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 (24 hours)

CRIM 46205	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
	OR
POLS 34205	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
CRIM 46210	Introduction to Criminology	3
	OR
SOC 35321	Criminology	3
CRIM 46301	Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
CRIM 46475	Applied Criminology	3
CRIM 46499	Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
MATH 17114	General Statistics *	3
PHIL 39275	Professional Ethics *	3
POLS 34459	Justice: Theories and Applications	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 (39 hours)

Choose a total of 39 hours from Groups A-E with a minimum of hours from each group as indicated. A maximum of three courses from Group F may also be used toward this 39 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
	OR
SOC 35240	Introduction to Corrections	3
CRIM 46302	Police and Society	3
	OR
SOC 35375	Police and Society	3
CRIM 46495	Internship in Criminology and Criminal Justice	1 to 6
POLS 34321	American Federalism	3
POLS 34340	American Courts	3

Group B: Sociology (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

CRIM 46303	Delinquency	3
	OR
SOC 35320	Delinquency	3
CRIM 46315	Deviant Behavior	3
	OR
SOC 35323	Deviant Behavior	3
CRIM 46405	Victimology	3
	OR
SOC 35405	Victimization	3
CRIM 46317	Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
SOC 35330	Social Stratification	3

Group C: Political Science (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

POLS 34301	Elections, Parties, and Interest Groups	3
POLS 34303	The American Congress	3
POLS 34307	International Relations	3
POLS 34308	Public Policy	3
POLS 34310	Comparative Politics	3
POLS 34321	State and Local Politics	3
POLS 34332	Principles of Public Administration	3
POLS 34338	Rights of the Accused	3
POLS 34340	American Courts	3
POLS 34403	The World of Political Ideas	3
POLS 34405	American Political Thought	3
POLS 34421	International Conflict Resolution *	3
POLS 34435	Public Management	3
POLS 34436	Constitutional Law: Powers	3
POLS 34438	Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties	3
POLS 34462	Comparative Political Systems and Behaviors	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
PSYC 08405	Parenthood Education	3
SOC 35443	Family Problems in Modern Society	3

Group E: Diversity and Equity (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses: 

GEOG 32412	Environmental Justice	3
HIST 33225	Race and Ethnicity in America	3
HIST 33325	Protest and Activism in American History	3
HIST 33360	Women and Gender in U.S. History	3
PHIL 39277	Social Justice	3
POLS 34412	Minority, Gender, and Sexual Politics	3
POLS 34422	Revolution and Social Movements	3
PSYC 08353	Psychology of Race and Gender	3
SOC 35230	Social Problems	3
SOC 35337	Race and Ethnic Issues in Modern Society	3

Additional Coursework from Groups A-E (6 -12 hours)

Two to four additional courses from Groups A - E required.

Group F: Additional Electives (0 - 9 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
CSIS 44181	Introduction to Cybersecurity	3
EDM 36305	Disaster Response and Recovery	3
EDM 36450	Homeland Security and Defense	3
ENGL 10315	Professional and Technical Writing	3
GEOG 32201	Maps and Spatial Reasoning	3
PSYC 08204	Introduction to Human Services	3
PSYC 08223	Abnormal Psychology	3
PSYC 08365	Social Psychology	3
PSYC 08344	Drugs, Brain, and Behavior	3
PSYC 08345	Disaster Psychology	3
SOC 35440	Fundamentals of Social Work Practice	3
GEOG 32364	Image Interpretation and Analysis	3
GEOG 32365	Geographic Information Systems	3

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours