Criminal Justice (B.A.)

Only five full-time officers were hired to the Ocean City Police Department in Maryland in 2018. Three of those five officers were Bloomsburg University graduates, who said some of the material the police academy taught were topics already covered in Bloomsburg’s criminal justice classes. Huskies are ahead of their peers, even after graduation.

Dr. Robert “Bob” Moschgat, who passed away unexpectedly July 25, 2020, was a fixture in our criminal justice program for seven years. He was often the first professor criminal justice students interacted with, as he regularly taught Introduction to Criminal Justice. Bob will be forever remembered for his deep devotion to his students, academic expertise, and effervescent personality. Bob had a way of making students feel comfortable and important, while encouraging them to achieve academic success. Because his unwavering, passionate support for students led to so many of them citing his influence on their experience at BU, the annual award given to the top graduating criminal justice student each spring will be known as the Dr. Robert Moschgat Award.

Through this certificate program we provide education and training and a foundation for achievement to complete two-year and four-year degrees in preparation for employment in high-demand fields with up to above-average job market growth in rural, suburban, and urban communities.