Courses Required in Major
Credit hours in (x)
Course Descriptions

Foundations in the Sociological Method
SOC 202 Introduction to Research Methods (3)
2. SOC 302 Advanced Research Methods (3)

Epidemiology of Crime and Justice
CJST 240 Introduction to the U.S. Criminal Justice System (3)
CJST/SOC 241 Youth and Crime (3)

Legal and Philosophical Bases (Select one course)
CJST/POL S 320 American Judicial Process (3)
CJST/PHIL 332 Philosophy of Law (3)

Theories of Crime, Justice, and Social Control (Select one course)
CJST/SOC 340 Deviant and Criminal Behavior (3)
CJST/SOC 341 Criminology (3)
SOC 401 Contemporary Sociological Theory (3)

Criminal Justice Topics (Select one course)
CJST/SOC 351X Police and Society (3)
CJST/SOC 352X Punishment, Corrections, and Society (3)
CJST/SOC 402X White-Collar Crime (3)
SOC 484 Topical Studies in Criminal/Juvenile Justice (3)

Structural Inequality and Diversity (Select one course)
SOC 327 Sex and Gender in Society (3)
SOC 328 Sociology of Masculinities and Manhood (3)
SOC 330 Ethnic and Race Relations (3)
SOC 331 Social Class and Inequality (3)

Application and Internship
CJST/SOC 460 Criminal and Juvenile Justice Practicum (3)

Note: Up to 9 additional credits in CJST/SOC 460 may be applied in general electives

Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Select three courses)
ANTHR 424 Forensic Anthropology (3)
HD FS 349 Parenting and Family Diversity Issues (3)
HD FS 367 Abuse in Families (3)
HIST 345 U.S. Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity (3)
JL MC 477 Ethnicity, Gender, Class and the Media (3)
LAS 211 Introduction to U.S. Latino/a Studies (3)
LAS 325 Asian American Culture: History and Community (3)
PHIL 230 Moral Theory and Practice (3)
POL S 319 Law and Politics (3)
POL S 476 Administrative Law (3)
PSYCH 280 Social Psychology (3)
PSYCH 315 Drugs and Behavior (3)
PSYCH 460 Abnormal Psychology (3)
W S 201 Introduction to Women's Studies (3)
W S 450 Topics: Intersections of Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality (3)

Complementary Courses Required
SOC 115 Orientation to Sociology (R)
STAT 101 Principles of Statistics (4)

(Select one English course)
ENGL 302 Business Communication (3)
ENGL 309 Report and Proposal Writing (3)
ENGL 314 Technical Communication (3)

English Proficiency Requirement
ENGL 150 (C or better)
ENGL 250 (C or better)
ENGL 302, 309, 314 (C or better)
If a C is not earned in ENGL 104 and 105, must take an additional course in advanced English composition or in an intensive writing course in the major.