Major

Course Requirement for a BA degree with a major in Criminology and Criminal Justice

University Core, 41 Semester Hours

College Core, 8 Semester Hours
Courses Hours
Foreign Language
4
Foreign Language
4

Supporting Courses of 3-5 Semester Hours
Courses Hours
COMM 1000 Public Speaking
3
COMP 1000 Personal Computers
2

Major, 40 Semester Hours are Required from the following:

All of the Following:
Courses Hours
CRIM 2000 Crime & Justice in America
3
CRIM 3000 Criminology
3
CRIM 3100 Police & Society
3
CRIM 3200 Sentencing & Corrections
3
CRIM 3500 Delinquency & Juvenile Justice
3
SOCY 3700 Research Methods
3
STAT 2010 Statistics for S & B Sciences
4

One Law Component Course
Courses Hours
CRIM 4000 Criminal Law: Substantive and Procedural Issues
CRIM 4100 Constitutional Law: Criminal Justice
CRIM 5200 Sociology of Criminal Law
POLI 3300 Law and Society
3
 
3

Two Criminal Justice Process Component Courses
Courses Hours
CRIM 3400 Criminal Justice Organization and Administration
3
CRIM 4300 Criminal Evidence
3
CRIM 4350 Criminal Investigation and Forensics
3
CRIM 4400 Comparative Criminal Justice
3
POLI 3320 Judicial Process
3
POLI 3340 Introduction to Conflict Resolution
3

One Etiology Component Course
Courses Hours
CRIM 5500 Victimology
3
CRIM 5550 Serial and Mass Murder
3
CRIM 5600 Sex Crimes 3
CRIM 5650 Drugs and Society 3

One Social Structure Component Course
Courses Hours
SOCY 3500 Minority Groups
3
SOCY 4100 Deviance
3
SOCY 3300 Sociology of the Family 3

One Theory Component Course
Courses Hours
SOCY 3400 Social Thought
3
SOCY 4400 Contemporary Theory
3
POLI 3020 Introduction to Political Thought 3
POLI 3030 African-American Political Thought 3
POLI 3150 American Political Thought 3
CRIM 4700 Theories of Crime and Criminality 3

Other: Electives, 26-28 hours
Total Hours Required: 120


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Last updated on March 7, 2007

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