Major Requirements

Criminal Justice Studies majors must complete 28 credit hours in required courses including:

CRIM 350 Seminar in Criminal Behavior (4 credits)
CRIM 340 Concepts of Penology (4 credits)
CRIM 460 Fieldwork in Criminal Justice Studies (4 credits)
SOCI 344 Deviance and Society (Prerequisite SOC 110) (4 credits)
SOCI 345 Crime and Delinquency (Prerequisite SOC 110) (4 credits)
POLS 232 Judicial Processes (2 credits)
POLS 417 American Civil Liberties (2 credits)
PSYC 342 Abnormal Psychology (4 credits)

Additionally, students must select 16 semester hours from the following:

ANTH 312 Anthropology of Violence (4 credits)
PSYC 282 Social Psychology (4 credits)
PSYC 395 Psychology of Death and Dying (4 credits)
PHIL 207 Ethics (4 credits)
POLS 242 Approaches to Law (2 credits)
POLS 313 State and Local Politics (4 credits)
POLS 316 American Constitutional Law (4 credits)
POLS/SOC 230 Intro to Data Analysis (3 credits)
SOCI 235 Socialization (4 credits)
SOCI 242 Social Problems (2 credits)
SOCI 343 Race and Ethnicity (4 credits)
SOCI 431 Research Design and Strategies (4 credits)
CRIM 322 Juvenile Justice (2 credits)
CRIM 332 Focusing on Police (2 credits)
CRIM 440 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (2-4 credits)
CRIM 450 Independent Study in Criminal Justice (2 credits)