The Department of Criminal Justice & Political Science was established in 2003. With three faculty members in criminal justice, the department serves over 200 criminal justice majors and 20 graduate students.
While criminal justice courses have been taught at NDSU for many years, in the fall of 2003, the State Board of Higher Education approved the change from a criminal justice emphasis to a new B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. The program also houses a Ph.D. program, which began in fall of 2002, an M.S. program, which began in fall of 2005, and minors in Criminal Justice and Fraud Examination.
In October 2003, the criminal justice program moved into the new Criminal Justice and Public Policy Building, which will provide ample space for the program’s continued growth.
Links below provide information about the department and faculty, graduate and undergraduate programs, and research activities.