Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours

Semester hours required for the Criminology and Criminal Justice major: 49 semester hours

Required Core Classes (31 hours)

• CRM 1520 - Criminal Investigation
  (see footnote 1)
• CRM 1600 - Criminal Evidence and Procedures
  (see footnote 1)

• CRM 2761 - Introduction to Criminology. Credits: 3
• SOC 2840 - Racial and Cultural Minorities. Credits: 3
• PHI 3070 - Philosophy of Law. Credits: 3
• PLS 3523 - Criminal Law. Credits: 3

• or

• PLS 3543 - Civil Liberties in America. Credits: 3
• SOC 3620 - Research Methods for Collecting Social Data. Credits: 3
• SOC 3630 - Statistical Analysis of Social Data. Credits: 4
• CRM 3650 - Criminological Theory. Credits: 3
• CRM 4700 - Contemporary Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Credits: 3

15-18 hours from Criminology courses of which at least 9 hours must be courses numbered 3000 or above (See footnote 2)

0-3 semester hours from (See footnote 3):

• CMN 3660 - Communication and Conflict Management. Credits: 3
• ECN 4850 - Economic Analysis of Law. Credits: 3
• HST 3330 - Advanced Driving Maneuvers. Credits: 2
• HST 4800 - Drugs and Society. Credits: 3
• PLS 3233 - International Terrorism. Credits: 3
• PLS 3513 - Politics and the Legal Process. Credits: 3
• PLS 3253 - Human Rights and International Law. Credits: 3
• PLS 4853 - The Supreme Court. Credits: 3
• PSY 3780 - Abnormal Psychology. Credits: 3
• PSY 4260 - Crisis Intervention. Credits: 3
• WST 2903 - Women and Gendered Violence. Credits: 3

Footnotes:

¹ Course taken at a community college.
²  Inclusive of SOC 2750G – Social Problems in Contemporary Society.
³ See specific course descriptions in the Undergraduate Catalog for any course prerequisites.