Criminology Major - Required Courses and Recommended Course Sequence

First Semester

Distribution Requirement*

3

ENG101 Composition or

4

Distribution Requirement

3

FYF 101 First-Year Foundations

3

PSY 101General Psychology

3

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

3

Total Credits

15-16

Second Semester

Distribution Requirements

6

ENG 101 Composition or

4

Distribution Requirement

3

Major Elective

3

Free Elective

3

Total Credits

15-16

Third Semester

Distribution Requirement

3

Free Electives

6

SOC 222 Criminology

3

PSY 242 Personality

3

Total Credits

15

Fourth Semester

Distribution Requirement

3

EC 102 Microeconomics

3

Free Elective

3

Major Elective

3

PS 233 Law and Society

3

Total Credits

15

Fifth Semester

Distribution Requirements

6

EC 320 – Economics of Crime

3

PS 232 Criminal Law

3

Free Elective

3

Total Credits

15

Sixth Semester

Distribution Requirement

3

Major Elective

3

Free Elective

3

SOC 371 – Methods of Social Research or

PS 261 – Concepts and Methods in Political Science

 

3

 

Total Credits

15

Seventh Semester

Free Electives

12

SOC 373 or PS 265 – Quantitative

Reasoning in the Social Sciences

 

3

Eighth Semester

Free Electives

11

SOC 390 or PS 390 Senior Capstone

3

Total Credits

14

*See the General Education Curriculum for a list of courses that satisfy the Distribution Requirements.

 

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