This combined major educates students in criminal justice and sociology and in the interface between the two disciplines. The scope and sequence of sociology courses provide students with a foundation in social theory and social systems. Criminal justice courses provide a foundation for understanding individual and systemic aspects of criminology and criminal justice. Students successfully completing this program should be able to understand the ways that crime and the justice system are situated in larger social systems and structures.
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.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide 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 |
| 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 | ||
| Crime Problems | ||
The following courses provide students with a deeper look at a range of crime problems. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Criminal Violence | ||
| Global Criminology | ||
| Psychology of Crime | ||
| Organized Crime | ||
| Political Crime and Terrorism | ||
| Corporate and White-Collar Crime | ||
| Addiction and Recovery | ||
| Criminal Justice Electives | ||
These courses round out our knowledge of crime and justice. | ||
| Complete three additional criminal justice electives. Two must be from the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level. | 12 | |
Sociology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete a minimum of nine courses in sociology from the requirements below. | ||
| Sociology Requirements | ||
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Sociology Introductory Electives | ||
| Complete two courses in the following range: | 8 | |
SOCL 1200 to SOCL 1999 | ||
| Sociology Intermediate Electives | ||
| Complete two courses in the following range: | 8 | |
SOCL 2000 to SOCL 3999 | ||
| Sociology Advanced Elective | ||
| Complete one course in the following range: | 4 | |
SOCL 4000 to SOCL 5999 | ||
Introduction, Methods, and Statistics
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 1 | |
| Criminal Justice at Northeastern | ||
| Sociology at Northeastern | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| Statistics | ||
| CRIM 3700 | Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice | 4 |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 or 5 | |
| Computer Science and Its Applications and Lab for CS 1100 | ||
| Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum ((Social Science Practicum section)) | ||
| Co-op Integration Requirements | ||
| Complete before the first co-op: | 1 | |
| Professional Development for Co-op | ||
| Complete after the first co-op: | 1 | |
| Co-op Integration Seminar 2 | ||
| Complete after the second co-op: | 1 | |
| Co-op Integration Seminar 3 | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Capstone Requirement | ||
| CRIM 4949 | Senior Capstone Seminar | 4 |
| or SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | |
| Integrative Elective Courses | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Criminology | ||
| Gender, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Race, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Sociology of Poverty | ||
| Social Problems | ||
Experiential Liberal Arts
All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CRIM 1000 or SOCL 1000 | 1 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| CRIM 1100 | 4 | Criminology thematic elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | Sociology introductory elective | 4 | ||||
| CS 1100 or DS 2000 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1215 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CRIM 1110 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Criminology survey elective | 4 | ||
| CRIM 1120 | 4 | Sociology intermediate elective | 4 | ||||
| Sociology introductory elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| EESH 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 2321 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| CRIM 3700 | 4 | Criminal justice elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| CRIM 3000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | ||
| Criminology systemwide elective | 4 | CRIM 4949 or SOCL 4600 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Sociology advanced elective | 4 | Integrative course 2 | 4 | ||||
| Integrative course 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Criminal justice elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 4 | |||||
| Total Hours: 127 | |||||||