Criminology Comprehensive Major, 63 hours: B.S.—No Minor Required

CIP: 450401

This program has an online-only option.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Common Core Required for all Criminology Majors

Common Required Core (27 hours)

CRIM 46205	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRIM 46210	Introduction to Criminology	3
CRIM 46301	Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
CRIM 46499	Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
MATH 17114	General Statistics *	3
PHIL 39275	Professional Ethics *	3
POLS 34338	Rights of the Accused	3
POLS 34459	Justice: Theories and Applications	3
PSYC 08365	Social Psychology	3

Note: MATH 17114 and PHIL 39275 can be used to fulfill Northwest Core requirements but only count once toward the total number of hours needed for graduation.

Prerequisite Courses (6 hours)

SOC 35101	General Sociology *	3
PSYC 08103	General Psychology *	3

Note:  SOC 35101 and PSYC 08103 are prerequisite courses for Sociology and Psychology courses.  SOC 35101 and PSYC 08103 can be used to fulfill Northwest Core requirements, but do not count toward the hours needed for the major.

Elective Requirements (36 hours)

Choose a total of 36 hours from Groups A-E with a minimum of hours from each group as indicated.  A maximum of two courses from Group F may also be used toward this 36 hours, but courses from Group F are not required.

Group A: Criminal Justice Institutes (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses with a limit of three hours of internship:

CRIM 46215	Introduction to Corrections	3
CRIM 46302	Police and Society	3
CRIM 46495	Internship in Criminology and Criminal Justice	1 to 6
POLS 34364	Criminal Law and Procedure	3
SOC 35495	Field Experience/Internship in Sociology/Corrections	3

Group B: Sociology (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

CRIM 46303	Delinquency	3
CRIM 46315	Deviant Behavior	3
CRIM 46405	Victimology	3
SOC 35330	Social Stratification	3

Group C: Political Science (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

POLS 34308	Public Policy	3
POLS 34310	Comparative Government *	3
POLS 34321	American Federalism	3
POLS 34363	Crime and Punishment	3
POLS 34423	Terrorism	3
POLS 34438	Civil Liberties	3

Group D: Adolescence and the Family (3 hours)

Choose at least one of the following courses:

PSYC 08312	Child Psychology	3
PSYC 08323	Child and Adolescent Psychopathology	3
PSYC 08330	The Family	3
PSYC 08333	Developmental Psychology *	3
SOC 35443	Family Problems in Modern Society	3

Group E: Diversity and Equity (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

HIST 33225	Race and Ethnicity in America	3
PHIL 39277	Social Justice	3
PSYC 08353	Psychology of Race and Gender	3
POLS 34412	Minority, Gender, and Sexual Politics	3
POLS 34422	Revolution and Social Movements	3
SOC 35230	Social Problems	3
SOC 35337	Race and Ethnic Issues in Modern Society	3

Group F: Additional Electives (0 - 6 hours)

An optional maximum of two courses may be selected but are not required from the following:

COM 29420	Crisis Communication	3
CRIM 46480	Special Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice	1 to 6
CRIM 46490	Independent Study in Criminology & Criminal Justice	1 to 3
CRIM 46495	Internship in Criminology and Criminal Justice	1 to 6
CRIM 46499	Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
EDM 36450	Homeland Security and Defense	3
ENGL 10315	Professional and Technical Writing	3
GEOG 32201	Maps and Spatial Reasoning	3
PSYC 08223	Abnormal Psychology	3
SOC 35316	Urban Sociology	3
SOC 35495	Field Experience/Internship in Sociology/Corrections	3

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours