The department has one of the oldest programs in the field of justice in the United States. The full-time faculty in the department have educational backgrounds in law, criminology, criminal justice, philosophy, political science, sociology, psychology, and history. The department offers Data Sciences for Justice, Law and Criminology (BS), Justice and Law (BA) and Legal Studies (BA), Justice, Law and Criminology (MS), Terrorism and Homeland Security Policy (MS), and Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security (MS) online, a dual Juris Doctor and Master of Science program with the Washington College of Law, and Justice, Law and Criminology (PhD). Justice and Law (BA), with concentrations in criminal justice, criminology, and terrorism and security studies, analyzes the foundations, functions, policies, and procedures of justice. Crime and deviance are serious public policy concerns in American society, and systems of justice are the main public policy responses for dealing with these problems. Cross-cultural and international perspectives are brought to bear when they shed light on the nature of crime and deviance in America or on the workings of American systems of justice. Legal Studies (BA), with concentrations in the humanities or social sciences, is an interdisciplinary program that examines the role of law in relation to social, political, and economic institutions. The complex relation of law and justice, broadly conceived, is the central consideration in this program of study. Drawing on the social sciences and humanities, this curriculum offers an historical and international perspective on legal issues. Both undergraduate majors can be considered Prelaw majors.