Criminal Justice Requirments
General Program | Honor's Program
Program in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites: (12 credits)
SOC 100, 210; SOC/AFA 270; POL 120.
Area Options: One of the two required area options must be in a foreign language.
Requirements: Completion of 33 credits as outlined below.
A. An overall GPA of 2.5, a GPA of 2.5 in the concentration, grades of C (2.0) or higher in all courses below.
B. Core courses (21 credits).
CRJ 185, 430, 450; PSY 301 or SOC 215; SOC 380, 384, 485.
C. Additional courses (12 credits).
Four from: ANT 340; CRJ 289, 380, 381, 384, 385, 386; CRJ/PUB 432; CRJ/SWK 388; POL 380; SAT 202; SOC 382.
Honors Program in Criminal Justice
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Koch
Prerequisites: Grade point average of 3.5 for the first 55 hours.
SOC 100, PSY 100, POL 120, SOC/AFA 270, plus one course in philosophy.
Area Options: One of the two required area options must be in a foreign language, as stated in the University Honors Scholar Program. The second area option is normally in Values Inquiry.
Requirements:
A. Completion of all requirements for the General Program in Criminal Justice, including SOC 210. SOC 210 is ordinarily elected in the sophomore year.
B. Completion of a statistics requirement by electing SOC 215, PSY 301, or an equivalent course approved by the advisor. Recommended for the sophomore year.
C. Completion of SOC 384 and CRJ 391 in the junior year.
D. CRJ 496 and 497, Honors Thesis I and II (4 credits each).
E. Completion of all requirements of the CAS Honors Scholar Program.
Prospective Honors Program students are urged to acquaint themselves as early as possible with the particular procedures for acceptance into the Criminal Justice Program's Honors Concentration. See the departmental honors advisor or the Honors Program Director for this information.