- 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.
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.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
History Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Colloquium | ||
| HIST 1200 | Historical Research and Writing | 1 |
| HIST 1201 | First-Year Seminar | 4 |
| Introductory Level Elective | ||
| Complete one other course from HIST 1001 to HIST 1999 (excluding HIST 1100, HIST 1200, and HIST 1201). | 4 | |
| Intermediate/Advanced Level Elective | ||
| Complete two HIST courses numbered 2000 or above (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302). | 8 | |
| Advanced Level Elective | ||
| Complete one HIST course numbered 3000 or above. | 4 | |
| History Elective | ||
| Complete two courses in any field at any level. | 8 | |
| Pre-1800 History Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Law and History | ||
| Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
| Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | ||
| Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | ||
| History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II | ||
| Colonialism/Imperialism | ||
| Colonial and Revolutionary America | ||
| Renaissance to Enlightenment | ||
| The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain | ||
| Africa and the World in Early Times | ||
| Assassinations in World History | ||
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 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 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 | ||
| Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions | ||
The 2000-level courses in this list ask 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. The 3000-level courses in this list provide students a deeper look at a range of crime problems. | ||
| 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 | ||
| Black Families and Incarceration | ||
| Criminal Violence | ||
| Global Criminology | ||
| Psychology of Crime | ||
| Organized Crime | ||
| Political Crime and Terrorism | ||
| Corporate and White-Collar Crime | ||
| Criminal Law | ||
| Addiction and Recovery | ||
| 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 3700 | Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice | 4 |
| 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 | ||
| Criminal Justice Electives | ||
Rounding out knowledge of crime and justice. | ||
| Complete two additional criminal justice electives from the 3000, 4000 or 5000-level. | 8 | |
Other Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A minimum of one history course must be taken between the methods and capstone requirements. | ||
| Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Criminal Justice Research Methods | ||
| The History Seminar | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Senior Capstone Seminar | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
| Integrative Course | ||
| HIST 1100 | Law and History | 4 |
Experiential Liberal Arts
All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirements
Complete 81 semester hours in the major
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years with One Co-op
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CRIM 1100 | 4 | CRIM 1110 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | CRIM 1120 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1200 | 1 | HIST 1100 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1201 | 4 | Introductory-level history course | 4 | ||||
| Current crime and justice issues CRIM course | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | ||
| Systems and institutions CRIM course | 4 | Methods course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Intermediate history elective | 4 | Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Pre-1800 history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | |||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CRIM 3700 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| EESH 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| Crime problems elective | 4 | ||||||
| Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CRIM 3000 | 1 | Capstone | 4 | ||||
| Advanced history course | 4 | Solutions and reform CRIM course | 4 | ||||
| Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Systemic issues CRIM elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 128 | |||||||