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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminology and Criminal Justice, B.A.


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Minimum number of credits required to graduate:  124

Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate:  2.0

Minimum number of credits to complete the major:  44

Major Requirements


The first course for all students in the Criminology and Criminal Justice program, are Introduction to Criminology (CRM 1000 ) and The Criminal Justice System (CRM 1100 ). These prerequisite courses give students baseline knowledge for all courses taught in the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department.

This bachelor’s degree program requires a minimum of 124 credits. As part of the overall 124 credit minimum, satisfying the requirements for the major in Criminology and Criminal Justice includes completing a minimum of 44 credits in the major and a minimum of 11 courses as specified below. For a major, students must achieve at least a 2.0 grade point average in their major courses.

The following six courses are required of all Criminology and Criminal Justice majors:

Cognate Elective Options


A maximum of two Criminology and Criminal Justice electives can be chosen from the following list of cognate courses. Cognates are courses related to the field of criminology and criminal justice, but offered outside of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

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