A minor is required with this major.
Requirements: (39 credits)
Required Courses:
| CRM 110 | Introduction to the Criminal Justice System | 3 |
| CRM 230 | Law Enforcement & Society | 3 |
| CRM 231 | Criminal Procedure and the Courts | 3 |
| CRM 238 | Corrections | 3 |
| CRM 260 | Criminology | 3 |
| CRM 322 | Research Methods in Criminal Justice | 4 |
| CRM 435 | Supervised Field Studies in Criminal Justice I | 3 |
| and | |
| 3 credits of 200-level CRM elective | |
Related Requirements:
All related requirements courses must have a grade of C- or higher
Requirements for 300-level and 400-level electives
6 credits of 300-499 CRM elective
8 credits of 400-479 CRM elective
Accelerate Central B.A. Criminology / M.S. Criminal Justice
Eligibility
Eligible students can apply for admission to the Accelerate Central B.A. / M.S. in the Spring of their junior year of study. Selected students will be able to complete a B.A. in Criminology and a M.S. in Criminal Justice in as few as 5 years on a full-time basis. For accepted students, two graduate courses will double-count as two 300-level undergraduate CRM courses. In addition, up to two three (3)-credit graduate courses may be taken before matriculation as a graduate student; these 2 courses will be excluded from the student’s B.A. program and transferred into the student’s M.S. program.
Students typically apply in the Spring of their junior year of study and must meet the requirements specified below:
a) Completed 81 earned credit hours by the end of the Fall semester of their junior year. At least 15 credits must have been earned at CCSU
b) Completed CRM 322 (research methods) and a statistics course with at least a B-
c) Have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average
d) Have at least a 3.0 grade point average in Criminology courses
How to Apply
Students will submit Change of Major form, a resume, essay, and one recommendation letter from a CCSU Criminology professor to their undergraduate advisor by March 1st of their junior year. The documents will go through the proper parties for review and approval, including the Graduate Program Director. Once the form has been approved by all required parties, the Registrar’s Office will change the student’s undergraduate curriculum to note the Accelerate Central program.
Note: After acceptance, students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.