Bachelor of Arts in Social and Criminal Justice

The Social and Criminal Justice major is a unique interdisciplinary program that offers an emphasis in criminal justice through which a perspective for building a more just society is considered.

Graduation Requirements

Total Minimum Credits Required: 120 credits
General Education Requirements: 46 credits
Social Justice Major Requirements: 9 credits
Criminal Justice Major Requirements: 33 credits
Collateral Electives: 9 credits
Electives: 23 credits

Social Justice Major Requirements (9 credits):

PHI 107/ 

PHI 307Philosophy of Human Conduct (3 credits)

PHI 210/ 

PHI 310Franciscanism Yesterday and Today (3 credits)

SOC 330Social Justice and Society (3 credits)

Criminal Justice Major Requirements (33 credits):

Required Courses (12 credits):

CRJ 201Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 credits)

CRJ 301Juvenile Justice (3 credits)

CRJ 303Corrections (3 credits)

CRJ 306Criminal Law and Procedure (3 credits)

OR

CRJ 420Criminal Justice Practicum (3 credits)

Core electives (12 credits from the following):

CRJ 305Crime Prevention (3 credits)

CRJ 307Victimology (3 credits)

HIS/POL 303The American Constitution (3 credits)

LIB 318Peacemaking (INTD) (3 credits)

PSY 301Social Psychology (3 credits)

PSY 303Abnormal Psychology (3 credits)

SOC 203Social Problems (3 credits)

SOC 305Crime and Society (3 credits)

SOC 308Racial and Ethnic Groups (3 credits)

SOC 312Child, Family, and Society (3 credits)

SOC 320Public Policy and Social Services (3 credits)

Collateral electives (9 credits beyond General Education, two of which must be upper-division level):

BIO 225Medical Biology for Health Care (3 credits)

BIO/ENV 300Environmental Biology (3 credits)

BUS/ENV 345Business and the Environment (3 credits)

ECO 203Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)

LIB 315The Environment and the Human Spirit (INTD) (3 credits)

LIB 318Peacemaking (INTD) (3 credits)

PHI 100Human Person and Values (3 credits)

PHI 101Introduction to Philosophy (3 credits)

POL/ENV 310Environmental Policies (3 credits)

PSY 301Social Psychology (3 credits)

PSY 350Physiological Psychology (3 credits)

REL 101Person and Faith (3 credits)

REL 107Introduction to Sacred Scripture (3 credits)

REL 130Quest for Judaic-Christian Values (3 credits)

SOC 310Funding Health and Human Services (3 credits)

SOC 313Social Implications of Medical Issues (3 credits)

Social and Criminal Justice majors must earn a minimum of 42 upper-level credits. A maximum of 6 credits applied to General Education requirements may be applied to major requirements (exclusive of the collateral electives requirement).

Please note: CRJ 201 is a prerequisite for CRJ 301, 303, and 305.