B.A. Degree Requirements

For students selecting the CJC major, required courses are the following:

                                           Hours
 CJC 101    Introduction to Criminal Justice   3
 CJC 319    Theoretical Criminology            3
 CJC 363*   Introduction to Statistics
              in Sociology/Criminal Justice    3
 CJC 470WI** Capstone: Criminal Justice
              and Criminology                  3 
 CJC 483    Methods of Sociological Research   3
  -or-
 CJC 486    Methods of Program Evaluation      3

Two of the following are also required:

                                           Hours
 CJC 265    Delinquency and Juvenile Justice   3
 CJC 250    Introduction to Policing           3
 CJC 270    Principles of Corrections          3 
 CJC 320    Supreme Court and the
              Criminal Process                 3

Students should receive a grade of no lower than C- in the core required courses (CJC 101, 319, 363, 483, and 470WI) and an overall GPA of 2.0 in the major.

It is suggested that students broaden their course choices by selecting related offerings in English (especially those courses that stress writing skills), philosophy, history, geography, political science, psychology, sociology and public administration.

Transfer students may be credited with a maximum of 12 Criminal Justice and Criminology credit hours (the introductory course plus 9 hours of electives) from other institutions. Students with more than one academic major may apply only 3 credit hours (usually the required research methods course) from another degree program toward the CJC major.

In selecting courses to fulfill the 15 credit hours of CJC electives, CJC majors and minors should be aware of the following restrictions:

• No more than 6 credit hours of Directed Studies in Criminal Justice and Criminology (CJC 490) may be used to fulfill CJC elective requirements.
• Participation in only one Internship in Criminal Justice (CJC 491) may be used to fulfill CJC elective requirements.
• No more than 3 credit hours of Topics in Criminal Justice and Criminology (CJC 492) may be used to fulfill CJC elective requirements.