evidence collection, handling & preservation, DNA and forensic technology. You also will work with the latest software for pre-sentence investigations and police reports.
The program’s required full-semester internship will give you extensive experience in a real-world criminal justice setting and may even lead to your first job interview.
Take your experience even further by joining the Criminal Justice Club, which hosts guest speakers who expose students to varying professions, travel and volunteerism. The club also holds an annual simulated crime-scene investigation competition to put your skills to the test.
Join the college’s Simulator Team or the Crime Scene Team to help develop your field expertise, take part in training events and help teach fellow classmates. And foster professional development opportunities through the Alpha Phi Sigma, Mu Beta chapter of the National Criminal Justice Honor Society.
Skills You Will Gain
Upon completion of the B.Tech. program, you will be able to:
- Identify, collect and preserve evidence in accordance with standard police practice, utilizing traditional, current and technological methods in a manner that is mutually beneficial to all stakeholders in the criminal justice system
- Recognize and evaluate essential criminal justice-related skills pertaining to the application of criminal and criminal procedure laws to the myriad investigations that occur in criminal justice
- Identify and describe diversity and cultural influences in human behavior, particularly in stressful events
- Provide evidence in portfolio form of your academic and practical experiences
What Can I Do in Criminal Justice?
Graduates of the B.Tech. program will be ready to enter public safety and private sector fields such as:
- Medico-legal investigations
- Environmental conservation enforcement
- Emergency management
- Cybersecurity and cybercrime
- Computer forensics
- Information security
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