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

CIP: 450401

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Common Core Required for all Criminology Majors

Common Required Core (27 hours)

POLS 34205	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
POLS 34338	Rights of the Accused	3
POLS 34459	Justice: Theories and Applications	3
SOC 35321	Criminology	3
PSYC 08365	Social Psychology	3
SOC 35450	Research Methods in Social Sciences	3
POLS 34491	Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
MATH 17114	General Statistics *	3
PHIL 39275	Professional Ethics *	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:

SOC 35240	Introduction to Corrections	3
SOC 35375	Police and Society	3
POLS 34364	Criminal Law and Procedure	3
POLS 34496	Internship in Political Science-non-major/minor credit	1 to 6
SOC 35495	Field Experience/Internship in Sociology/Corrections	3

Group B: Sociology (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

SOC 35323	Deviant Behavior	3
SOC 35405	Victimization	3
SOC 35320	Delinquency	3
SOC 35330	Social Stratification	3

Group C: Political Science (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

POLS 34321	American Federalism	3
POLS 34363	Crime and Punishment	3
POLS 34438	Civil Liberties	3
POLS 34310	Comparative Government *	3
POLS 34308	Public Policy	3
POLS 34545	Terrorism	3

Group D: Adolescence and the Family (3 hours)

Choose at least one of the following courses:

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

Group E: Diversity and Equity (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

SOC 35337	Race and Ethnic Issues in Modern Society	3
HIST 33225	Race and Ethnicity in America	3
SOC 35230	Social Problems	3
POLS 34524	Minority, Gender, and Sexual Politics	3
PSYC 08353	Psychology of Race and Gender	3
PHIL 39277	Social Justice	3
POLS 34515	Revolution and Social Movements	3

Group F: Additional Electives (0 - 6 hours)

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

SOC 35495	Field Experience/Internship in Sociology/Corrections	3
POLS 34491	Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice	3
SOSC 36460	Special Topics in Criminology	1 to 6
SOSC 36470	Independent Study in Criminology	1 to 3
POLS 34496	Internship in Political Science-non-major/minor credit	1 to 6
SOC 35316	Urban Sociology	3
ENGL 10315	Writing for the Professions	3
PSYC 08223	Abnormal Psychology	3
GEOG 32201	Maps and Spatial Reasoning	3
COM 29420	Crisis Communication	3
SOSC 36450	Homeland Security and Defense	3

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours