Dec 26, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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

Location(s): Online, On Campus

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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 Credit Hours: 3
OR
POLS 34205 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46210 - Introduction to Criminology Credit Hours: 3
OR
SOC 35321 - Criminology Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46301 - Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46475 - Applied Criminology Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46499 - Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
MATH 17114 - General Statistics Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 39275 - Professional Ethics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34459 - Justice: Theories and Applications Credit Hours: 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 Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08103 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 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 Credit Hours: 3
OR
SOC 35240 - Introduction to Corrections Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46302 - Police and Society Credit Hours: 3
OR
SOC 35375 - Police and Society Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46495 - Internship in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 1 to 6
POLS 34321 - State and Local Politics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34340 - American Courts Credit Hours: 3

Group B: Sociology (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

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

Group C: Political Science (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

POLS 34301 - Elections, Parties, and Interest Groups Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34303 - The American Congress Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34307 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34308 - Public Policy Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34310 - Comparative Politics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34321 - State and Local Politics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34332 - Principles of Public Administration Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34338 - Rights of the Accused Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34340 - American Courts Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34403 - The World of Political Ideas Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34405 - American Political Thought Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34421 - International Conflict Resolution Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34435 - Public Management Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34436 - Constitutional Law: Powers Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34438 - Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34462 - Comparative Political Systems and Behaviors Credit Hours: 3

Group D: Adolescence and the Family (3 hours)

Choose at least one of the following courses:

PSYC 08312 - Child Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08323 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08330 - The Family Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08333 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08405 - Parenthood Education Credit Hours: 3
SOC 35443 - Family Problems in Modern Society Credit Hours: 3

Group E: Diversity and Equity (6 hours)

Choose at least two of the following courses:

GEOG 32412 - Environmental Justice Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33225 - Race and Ethnicity in America Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33325 - Protest and Activism in American History Credit Hours: 3
HIST 33360 - Women and Gender in U.S. History Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 39277 - Social Justice Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34412 - Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Credit Hours: 3
POLS 34422 - Revolution and Social Movements Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08353 - Psychology of Race and Gender Credit Hours: 3
SOC 35230 - Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
SOC 35337 - Race and Ethnic Issues in Modern Society Credit Hours: 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 Credit Hours: 3
CRIM 46480 - Special Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 1 to 6
CRIM 46490 - Independent Study in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 1 to 3
CRIM 46495 - Internship in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 1 to 6
CRIM 46499 - Research Seminar in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
CSIS 44181 - Introduction to Cybersecurity Credit Hours: 3
EDM 36305 - Disaster Response and Recovery Credit Hours: 3
EDM 36450 - Homeland Security and Defense Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 10315 - Professional and Technical Writing Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 32201 - Maps and Spatial Reasoning Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08204 - Introduction to Human Services Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08223 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08365 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08344 - Drugs, Brain, and Behavior Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 08345 - Disaster Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOC 35440 - Fundamentals of Social Work Practice Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 32364 - Survey of Geospatial Technology Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 32365 - Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3

Free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours