School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management

Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Criminal Justice (120 units)

This program is designed to accommodate the needs of new college students, continuing students, transferring students, and experienced criminal justice practitioner. We offer sufficient courses in the evenings for students to graduate with this degree without taking daytime classes.

Students intending to transfer from community colleges to this University are advised to complete general education requirements while attending the community college. Courses equivalent to CRJU 101 and lower-division cognate courses (SOC 100, PSY 100, POSC 100 and PHIL 170), should be taken while attending community college. Other criminal justice courses taken at community colleges will be accepted as lower-division electives provided the college where they were taken designated them as transferable to CSU. These courses cannot be substituted for upper-division criminal justice courses.

Admission Under Impaction

Refer to the following website for additional impaction criteria: http://www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/admissions/impacted_major.html.

Requirements

1. Major Courses: Take 48 units of criminal justice as follows:

• A. Take 36 units of the following core courses:
  • CRJU 101 The Criminal Justice System in Society (3)
    Prerequisites/Corequisites: One GE Foundation course.
  • CRJU 110 Introduction to Justice Research, Writing, and Reasoning (3)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1).
  • CRJU 301 Criminal Courts and Judicial Processes (3)
    Prerequisites/Corequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101 and CRJU 110 (may be taken concurrently).
  • CRJU 302 Policing (3)
    Prerequisites: :A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101 and CRJU 110 (may be taken concurrently).
  • CRJU 303 Corrections: Theory, Policy, Practice Corrections (3)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101 and CRJU 110 (may be taken concurrently).
  • CRJU 304 Criminological Theory (4)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101 and CRJU 110.
  • CRJU 320 Criminal Justice Research Methods (4)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101, CRJU 110, and CRJU 304 (may be taken concurrently).
  • CRJU 325 Statistics for Criminal Justice (4)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101, CRJU 110, and CRJU 320.
  • CRJU 330 Criminal Justice Ethics, Values and Diversity (3)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 302 and CRJU 303.
  • CRJU 340 Substantive Criminal Law (3)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101, CRJU 110, and CRJU 301.
  • CRJU 350 Constitutional Criminal Procedure (3)
    Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in CRJU 101, CRJU 110, and CRJU 301.
• B. Take 3 units of the following restricted options courses:
  • CRJU 401, CRJU 402, CRJU 403, CRJU 404, CRJU 405, CRJU 406, CRJU 407, CRJU 408, CRJU 409, or an approved CRJU 490 special topics course.
• C. Take 3 units of any upper-division elective criminal justice course (i.e., course not in core or restricted options)
• D. Take at least 6 units of a Senior Integrative Experience in one of the following five ways (note that options 2, 4, and 5 require permission from a sponsoring faculty member):
  • 1. CRJU 492 Internship (6); or
  • 2. CRJU 491 Internship (3) and CRJU 497 Independent Study/Directed Research (3); or
  • 3. CRJU 491 Internship (3) and any one of the following experiential learning courses: CRJU 405, CRJU 423, CRJU 430, CRJU 431, CRJU 440, CRJU 441, CRJU 470, or any upper-division CRJU travel-study course; or
  • 4. CRJU 497 Independent Study/Directed Research (3) and any one of the following experiential learning courses: CRJU 405, CRJU 423, CRJU 430, CRJU, 431, CRJU 440, CRJU 441, CRJU 470, or any upper-division CRJU travel-study course; or
  • 5. CRJU 497 Independent Study/Directed Research (3) and CRJU 498 Thesis (3)

Courses taken to fulfil options 2 and 3 may not be used to satisfy either the restricted option or in-major elective requirements of the criminal justice major.

Each core or restricted option courses on the student's program planner must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. In addition, a course which a grade lower than "C" is received must be retaken and successfully completed prior to enrolling in a course for which it is a prerequisite. A student receiving a grade lower than a "C" may proceed with other courses with approval of school advisor or chair.

2. Cognate Courses: Take 6 courses in related disciplines (these satisfy CSULB General Education requirements) from the following:

• Any General Education Critical Thinking Course (Philosophy 170 preferred)
  * C or better
• POSC 100 Introduction to American Government (3)
  * C or better
  Prerequisites/Corequisites: GE A1 requirement.
• PSY 100 General Psychology (3)
  * C or better
  Prerequisites/Corequisites: GE A1 requirement.
• PSY 370 Abnormal Psychology (3)
  Prerequisites: PSY 100.
• SOC 100 Principles of Sociology (3)
  * C or better
  Prerequisites/Corequisites: GE A1 requirement.

and any one of the following:

• CDFS 319, CLSC 410, GEOG 301, PHIL 352, PHIL 451, PSY 350, RGR 400, SOC 335.

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