Criminal Justice/Forensic Psychology Specialization, BCJ

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Requirements

In order to earn the bachelor of criminal justice degree with a specialization in forensic psychology, students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter credits with a cumulative and a major/program grade point average of 2.00, including the following:

I. Core Curriculum Requirements

Module I: Engaging Academic Inquiry

UCOR 1100 - Academic Writing Seminar
UCOR 1200 - Quantitative Reasoning (or MATH 118 or above)
UCOR 1300 - Creative Expression and Interpretation
UCOR 1400 - Inquiry Seminar in the Humanities
UCOR 1600 - Inquiry Seminar in the Social Sciences
UCOR 1800 - Inquiry Seminar in the Natural Sciences (or BIOL 161/171, 200, CHEM 121/131, PHYS 105, 121)

Module II: Exploring the Self and Others

Module III: Engaging the World

II. College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

Modern Language 115, 125, 135, or equivalent (15)

NOTE:

All students with a major in the College of Arts and Sciences must demonstrate competency through the level of 135 in a language other than English. This competency is ordinarily achieved by successful completion of the three-course sequence: 115, 125, and 135. Because these courses are a college requirement, no course in the sequence may be taken on a pass/fail, correspondence, or audit basis. Placement into other than the beginning course of the sequence is achieved by acceptable performance on the Modern Language Competency Examination. See the Modern Languages Department for details on the examinations. Courses used to satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences modern language requirement may not be used to fulfill criminal justice major requirements.

Choose one of the following two courses:

Forensic Psychology Specialization

III. Major Requirements

68 credits in criminal justice and relevant designated disciplines, including:

NOTE:

* Criminal justice majors are required to take CRJS 487 Senior Synthesis to fulfill the core senior synthesis/capstone requirement with the exception of students obtaining a double major or double degree in which case the senior synthesis from the second major/degree will fulfill the core senior synthesis requirement.

Choose from the following specialization electives: (10)

NOTE:

1. Psychology courses not listed may be selected as forensic psychology electives if deemed applicable and approved by the program chair. 2. Students planning to pursue graduate study in forensic psychology are strongly encouraged to double major, or at minimum, minor in psychology. 3. A maximum of thirty community college credits may apply to this specialization. 4. PSYC 303 and PSYC 305 fulfill CRJS 301 and CRJS 302 for students obtaining a double major or double degree in criminal justice and psychology. 5. No more than 20 credits of psychology courses from this specialization will be counted towards a psychology minor.

Departmental Honors

Criminal Justice Major with Departmental Honors