Undergraduate Major in Criminal Justice

All students are required to take ENGL 110C and ENGL 111C, HIST 111C or PHIL 111C and they must receive a minimum of a C (2.00) in these courses before they can declare their major. All students must take STAT 130. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree are required to take nine hours of social science General Education perspective courses outside of the major or emphasis area and satisfy the General Education foreign language requirement. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree must meet all of the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Arts and Letters. This includes completion of foreign language proficiency at the fourth-semester level. No course can be used to meet more than one requirement.

Criminal Justice
B.A. & B.S.

Curriculum Sheet (.pdf)

The requirements are as follows:

1. STAT 130M.
2. ENGL 111C, HIST 111C or PHIL 111C.
3. SOC 201S and PSYC 201S.
4. Forty-two hours in Criminal Justice and Sociology including:
   1. Eighteen hours of Foundation Courses: CRJS 215S, 222, 262, 426, 436, and SOC 337.
   2. Eighteen hours of Electives from CRJS courses at the 300/400 levels. 
   3. Three-hour Law component from: CRJS 320, 448, 462 or other approved law courses. (Note: CRJS courses used to meet the law requirement cannot also be used to meet the requirement of 15 hours of CRJS 300/400-level electives.)
   4. Three hour Stratification component from:  SOC 320U, 340U, SOC 402, SOC 323, SOC 426U, ANT 320U

Criminal Justice with an emphasis in Law and Society
B.A. & B.S.

Curriculum Sheet (.pdf)

The requirements are as follows:

1. Stat 130M
2. ENGL 111C, HIST 111C or PHIL 111C
3. SOC 201S and Psych 201S
4. Forty -two hours in Criminal Justice and Sociology including:
   1. Eighteen hours of Foundation Courses: CRJS 215S, 222, 262, 426, 436, and SOC 337.
   2. Fifteen hours of upper level law classes from CRJS 320, 415, 416, 418, 448, 462 and 395 (as appropriate)
   3. Six hours of upper level criminal justice electives
   4. Three hours stratification component from: SOC 320U, 340U, SOC 402, SOC 323, SOC 426U, ANT 320U

Students are urged to take elective courses or to consider minoring in psychology, sociology, public administration, political science, computer science, management information systems, or management.

Students interested in careers in corrections work including probation and parole are urged to take courses in the social welfare sequence (SOC 310, 325, 402) and/or minor in either sociology with a social welfare specialization or human services counseling.