Criminal Justice Program (BA)

A. Foundations

A foreign language course from ARB 112 , ASL 112 , CHN 112 , FRN 112 , GER 112 , SPN 112 ; or successful transfer of the second semester of a foreign language or demonstration of equivalent proficiency by examination

A course in US Diversity (US) or Global Studies (GS)  

B. Core (9 credits)

• CRJ 185 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (3)
• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (3)

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• SOC 270 - Race, Ethnicity and Institutionalized Racism (3)

• or

• AFA 270 - Race, Ethnicity and Institutionalized Racism (3)

C. Theory and Methods (9 credits)

• CRJ 302 - Criminology (3)
• SOC 210 - Introduction to Social Research (3)
• SOC 215 - General Statistics (3)

D. Policing, Law, and Corrections (9 credits)

• CRJ 288 - Correctional Systems and Practices (3)
• CRJ 432 - Policing Contemporary Society (3)

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• CRJ 485 - Law and Society (3)

• or

• SOC 485 - Law and Society (3)

E. Electives (12 credits)

Four from:

• CRJ 300 - Gender, Crime and Justice (3)

• or

• WGS 300 - Gender, Crime and Justice (3)

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• CRJ 350 - Crime and Media (3)
• CRJ 355 - Probation and Parole: Critical Perspectives (3)
• CRJ 380 - Criminal Law (3)
• CRJ 384 - Comparative Criminal Justice System (3)
• CRJ 386 - Punishment and Social Control (3)
• CRJ 388 - Corrections: A Critical Perspective (3)
• CRJ 390 - Applied Inquiry in Criminal Justice (1-9)
• CRJ 398 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3)
• CRJ 399 - Criminal Justice Internship (3-6)
• CRJ 430 - Processing Offenders (3)
• CRJ 431 - Restorative Justice (3)
• CRJ 433 - Social Inequality and Crime (3)
• POL 380 - The U.S. System of Law (3)

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• SOC 344 - Cities and Society (3)

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• ANT 344 - Cities and Society (3)

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• SOC 380 - Sociology of Deviance (3)

F. Capstone (3 credits)

• CRJ 450 - Senior Seminar in Criminal Justice (3)

Honors Requirements

Required of Honors Program students only:

• Grade point average of 3.5 for the first 55 hours
• PSY 100 - Principles of Psychology (3)
• A course in philosophy
• CRJ 391 - Directed Reading/Research in Criminal Justice (1-3)

Additional Requirements

All University General Education requirements  and graduation requirements 

All CASE BA general degree requirements 

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 120