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Criminal Justice and Sociology, BS

2021-2022 Edition

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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

Course List
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 1100Introduction to Criminal Justice4
CRIM 1110Criminal Due Process4
CRIM 1120Criminology4
Current Crime and Justice Issues
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and justice.
Complete one of the following:4
CRIM 1300
The Death Penalty
CRIM 1400
Human Trafficking
CRIM 1500
Corruption, Integrity, and Accountability
CRIM 1700
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
CRIM 2310
Courts: The Third Branch of Government
CRIM 2320
Youth Crime and Justice
CRIM 2330
Punishment in the Age of Mass Incarceration
CRIM 2340
Corporate Security: Securing the Private Sector
CRIM 2350
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
CRIM 3010
Criminal Violence
CRIM 3030
Global Criminology
CRIM 3040
Psychology of Crime
CRIM 3050
Organized Crime
CRIM 3060
Political Crime and Terrorism
CRIM 3070
Corporate and White-Collar Crime
CRIM 3540
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

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete a minimum of nine courses in sociology from the requirements below.
Sociology Requirements
SOCL 1101Introduction to Sociology4
SOCL 3300Social Theory4
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

Course List
Code Title Hours
Introduction
Complete one of the following:1
CRIM 1000
Criminal Justice at Northeastern
SOCL 1000
Sociology at Northeastern
Research Methods
SOCL 2321Research Methods in Sociology4
Statistics
CRIM 3700Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice4

Supporting Courses

Course List
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
CS 1100
and CS 1101
Computer Science and Its Applications
and Lab for CS 1100
DS 2000
and DS 2001
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum ((Social Science Practicum section))
Co-op Integration Requirements
Complete before the first co-op:1
EESH 2000
Professional Development for Co-op
Complete after the first co-op:1
CRIM 3000
Co-op Integration Seminar 2
Complete after the second co-op:1
CRIM 4000
Co-op Integration Seminar 3

Integrative Requirement

Course List
Code Title Hours
Senior Capstone Requirement
CRIM 4949Senior Capstone Seminar4
or SOCL 4600 Senior Seminar
Integrative Elective Courses
Complete one of the following:4
CRIM 3030
Global Criminology
CRIM 3110
Gender, Crime, and Justice
CRIM 3120
Race, Crime, and Justice
Complete one of the following:4
SOCL 1245
Sociology of Poverty
SOCL 1228
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
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 1000 or SOCL 10001SOCL 33004Vacation0Elective4
CRIM 11004Criminology thematic elective4 Elective4
SOCL 11014Sociology introductory elective4  
CS 1100 or DS 20004Elective4  
MATH 12154   
 17 16 0 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 11104Co-opCo-opCriminology survey elective4
CRIM 11204  Sociology intermediate elective4
Sociology introductory elective4   
Elective4   
EESH 20001   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
SOCL 23214Co-opCo-opElective4
CRIM 37004  Criminal justice elective4
Elective4   
Elective4   
CRIM 30001   
 17 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1Hours 
Criminology systemwide elective4CRIM 4949 or SOCL 46004Elective4 
Sociology advanced elective4Integrative course 24  
Integrative course 14Elective4  
Criminal justice elective4Elective4  
 16 16 4 
Total Hours: 127
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