Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Criminal Justice Major, B.A./B.S. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

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

College of Liberal Arts >> Criminal Justice 

39 hours; 2.0 Major GPA required

Criminal Justice is a dynamic, multi-disciplinary approach to studying agencies of social control and crime-related issues.  A degree in Criminal Justice provides students with diverse knowledge that emphasizes lifelong learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Upon completion of the degree in Criminal Justice, students will be prepared for a broad range of public and private careers in the field, or to further their studies in law or graduate school.

Required Courses (27 hours)

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CRIM 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

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


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 224 - Criminology
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 234 - Introduction to Corrections
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 244 - Police & Society
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 254 - Criminal Courts and Law
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 351 - Research Methods
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 352 - Statistics
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 371 - Criminological Theory
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 475 - Criminal Justice Capstone

USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing


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

Electives (12 hours)

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

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

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 245 - Ethics in Criminal Justice
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CRIM 301 - Criminal Justice Administration
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 302 - Criminal Law
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CRIM 304 - Community Relations
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 305 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
CRIM 311 - Convict Criminology
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CRIM 312 - Organized Crime
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
CRIM 315 - Crime Control Strategies
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 331 - Gender and Crime
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 335 - Juvenile Delinquency
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 336 - Drugs and Society
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 345 - Crime Scene Investigation
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 370 - Seminar in Criminal Justice (repeatable with topic change)
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 401 - Community Corrections
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
CRIM 403 - Violence Against Women
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
CRIM 405 - Death Penalty
Term(s) Offered: Spring, every other year
Credits: 3
CRIM 411 - Criminal Procedure
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Credits: 3
CRIM 412 - Police Discretion
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 431 - Crime, Deviance, and Deviants
Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
CRIM 489 - Independent Study in Criminal Justice
Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Credits: 3
CRIM 499 - Internship in Criminal Justice
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

Core 39/Supporting Courses

  • Take one course within Ways of Knowing, Social Inquiry Core 39 category
  • Take either PHIL 201 - Introduction to Ethics or CRIM 245 - Ethics in Criminal Justice (CRIM 245 does not count towards Core 39)
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