Criminology Major (B.A.)

Major Requirements

40 credits

Criminology Core (24 credits)

ANSC-1600	Criminal Justice Systems	4 credits
ANSC-2600	Criminology	4 credits
ANSC-2900	Introduction to Social Research	4 credits
ANSC-3600	Criminal Law and Procedure	4 credits
ANSC-3605	Policing and Society	4 credits
ANSC-3610	Corrections: Incarceration & Supervision	4 credits

Criminology Electives (16 credits)

Complete 16 additional credits from the following:

ANSC-2179	Madness and Civilization	4 credits
ANSC-2905	Topics in Anthropology and Sociology	2-4 credits
ANSC-3680	Advanced Topics in Criminology	2-4 credits
ANSC-4994	Independent Study	1-4 credits
ANSC-4996	Guided Research	1-4 credits
BUSN-3250	Cybersecurity for Business	4 credits
COMM-3980	Topics in Public Controversy	4 credits
ENGL-2030	Thiefmaking and Thieftaking	4 credits
ENGL-2115	Prose & Cons: American Prison Literature	4 credits
ENGL-2310	Introduction to Postcolonial Literature	4 credits
ENGL-3350	Advanced Postcolonial Literature	4 credits
HIST-3350	National Socialism and the Final Solution	4 credits
HIST-3520	Drugs, Violence, and Media in Modern Lat Amer	4 credits
INTR-4997	Internship	1-4 credits
PHIL-2060	Human Nature	4 credits
PHIL-2220	Introduction to Ethics	4 credits
POEC-2130	Political Economy through The Wire	2 credits
POEC-2150	Power and Policy	4 credits
PSYC-4040	Abnormal Psychology	4 credits
PSYC-4070	Legal Psychology	4 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students will be able to:

1. Describe criminal legal system structures and functions, including police, courts, and corrections;
2. Debate contentious criminal legal policy issues;
3. Analyze the connections between criminal legal systems and the societies in which they operate;
4. Use criminology and deviance theories to evaluate cases;
5. Explain rehabilitation and desistance models; and
6. Discuss why criminology is often considered a "rendezvous discipline."