Criminal Justice and Criminology, BA

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Requirements

In order to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Criminal Justice and Criminology, 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

II. College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

Modern Languages 1150, 1250, 1350, or equivalent (15)

NOTE:

Students earning this major must demonstrate competency through the level of 1350 in a language other than English. This competency is ordinarily achieved by successful completion of the three-course sequence: 1150, 1250, and 1350. 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 and Cultures 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 major requirements.

Choose one of the following three courses:

HIST 1200 - Constructing Past and Present I 5 credit hours
HIST 1210 - Constructing Past and Present II 5 credit hours
HIST 2310 - US in the World 5 credit hours

III. Major Requirements

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

CRJS 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice 5 credit hours
CRJS 2090 - Criminology 5 credit hours
CRJS 3010 - Criminal Justice Research Methods 5 credit hours
CRJS 3020 - Criminal Justice Statistics 5 credit hours
CRJS 3120 - Criminal Law 5 credit hours
CRJS 4050 - Gender, Race and Crime 5 credit hours

Area I: Police

Choose one from the following four courses: (5)

CRJS 3060 - Police and Society 5 credit hours
CRJS 3200 - Criminal Investigation 5 credit hours
CRJS 4010 - Criminal Profiling 5 credit hours
CRJS 4220 - Issues in Contemporary Law Enforcement 5 credit hours

Area II: Courts

Choose one from the following three courses: (5)

CRJS 2100 - Law, Society and Justice 5 credit hours
CRJS 3100 - The Criminal Trial and the Courts 5 credit hours
CRJS 3150 - Criminal Procedure 5 credit hours

Area III: Corrections

Choose one from the following four courses: (5)

CRJS 3080 - Jails and Prisons 5 credit hours
CRJS 3500 - Rehabilitation, Reentry, & Reintegration 5 credit hours
CRJS 4200 - Working with Offender Populations 5 credit hours
CRJS 4230 - Punishment and Social Theory 5 credit hours

Area IV: Major Electives

Choose from the following major electives: (20)

CRJS 2000 - Deviance and Social Control 5 credit hours
CRJS 3030 - Juvenile Justice 5 credit hours
CRJS 3600 - Forensic Psychology 5 credit hours
CRJS 4000 - Victimology 5 credit hours
CRJS 4500 - The Psychopath 5 credit hours
CRJS 4510 - Trafficking 5 credit hours
CRJS 4520 - Serial Murder 5 credit hours
CRJS 4530 - US Marshals Practicum 1 credit hour
CRJS 4540 - DEA Practicum 1 credit hour
CRJS 4550 - ATF Practicum 1 credit hour
CRJS 4560 - Forensics Practicum 3 credit hours
CRJS 4570 - Trial Skills Practicum 3 credit hours
CRJS 4580 - FBI Practicum 1 credit hour
CRJS 4590 - Research Assistantship 1 to 10 credit hours
CRJS 4650 - Crime Scene and Medico-legal Death Investigation 5 credit hours
CRJS 4800 - Forensic Science 5 credit hours
CRJS 4810 - Murder Movies and Copycat Crime 3 to 5 credit hours
CRJS 4950 - Internship 1 to 10 credit hours
CRJS Special Topics Courses
SOCW 4340 - Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Addiction 3 credit hours

Notes:

Any of the required police, courts, and corrections courses not chosen as major requirements may count as specialization electives.
Special topics courses may fulfill police, courts, or corrections requirements if deemed applicable and approved by the program chair.
PSYC 3030 and PSYC 3050 fulfill CRJS 3010 and CRJS 3020 for students obtaining a double major or double degree in criminal justice and psychology.

Departmental Honors

Criminal Justice and Criminology/Forensic Psychology with Departmental Honors, BA