Criminology

Program Requirements

Required Courses for the Criminology Major

Criminology Program Requirements

Required Courses		(21)
CRIM 112	Criminology
CRIM 115	Crime and Punishment
CRIM 230	Prison Nation
CRIM 235	Contemporary Policing
CRIM 236	Criminal Law in Action
SOCI 101D	P3 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 280	Social Research Methods
Advanced Criminology		(12)
Choose four:	CRIM 308 Women and Crime
	CRIM 312 Punishment Perspectives
	CRIM 322 Socio-Legal Foundations of U.S. Criminal Justice
	CRIM 330 Special Topics in Criminology/Criminal Justice
	CRIM 342 Convict Criminology
	CRIM 343 Juvenile Justice
	CRIM 362 Police and the Law
Electives		(6)
Choose two:	ANTH 221C P4 Bones, Bodies, and Detection
	ANTH 226 P2 Anthropology of Law
	BIO 117 P4 Forensics: CSI Science
	CHEM 132 P4 The Chemistry of Crime
	CRIM 212 Race, Class, and Crime
	CRIM 222 Topics in Criminology
	CRIM 243 Youth Crime and Violence
	CRIM 250 Technology and Crime
	CRIM 335 Crime and the Media
	CRIM 490 Internship
	CRIM 496 Independent Study
	SOCI 111C P3 Sociology of Crime
	SOCI 232C P3 Sociology of Juvenile Delinquency
	SOCI 238 Deviant Behavior
	SOCI 307 Sociology of Law
	SOCI 314 U.S. Race Relations
	SOCI 315 Our Gendered World
	SOCI 381 Thinking Sociologically
	SOCI 385 Regulating the Addicted and Impaired
	STAT 160 P4 Introduction to Data Science
Total		(39)

There is no minor in criminology.

For students majoring in criminology, all courses that may apply to the major requirements are included in the determination of the grade point average in the major.

Notes on the Criminology Major:

• Suggested double major or minors: psychology, legal studies, political science
• Course substitutions for the major can be made only after consultation with and written approval of the department chair.
• Students are strongly encouraged to pursue criminology internships at some point during their junior/senior years.