Social Sciences Degrees

The Criminal Justice program at Emmanuel College prepares students to enter the multifaceted field of law enforcement, corrections, probation/parole, and juvenile justice. The Criminal Justice program at Emmanuel takes both an academic and practical approach. The student will pursue the substantive investigation of criminal justice as well as participating in practical experiences. The program is also interdisciplinary, drawing from studies in sociology, psychology, political science, and pre-law studies.

The study of history provides a framework within which the student can systematically investigate certain ideas, concepts, and trends which have characterized the collective experience and expression of mankind through time. The study of History can provide insights into our world and provoke thoughtful exploration, critical evaluation, and the examination of evidence. History helps provide a framework and an ordered sequence of events to aid the student’s understanding of the past, present, future. We approach historical developments through a Christian Worldview, which assumes that God’s Plan is front-and-center. History provides perspective and the accumulated experience of the past so essential to one’s identity, personal enrichment, and informed citizenship.

The purpose of the Psychology program at Emmanuel College is to provide students with a broad-based knowledge of the history of psychology as a science, its current fund of information concerning bio-psychosocial process, the application of psychological principles to professional practice, and the experiential and theoretical integration of psychology and Christianity. Furthermore, those students completing the psychology degree will have the background to pursue graduate level programs in psychology, counseling, or social work.