Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Criminal Justice Studies Major, B.A./B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Criminal Justice Studies Major, B.A./B.S.

Pre-CJS Program (30 hours)

Core 39 Courses (18 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG 101 - Rhetoric and Composition I: Literacy and the Self

USI Core 39: Foundations-Rhetoric and Composition I.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

CMST 101 - Introduction to Public Speaking or

USI Core 39: Foundations-Communication.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CMST 107 - Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

USI Core 39: Foundations-Communication.


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3

 

  • Core 39 approved Math course Credits: 3-4
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    PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics or

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
  • Core 39 approved Moral and Ethical Reasoning course Credits: 3
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    SOC 121 - Principles of Sociology

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science-BS; Embedded Experience-Diversity.


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    POLS 102 - Introduction to American Politics

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science-BS.


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    Required Pre-Admission Courses (12 hours)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 234 - Introduction to Corrections
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 244 - Police & Society
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    SOC 225 - Criminology
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Summer
    Credits: 3
    POLS 208 - Law, Courts, and Justice
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3

    Additional Information

    Students must have a Cumulative GPA of 2.0 in required Core 39 courses and in Pre-CJS required courses to change from Pre-CJS to CJS status.  Student must maintain a GPA of 2.0 to major in CJS.

    CJS Program (27 hours)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 371 - Criminological Theory
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 475 - Criminal Justice Studies Capstone

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3

     

    SOC 391 - Introduction to Sociological Research and
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    SOC 392 - Statistics for Social Research
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3

    or

    POLS 232 - Research Design and Data Collection and

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3
    POLS 332 - Statistics and Data Analysis
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credits: 3

    One Diversity Course (3 hours)

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 331 - Gender and Crime
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 370 - Seminar in Criminal Justice (Approved topics: Race & Crime; Urban Crime; Diversity in Policing)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 403 - Violence Against Women
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    SOC 421 - Race and Ethnicity
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    SOC 431 - Gender and Society
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    SOC 463 - Wealth and Poverty

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing.


    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
    Credits: 3

    CJS Electives (12 hours)

    Select four courses, three of which must be 300/400-level.

    Policing

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 411 - Criminal Procedure
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 412 - Police Discretion
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 370 - Seminar in Criminal Justice (Policing Topic)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    Law

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 302 - Criminal Law
    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 370 - Seminar in Criminal Justice (Law/Courts Topic)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    POLS 405 - Constitutional Law
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    POLS 406 - Constitutional Rights
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3

    Criminology

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 312 - Organized Crime
    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
    Credits: 3
    SOC 335 - Juvenile Delinquency
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    SOC 426 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    SOC 370 - Seminar in Sociology (Hate Groups & Hate Crimes)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    Corrections

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 311 - Convict Criminology
    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 401 - Community Corrections
    Term(s) Offered: Fall
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 370 - Seminar in Criminal Justice (Corrections Topic)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    General CJS & Cognates

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    ANTH 211 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology or

    USI Core 39: Natural Science (BS); Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry.


    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 200 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
    Credits: 3

     

    CRIM 301 - Criminal Justice Administration
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 331 - Gender and Crime
    Term(s) Offered: Spring
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 370 - Seminar in Criminal Justice
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    CRIM 489 - Independent Study in Criminal Justice
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    SOC 370 - Seminar in Sociology (Approved topics: Social Networks, Social Constitution of Drugs)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3

    Internships

    Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
    CRIM 499 - Internship in Criminal Justice
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credits: 3
    Notes: