Crime and Justice Studies, BA (3 yr) (GPS)

Courses Taken Prior to Matriculation

• Language 1 (e.g. SPN 1010 ) Credit Hour(s): 3-4*
• Language 2 (e.g. SPN 1020 ) Credit Hour(s): 3-4*
• ENG 1100 - Academic Writing and Reading Credit Hour(s): 3 (or other Core)
• HST 1100 - Western Civilizations to 1500 Credit Hour(s): 3 (or other Core)
• PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hour(s): 4 (or other Core)

Fall One

• ENG 2100 - Research Writing and Argumentation Credit Hour(s): 3
• REL 2040 - Bible, Qur’an, and Western Culture Credit Hour(s): 3 (IW)
• BIO 1050 - Biology of Food Credit Hour(s): 4
• PLS 2000 - Power and Politics Credit Hour(s): 3
• SPN 2110 - Spanish for Law Enforcement and Social Work Personnel I Credit Hour(s): 3 -4* or other approved language (2010)

Spring One

• MTH 1450 - Mathematics and the Modern World Credit Hour(s): 3
• ATH 2100 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology Credit Hour(s): 4
• AFS 2000 - What is the African and African American Experience ? Credit Hour(s): 3 (IW) (MC)
• SPN 2120 - Spanish for Law Enforcement and Social Work Personnel II Credit Hour(s): 3

• -4* or other approved language (2020)

• Additional GE -  WGS 2000 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies Credit Hour(s): 3 (IW) (MC)

Summer One

• SOC 2000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hour(s): 3 (IW) (MC)
• PHL 3000 - Critical Thinking Credit Hour(s): 3

Fall Two

• SOC 3400 - Sociological Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3700 - Criminology Credit Hour(s): 3
• URS 3300 - Ethics in Public Service Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4420 - Criminal Justice System Credit Hour(s): 3
• PSY 2810 - Psychology of Incarceration Credit Hour(s): 3

Spring Two

• SOC 3410 - Introduction to Research Methods Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 3410 - Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4360 - Criminal Law Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4490 - Gender Violence and International Politics Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4310 - Cyber Crime Credit Hour(s): 3

Summer Two

• SOC 3220 - Juvenile Delinquency Credit Hour(s): 3
• PSY 2520 - Forensic Psychology Credit Hour(s): 3
• General Elective (for example, HPR) Credit Hour(s): 1

Fall Three

• SOC 3000 - Internship in Criminal Justice and Family Credit Hour(s): 3
• ATH 3110 - Forensic Anthropology Credit Hour(s): 3
• PHL 4140 - Philosophy of Law Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3710 - Comparative Criminal Justice Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4370 - Criminal Procedure Credit Hour(s): 3

Spring Three

• SOC 3730 - Sociology of the Courts, Law, and Justice Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3740 - Penology and Corrections Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4700 - Explaining Crime Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 4720 - Terrorism and Counterterrorism Credit Hour(s): 3

Notes:

Courses inserted in Three-Year-Degree Plan are examples of the many possibilities applicable to both the University Core and Crime and Justice Studies major. (IW) after course number indicates Integrated Writing component; (MC) indicates Multicultural component.

*Language should be taken through the 2020 level (1010, 1020, 2010, and 2020) in a single language:  Spanish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Chinese, American Sign Language, or other. Students taking American Sign Language should be advised that ASL 1010, 1020, 2010, and 2020 meet for (4) rather than (3) credit hours each.