This combined major educates students in criminal justice and history, emphasizing the complementarity between these two disciplines. Students successfully completing this program will be able to critically evaluate and draw connections between past and present practices in law, punishment, incarceration, justice, and the social institutions and cultural contexts in which these systems operate.
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.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.
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 | ||
| Complete one other course from HIST 1001 to HIST 1999 (excluding HIST 1100, HIST 1200, and HIST 1201). | 4 | |
| Intermediate/Advanced Level | ||
| Complete four HIST courses numbered 2000 or above (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302). | 16 | |
| Advanced Level | ||
| Complete one HIST course numbered 3000 or above. | 4 | |
| Pre-1800 History Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
| History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II | ||
| Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | ||
| Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | ||
| Colonialism/Imperialism | ||
| Colonial and Revolutionary America | ||
| Renaissance to Enlightenment | ||
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 | ||
| Criminal Violence | ||
| Global Criminology | ||
| Psychology of Crime | ||
| Organized Crime | ||
| Political Crime and Terrorism | ||
| Corporate and White-Collar Crime | ||
| 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 | |
| Capstone Seminar | ||
| Senior Capstone Seminar | ||
| Integrative Course | ||
| HIST 1100 | Law and History | 4 |
Experiential Liberal Arts
All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirements
128 total semester hours required
Example plan of study with One Co-op
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| HIST 1200 | 1 | HIST 1100 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1201 | 4 | CRIM 1110 | 4 | ||||
| CRIM 1100 | 4 | CRIM 1120 | 4 | ||||
| Current crime and justice issues CRIM course | 4 | Introductory-level history course | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | ||
| Systems and institutions CRIM course | 4 | Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Pre-1800 history elective | 4 | Methods course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Intermediate 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 | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| Crime problems elective | 4 | ||||||
| Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| EESH 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Systemic issues CRIM elective | 4 | Solutions and reform CRIM course | 4 | ||||
| Intermediate/advanced history elective | 4 | Capstone | 4 | ||||
| Advanced history course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| CRIM 3000 | 1 | Elective | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 128 | |||||||