Forensic Psychology, BS

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Requirements

In order to earn the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Forensic Psychology, students must complete a minimum of 180 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

75 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 3600 - Forensic Psychology 5 credit hours
CRJS 4010 - Criminal Profiling 5 credit hours
CRJS 4050 - Gender, Race and Crime 5 credit hours
CRJS 4500 - The Psychopath 5 credit hours
CRJS 4800 - Forensic Science 5 credit hours
PSYC 1200 - Introductory Psychology 5 credit hours
PSYC 2150 - Abnormal Psychology 5 credit hours

Choose from the following major electives: (15)

CRJS 2000 - Deviance and Social Control 5 credit hours
CRJS 2100 - Law, Society and Justice 5 credit hours
CRJS 3030 - Juvenile Justice 5 credit hours
CRJS 3060 - Police and Society 5 credit hours
CRJS 3080 - Jails and Prisons 5 credit hours
CRJS 3100 - The Criminal Trial and the Courts 5 credit hours
CRJS 3150 - Criminal Procedure 5 credit hours
CRJS 3200 - Criminal Investigation 5 credit hours
CRJS 3500 - Rehabilitation, Reentry, & Reintegration 5 credit hours
CRJS 4000 - Victimology 5 credit hours
CRJS 4200 - Working with Offender Populations 5 credit hours
CRJS 4220 - Issues in Contemporary Law Enforcement 5 credit hours
CRJS 4230 - Punishment and Social Theory 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 4600 - Forensic Anthropology 5 credit hours
CRJS 4650 - Crime Scene and Medico-legal Death Investigation 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
PSYC 2220 - Social Psychology 5 credit hours
PSYC 3220 - Growth and Development 5 credit hours
PSYC 3440 - Cognitive Psychology 5 credit hours
PSYC 3500 - Personality Psychology 5 credit hours
SOCW 3320 - Mental Illness 5 credit hours
SOCW 4340 - Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Addiction 3 credit hours

IV. Other Major Requirements: (*30)

MATH 1021 - Precalculus: Algebra 5 credit hours (or above)
BIOL 1610 - Molecular and Cellular Biology 4 credit hours
BIOL 1611 - Molecular and Cellular Biology Lab 1 credit hour
BIOL 2200 - Anatomy and Physiology I 5 credit hours
BIOL 2210 - Anatomy and Physiology II 5 credit hours
Elective - Any math or lab science course (10)

NOTES:

Psychology courses not listed may be selected as forensic psychology electives if deemed applicable and approved by the program chair.
Students planning to pursue graduate study in forensic psychology should consider a double major, or at minimum, a minor in psychology. No more than 15 credits of psychology courses from this major will be counted towards a psychology minor.
Students obtaining a double major or double degree in Psychology may complete either CRJS 3010 and CRJS 3020 or PSYC 3030 and PSYC 3050 ; students completing CRJS 3010 and CRJS 3020 need to achieve a minimum ‘C’ grade in both classes to apply these courses towards the Psychology program.

Departmental Honors

Forensic Psychology/Forensic Science with Departmental Honors, BS