This combined major educates students in criminal justice and psychology and the interface between the two disciplines. The scope and sequence of psychology courses provide students with a foundation in the interdisciplinary science of psychology, including the biological and psychosocial bases of behavior, learning, personality, and cognition. Criminal justice courses provide a foundation for understanding individual and systemic aspects of criminology and criminal justice. Students completing this program should be able to understand the relationships between the fields, as they relate to understanding and addressing criminal behavior.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Criminal Justice Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System | ||
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses, students have an opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of three related phenomena: why crime exists, how our criminal justice system responds to crime, and the constitutional and legal oversight of this process. | ||
| CRIM 1100 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 4 |
| CRIM 1110 | Criminal Due Process | 4 |
| CRIM 1120 | Criminology | 4 |
| CRIM 3600 | Criminal Justice Research Methods | 4 |
| Current Crime and Justice Issues | ||
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and justice. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Death Penalty | ||
| Human Trafficking | ||
| Corruption, Integrity, and Accountability | ||
| Crime, Media, and Politics | ||
| Understanding and Experiencing Criminal Justice Institutions and Systems | ||
How does justice work and for whom? These courses introduce students to the systems and institutions tasked with providing justice. Each includes experiential learning components in cooperation with local criminal justice institutions. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Courts: The Third Branch of Government | ||
| Youth Crime and Justice | ||
| Punishment in the Age of Mass Incarceration | ||
| Corporate Security: Securing the Private Sector | ||
| Policing a Democratic Society | ||
| Restorative Justice: Transforming the System | ||
| Crime Problems | ||
The following courses offer students a deeper look at a range of crime problems. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Criminology | ||
| Political Crime and Terrorism | ||
| Corporate and White-Collar Crime | ||
| Systemic Issues | ||
A consideration of systemic issues facing the criminal justice system. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Gender, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Race, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Digital Skills | ||
Successful students develop digital skills and master digital tools useful for careers related to crime and justice. Students choose one of two courses (each has a required lab). The computer science course introduces students to spreadsheets and databases. The data science course introduces students to programming with data. | ||
| Complete one of the following (and the appropriate lab): | 4-5 | |
| Computer Science and Its Applications and Lab for CS 1100 | ||
| Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum (Social Science Practicum section) | ||
| Criminal Justice Electives | ||
Rounding out knowledge of crime and justice. | ||
| Complete two additional criminal justice electives from the 3000, 4000 or 5000-level. | 8 | |
Psychology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Course | ||
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
| Mathematics | ||
| Choose one of the following: | 4 | |
| Mathematical Thinking | ||
| Calculus for Business and Economics | ||
| Calculus 1 | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Complete the following. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1 SH PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission). | 4-5 | |
| Statistics in Psychological Research | ||
| Personality/Social Bases of Behavior | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Personality | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Clinical Psychology and Mental Health | ||
| Biological/Cognitive Bases of Behavior | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Learning and Motivation | ||
or PSYC 3451 | Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis | |
| Sensation and Perception | ||
| Biological Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Language | ||
| Cognition | ||
| Research Experience | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Laboratory in Research Design | ||
| Laboratory in Biological Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Laboratory in Cognition | ||
| Laboratory in Social Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Personality | ||
| Laboratory in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Laboratory in Affective Science | ||
| Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development | ||
| Psychology Seminar | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Seminar in Biological Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Personality | ||
| Seminar in Social Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Seminar in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete two PSYC courses. | 8 | |
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CRIM 3040 | Psychology of Crime | 4 |
Criminal Justice and Psychology Combined Major Credit Requirement
Complete 92 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CRIM 1100 | 4 | CRIM 1110 | 4 | CRIM 1120 | 4 | NU Path EI | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | CS 1100 | 4 | PSYC 3402 | 4 | Open Elective | 4 |
| MATH 1215 | 4 | PSYC 3400 | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1000 | 1 | PSYC 3450 | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| PSYC 2320 | 4 | EESC 2000 | 1 | PSYC Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| PSYC 3458 | 4 | NU Path DD | 4 | Open Elective | 4 | ||
| CRIM Justice Thematic Elective | 4 | CJ Survey Elective | 4 | ||||
| NU Path IC | 4 | PSYC Elective | 4 | ||||
| Open Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | CRIM 3040 | 4 | Adv. Writing | 4 | Co-op | ||
| CRIM 3600 | 4 | NU Path ER | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 4612 | 4 | ||||||
| CRIM Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | Psychology Seminar | 4 | |||||
| CJ System Wide Elective | 4 | ||||||
| CRIM Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Open Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||