You can earn your B.S. in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Crime Analysis and prepare to enter the profession with the tools and strategies needed to identify crime patterns and support evidence-based policing decisions.
As a Criminal Justice student, you’ll gain a well-rounded education that builds critical thinking, communication, writing, and analytical skills, while providing comprehensive knowledge of crime, courts, policing, corrections, offenders, and victims. With the Crime Analysis concentration, you’ll further specialize your studies by combining data science with policing knowledge to solve real-world community problems.
This fully online concentration program equips you with practical skills to begin an early career in an in-demand field. Graduates go on to become crime analysts who strengthen public safety and enhance the effectiveness of their agencies.
The concentration curriculum emphasizes working with real crime data, helping you learn how to collect, interpret, and analyze information to improve policing strategies and make a meaningful impact in your community. You’ll also be prepared to sit for the Law Enforcement Analyst Foundational (LEAF) exam through the International Association of Crime Analysts (IACA).
Are you ready to make a difference in your community?
This degree program provides students with the skills required to start as a Crime Analyst in a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency. You will be able to network by taking advantage of the Carolinas Crime Analysis Association which connects you to a community of professionals. Let us show you how you can take your college courses and turn them into a degree.
Our Online Programs
- Pursue a B.S. in Criminal Justice with a Concentration in Crime Analysis
- Complete the Professional (Non-Credit) Crime Analysis Certificate for Working Law Enforcement Officers and Other Community Leaders
About our Courses
All courses are delivered in a 7.5-week, fully online format, with access to in-person and online support from faculty instructors, library support staff, and other services both in Spartanburg and in Greenville at the University Center of Greenville (UCG). Courses are taken in order; the full course sequence may be completed in one academic year.
- Foundations of Crime Analysis (CRJU U272)
- Tactical Crime Analysis (CRJU U365)
- Strategic Crime Analysis (CRJU U366)
- Advanced Topics in Crime Analysis (CRJU U468)
- Practical Crime Analysis (CRJU U498)
Connect
- Crime Analysis Professionals in the Carolinas and elsewhere can connect through the Carolinas Crime Analysis Association, which receives support from USC Upstate.
- Look for Upstate regional workshops, training, and events hosted by USC Upstate at the University Center of Greenville.
Developing more effective policing strategies
Guns, crime, questionable police tactics…are all issues on the forefront of criminal law these days. One institution of higher learning in our state has decided to provide a new resource for these topics. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Michele Covington, director of the new Crime Analysis Center in Greenville, SC, part of the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, SC. She is also the author of the new book: Guns in America: An introduction and Overview.
South Carolina Business Review | South Carolina Public Radio
We are here to help you now and all the way to graduation!
Once you have applied we will work with you if you have previous college work or if you just starting your college journey. USC Upstate’s online programs are designed to meet you where you are and help you reach your goal.
Your next step is to reach out to us and let’s talk about how USC Upstate is the right place for you.
What can we help you with? Contact Kirsten Meier, MSCJ
For more information, please contact
Breanna Haney, M.S.
Instructor of Criminal Justice / Director of the Upstate Crime Analysis Center
[email protected]