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2023-2024 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

Criminology and Criminal Justice (B.A.)

Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours

Semester hours required for the Criminology and Criminal Justice major: 46 semester hours

Required Core Classes (28 hours)

SOC 1838G - Introductory Sociology. Credits: 3
CRM 1829 - Introduction to Criminal Justice. Credits: 3
CRM 2761 - Introduction to Criminology. Credits: 3
SOC 2840 - Race and Ethnic Relations. 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

Law Requirement (3 hours)

PHI 3070 - Philosophy of Law. Credits: 3
PLS 3523 - Criminal Law. Credits: 3
PLS 3543 - Civil Liberties in America. Credits: 3

Electives (18 hours)

Criminology Electives (15-18 hours)

At least 9 hours must be courses numbered 3000 or above.

Interdisciplinary Elective (0-3 hours) (See footnote 1):

ANT 3258 - The Anthropology of Violence & Warfare. Credits: 3
CMN 3660 - Communication and Conflict Management. Credits: 3
ECN 3520 - Economics of Crime. Credits: 3
ECN 4850 - Economic Analysis of Law. Credits: 3
GEO 3810 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Credits: 3
PLS 3233 - International Terrorism. Credits: 3
PLS 3253 - Human Rights and International Law. Credits: 3
PLS 3513 - Politics and the Legal Process. Credits: 3
PLS 3903 - Women & Politics. Credits: 3
PLS 4793 - Civic and Nonprofit Leadership. Credits: 3
PLS 4853 - The Supreme Court. Credits: 3
PLS 4873 - Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Credits: 3
PLS 4893 - Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. Credits: 3
PSY 3780 - Abnormal Psychology. Credits: 3
PSY 4260 - Crisis Intervention. Credits: 3
PUBH 4800 - Drugs and Society. Credits: 3
SOC 2721 - Social Stratification. Credits: 3
SOC 2750G - Social Problems in Contemporary Society. Credits: 3
SOC 3650 - Social Psychology. Credits: 3
SOC 4131 - Sociology of Poverty and Social Welfare. Credits: 3
SOC 4240 - Sociology of Disasters. Credits: 3
WGS 2903 - Women and Gendered Violence. Credits: 3

Footnotes:

¹See specific course descriptions in the Undergraduate Catalog for any course prerequisites.