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2016-2017 Catalog

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2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminal Justice General Program (BA)

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Criminal Justice (CRJ) information

Inter-Disciplinary Prerequisites (12 credits)

CRJ 185 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (3)
POL 120 - American National Government and Politics (3)
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (3)
SOC 270 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
or
AFA 270 - Race and Ethnic Relations (3)

Requirements

Completion of 33 credits as follows.

A. Social-Scientific Inquiry & Core Courses (21 credits)

SOC 210 - Introduction to Social Research (3)
SOC 384 - Criminology (3).
One from:
SOC 215 - General Statistics (3)
PSY 322 - Basic Statistics and Probability (4)
CRJ 388 - Corrections: A Critical Perspective (3).
CRJ 450 - Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice (3)
CRJ 432 - Policing Contemporary Society (3).
or
PUB 432 - Policing Contemporary Society (3).
CRJ 485 - Law and Society (3).
or
SOC 485 - Law and Society (3).

B. Additional Courses (12 credits)

Four from:

ANT 340 - Urban Anthropology (3).
CRJ 380 - Criminal Law (3).
CRJ 381 - Youth Gangs in American Society (3).
CRJ 384 - Comparative Criminal Justice System (3).
CRJ 385 - Elite Deviance (3).
CRJ 386 - Punishment and Social Control (3).
CRJ 398 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3).
CRJ 430 - Processing Offenders (3).
CRJ 300 - Gender, Crime and Justice (3).
or
WGS 300 - Gender, Crime and Justice (3).
POL 380 - The American System of Law (3).
SAT 202 - Problems of Substance Abuse (3)
SOC 340 - Urban Sociology (3).
SOC 380 - Sociology of Deviance (3).
SOC 382 - Juvenile Delinquency (3).

C. Additional Requirements

All requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Bachelor of Arts degree, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements.

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 120 credits

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