• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

Fundamentals

Introduction to College
CRIM 1000Criminal Justice at Northeastern1
Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses successful students will 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
The Death Penalty
Human Trafficking
Corruption, Integrity, and Accountability
Crime, Media, and Politics
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)

Criminal Justice Institutions and Systems

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 two of the following:8
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
Black Families and Incarceration
Preparing for Co-op
The following course is designed to prepare students to apply for and embark on their first co-op. Students who do not take a co-op may replace EESH 2000, CRIM 3000, and CRIM 4000 with an additional CRIM elective.
EESH 2000Professional Development for Co-op1

Crime Problems and Justice System Challenges

Creating Knowledge About Crime and Justice
How do we know what we know about crime and justice—and how do we develop new knowledge? Harnessing data to learn about issues, identify solutions, and advocate for change.
CRIM 3600Criminal Justice Research Methods4
CRIM 3700Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice4
Crime Problems
The following courses offer students a deeper look at a range of crime problems.
Complete one of the following:4
Criminal Violence
Global Criminology
Organized Crime
Psychology of Crime
Political Crime and Terrorism
Corporate and White-Collar Crime
Criminal Law
Addiction and Recovery
Systemic Issues
A consideration of systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.
Complete one of the following:4
Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
Gender, Crime, and Justice
Race, Crime, and Justice
Returning from Co-op
Allows students the opportunity to reflect on their co-op experience and its connection to their ongoing coursework and future plans:
CRIM 3000Co-op Integration Seminar 2 (required after first co-op)1

Solutions and Reform

Solutions and Reform
How do we reinvent criminal justice institutions and their practice? The capstone experience is project based and solution oriented, drawing on knowledge gained in the classroom and through co-op and other experiences.
CRIM 4949Senior Capstone Seminar4
Student-Generated Knowledge
Opportunities for student research (optional):
Research
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (may serve as a substitute for the "Solutions and Reform" requirement)
Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
Returning from Co-op
Allows students the opportunity to reflect on their co-op experience and its connection to their ongoing coursework and future plans:
CRIM 4000Co-op Integration Seminar 31
Criminal Justice Electives
Rounding out knowledge of crime and justice.
Complete four additional CRIM electives. Three must be from the 3000, 4000, or 5000-level.16

Criminal Justice Sequence Requirements

Complete three courses from the same department, two of which must be numbered 2000 or above, or complete a minor.

Criminal Justice Credit Requirement

Complete 63 credit hours in the major.

Experiential Liberal Arts

All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Four Years, One Co-op

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 10001CRIM 11104Elective4Vacation
CRIM 11004CRIM 11204  
Current crime and justice issues course4Digital skills course and lab5  
ENGW 11114Elective4  
Elective4   
 17 17 4 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Systems and institutions course4Systems and institutions course4Elective4Vacation
CRIM elective4CRIM 36004  
Sequence elective4CRIM elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16 4 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 37004Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
Crime problems elective4   
Systemic issues elective4   
Elective4   
EESH 20001   
 17 0 0 4
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
CRIM elective4Solutions and reform course4  
Sequence elective4CRIM elective4  
Elective4Sequence elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
CRIM 30001   
 17 16  
Total Hours: 128

Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 10001CRIM 11104Elective4Vacation
CRIM 11004CRIM 11204Elective 4 
Current crime and justice issues course4Digital skills course and lab5  
ENGW 11114Elective4  
Elective4   
 17 17 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Systems and institutions course4Co-OpCo-OpElective4
CRIM elective4  Elective4
Sequence elective4   
Elective4   
EESH2000 Co-Op Preparation1   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 37004Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
Crime problems elective4  Elective4
Systemic issues elective4   
Elective4   
CRIM 30001   
 17 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1Hours 
CRIM elective4CRIM elective4Elective4 
Sequence elective4CRIM Elective 4  
Elective4Sequence elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
CRIM 40001   
 17 16 4 
Total Hours: 129