Criminal Justice: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Criminal Justice in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 13 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 1200 College Algebra (3 cr)
• CJ 1000 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 15 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 15 credits

• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• CJ 2100 Criminology (3 cr)
• SOC 2100 Social Problems (3 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 14 credits

• CJ 2300 Policing in a Democracy (3 cr)
• SOC 2300 Race and Ethnicity (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 12 credits

• CJ 2500 Criminal Law (3 cr)
• SOC 2500 Sociology of Family (3 cr)
• CJ 3100 Criminal Procedure (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 16 credits

• SOC 3100 Social Research Methods (4 cr)
• CJ 3300 Corrections (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 13 credits

• SOC 3300 Social Stratification (3 cr)
• CJ 3500 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (4 cr)
• SOC 3500 Work and Organizations (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

• CJ 3700 Victimology (3 cr)
• SOC 3700 Deviance and Social Control (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)