The Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree is designed to prepare students for professional and research careers in criminal justice, criminology, and related fields by applying multidisciplinary and comparative social science to understand, predict, and explain crime and contribute to the development of public policy within urban communities. Using an experiential learning approach, the criminal justice major seeks to develop its students intellectually and ethically, while providing them with a keen appreciation for the complexities of crime and public and private efforts to make communities safer and ensure justice. The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice prepares students for meaningful careers in criminology, justice policy, the law, criminal justice, and related fields, including professional research careers. We do this by applying multidisciplinary social science tools that predict and explain crime, as well as deepening the understanding of policies that improve our systems of justice. We encourage each student to plan a program of study consistent with their interests and future aims. Our approach is experiential and our methods for teaching are rooted in knowledge creation as a top-tier research program. Our goal is to create ethical problem solvers who are prepared to tackle important crime and justice issues facing society. Our educational goals for students include a commitment to identify and address the role of systemic racism and intersecting dimensions of oppression in the development and application of justice system policies and practices, crime and justice theory, and research.