Economic Crime

Bachelor of Science in Economic Crime Investigation Curriculum

This program focuses on Financial Investigation

Students who have already earned an A.A. degree or equivalent are eligible to enroll in Utica College's Online ECI Bachelor's program.

Total credit hours required for the Baccalaureate degree: 126
Core (Students with an Associate Degree are exempt from Core) 34-55

Major Course Requirements Credit Hours
  CRJ 101   Intro to Criminal Justice Research Methods 1
  CRJ 103   Intro to Criminal Justice 3
  SOC 274   Criminology 3
  GOV 341   Jurisprudence of the Criminal Law 3
  CRJ 333   Information Security 3
  CRJ 334   Economic Crime Investigation 3
  CRJ 335   Cybercrime Law and Investigations 3
  CRJ 343   Law of Economic Crime 3
  CRJ 461   Senior Seminar in Economic Crime 3
  CRJ 470   Internship 6-15
  31 to 40
Major Related Requirements Credit Hours
  ECN 131   Principles of Microeconomics 3
  CRJ 103   Introduction to Criminal Justice 3
  Statistics (one of the following) 3
   MAT 112   Basic Statistics  
  ECN 241   Statistics  
  PSY 211   Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences
      9
Financial Investigation Credit Hours
  ACC 201   Financial Accounting 3
  ACC 202   Managerial Accounting 3
  ACC 301   Intermediate Accounting I 4
  ACC 302   Intermediate Accounting II 4
  FIN 333   Corporation Finance 3
  ACC 406   Forensic Accounting and Fraud Auditing 3
     20

A 6 to 15 credit hour internship is required for students not currently employed in the fraud or law enforcement industry.

The student must complete sufficient elective courses to earn at least the minimum of 126 credit hours required for this degree. At least 63 credit hours must be in the liberal arts and sciences.