Criminal Justice Major

Coordinator: Dr. Todd Peppers

Criminal Justice is a multidisciplinary program. Students who wish to pursue a Criminal Justice degree will study the causes, impacts and ways to control crime. Courses focus on civil and criminal law.

The B.A. degree with a major in criminal justice may be awarded to those students who satisfactorily complete 12 units from the following program. Criminal Justice/Political Science 211 should be completed as early as possible. Statistics 101 should be used to satisfy one of the mathematics-science requirements and is a prerequisite to Criminal Justice 340.

A. Criminal Justice - 3 required units:
CJUS/POLI 211 Criminal Justice
CJUS 340 Research Methods in Public Affairs
CJUS 401 Seminar in Criminal Justice

B. Political Science - 2 required units:
POLI 101 American National Government
POLI 301 Public Administration

C. Sociology - 3 required units:
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 238 Juvenile Delinquency
SOCI 334 Criminology

D. Electives - 3 required units:

Two from Group A: Policy Studies
CJUS/POLI 213 Criminal Law
CJUS/POLI 214 The Judicial Process
CJUS 261 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
CJUS 325 Comparative Law Enforcement
CJUS/SOCI 326 Comparative Corrections
CJUS 406 Independent Study
CJUS 416 Internship (1-2 units)
CJUS 495, 6, 7 Honors Project (1/2, 1, 1/2 units)

One from Group B: Related Studies
CJUS 227 Law and Society
CJUS 261 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
POLI 201 State and Local Government
POLI 312 Civil Liberties
PSYC 211 Adolescent Development
PSYC 230 Abnormal Psychology
SOCI 237 Deviant Behavior
BUAD 215 Accounting Principles I
CJUS 406 Independent Study
CJUS 416 Internship

Criminal Justice Major Checklist