Program: Criminology and Criminal Justice, B.A. - Merrimack College - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 01, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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

School: School of Education and Social Policy

Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Major Requirements

The major requires completing a minimum of eleven courses. The first courses for all students in the major are CRM 1000 Introduction to Criminology and CRM 1100 The Criminal Justice System . These prerequisite courses give students baseline knowledge for all courses taught in the major.

Required Courses

The following six courses are required:

CRM 1000 - Introduction to Criminology Credits: 4
CRM 1100 - The Criminal Justice System Credits: 4
CRM 3000 - Society and Law Credits: 4
CRM 4000 - Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credits: 4
CRM 4500 - Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice Credits: 4
CRM 4800 - Criminology and Criminal Justice Internship Credits: 4
OR
CRM 4850 - Criminology and Criminal Justice Internship II Credits: 4

Required Electives

Choose five elective courses from the following:

CRM 1500 - Rural Crime Credits: 4
CRM 1700 - Criminalistics Credits: 4
CRM 2000 - Youth, Deviance, and Crime Credits: 4
CRM 2100 - Criminal Courts and Sentencing Credits: 4
CRM 2150 - Environmental Criminology Credits: 4
CRM 2200 - Corporate and White Collar Crime Credits: 4
CRM 2300 - Hate Crimes Credits: 4
CRM 2450 - Homicide Credits: 4
CRM 2500 - The Death Penalty Credits: 4
CRM 2700 - Ethics of Criminal (In)Justice Credits: 4
CRM 2800 - Search and Seizure Credits: 4
CRM 2900 - Police Culture Credits: 4
CRM 3050 - Female Deviance, Crime, and Social Control Credits: 4
CRM 3380 - Race, Class and Crime Credits: 4
CRM 3430 - Criminal Justice and Mental Health Credits: 4
CRM 3500 - Domestic Violence Credits: 4
CRM 3600 - Drugs and Society Credits: 4
CRM 3700 - Forensic Criminal Investigation Credits: 4
CRM 3725 - Terrorism Credits: 4
CRM 3800 - Cybercrime and Digital Forensic Investigations Credits: 4
CRM 3900 - Incarceration Credits: 4
CRM 4100 - Victimology Credits: 4
CRM 4600 - Practicum in Correctional Education Credits: 4
CRM 4900 - Directed Study Credits: 4
CRM 4902 - Forensic Behavioral Analysis Credits: 4
CRM 4910 - Directed Study Credits: 4

Additional Elective Course Options

A maximum of two elective courses can be chosen from the following list of courses related to the field of criminology and criminal justice:

PHL 2500 - Theories of Justice Credits: 4
PHL 3010 - Human Rights: Theory and Practice Credits: 4
PHL 3020 - Philosophy of Law Credits: 4
PHL 3030 - Global Justice Credits: 4
POL 3111 - State and Local Politics and the Environment Credits: 4
POL 3112 - Congress and The Legislative Process Credits: 4
POL 3150 - Criminal Law Credits: 4
POL 3151 - American Constitutional Law Credits: 4
POL 3152 - Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Credits: 4
POL 3541 - Cyber Security: The Intersection of Technology and Policy Credits: 4
PSY 2430 - Forensic Psychology Credits: 4
PSY 2460 - Abnormal Psychology Credits: 4
PSY 3340 - Developmental Psychopathology Credits: 4
PSY 3420 - The Psychology of Trauma Credits: 4
SOC 2050 - Social Work Credits: 4
SOJ 1000 - Introduction to Social Justice (Theory & Practice) Credits: 4
WGS 3710 - Gender and the Law Credits: 4
WGS 3720 - Gender, Immigration, and the Law Credits: 4