The Criminal Justice program here at Saint Leo
is so great
because the faculty uses their field experience
to pass down to us,
so when we go out into the workforce
we’re well-prepared.
Every person that instructs in this university
has at least 15 years of street experience.
I think we do a good job at Saint Leo of preparing our students for post-graduate careers
because it’s a great integration.
We do tailor our classes, integrating visual learning and practical exercises,
and we make sure that the students’ needs are met.
Our professors take us out into the field.
For instance, we have a crime scene house on campus that we use to create the scenarios
and learn and apply the theories that we learn in class.
We stay current with the technology- fingerprinting,
a dry cabinet, a fuming tank,
where the students will be exposed to the equipment that they will be using in the fields-
almost equivalent to on-the-job training.
A criminal justice degree can be a springboard
for many opportunities-
FBI agents, federal agencies, the traditional law-enforcement police;
but also law, crime scene investigators,
there’s a lot of opportunities with a
criminal justice degree.
The feedback we get from our students is very strong on the one-to-one interaction
and the fact that teachers are accessible.
We’re able to make it a fun and an engaging, exciting, risk-taking, safe environment.
A small amount of student in the class can be a plus.
We all get to know each other really well and
that helps us better in group work.
Because, whatever you do in law enforcement,
it’s a team work- it’s team operations.
Throughout the program your confidence grows up a lot.
At a larger university, I would not have gotten the type of growth that I’ve gotten here.
We just give a better education at Saint Leo University.
