Greetings! On behalf of our faculty staff
and students we welcome you to the
Department of Criminal Justice at East
Carolina University where our mission is
to educate the next generation of
criminal justice leaders. In this
presentation we will introduce you to
the many exciting opportunities and
activities available to criminal justice
students at ECU. Our vibrant department
offers students a growing list of
educational programs, extracurricular
options and enrichment activities.
Together these give our students a
complete criminal justice study
experience while preparing them for
professional success in many aspects of
the field. In fact our graduates can be
found in public and private positions in
government agencies law offices
corporate offices and academic
institutions around the globe. Moreover
many hold prominent leadership positions
in the Justice professions and later
we'll show you some examples. We take a
comprehensive approach to criminal
justice academics while focusing on
student-centered learning in the
classroom and beyond.
This includes giving students a
first-class education provided by our
award-winning teacher scholar faculty
and professional academic advisors. We
offer a wide variety of academic degrees
and programs.
These include a Bachelor of Science in
Criminal Justice three minors a Masters
of Science in criminal justice and
graduate certificates.
For example forensic science study is a
very popular at ECU and we offer a minor
in forensic science that concentrates on
crime scene investigation criminal
investigation and the collection of
criminal evidence. If you like the
television series CSI you're in the
right place because our forensic science
students learn the latest techniques and
methods in the classroom laboratory mock
crime scene and criminal justice
agencies using state-of-the-art
equipment. In addition to forensic
science we also offer a minor in
criminal justice and a minor in criminal
law and judicial process. The law related
minor is for students interested in
attending law school or pursuing careers
in the court system or related jobs. We
could not fulfill our mission to offer
such terrific programming without the
efforts of the department's
award-winning faculty. All of our classes
are taught by either full or part-time
faculty who have advanced degrees and a
wide range of expertise and experience.
The faculty are more than outstanding
teachers since our full-time professors
are also accomplished scholars. In fact
some of their research has received
national recognition. The results of our
research contribute to improving the
administration of justice and community
public safety at home and abroad. At ECU
criminal justice students also benefit
from the college's full-service advising
center where professional academic
advisors and career specialists assist
students in planning their educational
journey and preparing them to enter the
workforce upon graduation. Our
student-centered learning philosophy
doesn't just apply to the classroom. We
are committed to providing students with
a broad range of learning opportunities
both near and far. As you can see there
are numerous chances to learn about
criminal justice from faculty
practitioners experts and citizens who
may be found in many places.
All Bachelor of Science criminal justice
majors are required to complete a field
experience internship in their final
semester.
This course credit program is offered in
the fall spring and summer semesters
with an extensive list of agency
placements available in law enforcement
law courts Corrections and social
services all in many locales.
Care to get out of town? Each year we
offer a study abroad program to Europe
involving countries such as the United
Kingdom France Spain and the Netherlands
where students have a chance to learn
about criminal justice practices from
local professors and officials. If you'd
like to stay away longer we have an
international student exchange program
where foreign or ECU students can study
criminal justice for an entire semester
at partner universities in an English
language program. Criminal justice
students have opportunities to interact
with their classmates and the community
both in and outside the classroom.
First-year freshman may be eligible for
our Living Learning Community Program.
LLC members live together in Umstead
Hall and participate in a broad range of
special activities throughout the year.
Ask your advisor if you are interested.
Students can get a hands-on learning
experience by participating in faculty
guided research projects. The students
are involved in actual research studies
and work alongside professors and agency
specialists on a variety of crime
control issues. There are opportunities
for students to meet with criminal
justice professionals and leaders
through our guest speaker and career
fair programs. Our annual criminal
justice career fair attracts agency
representatives from federal state and
local law enforcement as well as
corrections and law organizations.
Interested students can learn about
employment opportunities in the criminal
justice field.
Our faculty and students care about the
community and are involved in volunteer
programs that help crime victims and the
disadvantaged throughout the area.
We strive to support our students in
many ways such as through the
scholarships awarded to undergraduate
criminal justice majors each year as
well as graduate student assistantships.
If you want to get involved with the ECU
criminal justice community our student
organizations are the best way to do it.
Our chapter of the Alpha Phi Sigma
National Honor Society as well as the
criminal justice student organization
meet for both social and community
service events and also get to attend
exclusive meetings with some of our
renowned guest speakers. A degree in
criminal justice is a gateway to many
career paths across multiple fields. Some
of these include law enforcement courts
and law Corrections and crime research
and analysis. You will have many
opportunities to interact with
practitioners in these fields as guest
speakers and at our annual career fair.
Typically the measure of success is the
end product. Our program has many
successful alumni including chief's
sheriff's judges wardens attorneys and
more. Here are a few examples of
graduates who have become notable
criminal justice leaders.
 
We are Criminal Justice and now so are
you. This concludes the presentation so
on behalf of the department of Criminal
Justice let me welcome you aboard!
