Criminology and Criminal Justice, B.S.

(120 units)

This program is designed to accommodate the needs of new college students, continuing students, transferring students, and experienced criminal justice practitioner.

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/.

Requirements

Major Courses:

Take 48 units of criminal justice as follows:

Take 36 units of the following core courses:

CRJU 101 - The Criminal Justice System in Society (3 units)
CRJU 110 - Introduction to Justice Research, Writing, and Reasoning (3 units)
CRJU 301 - Criminal Courts and Judicial Processes (3 units)
CRJU 302 - Policing (3 units)
CRJU 303 - Corrections: Theory, Policy and Practice Corrections (3 units)
CRJU 304 - Criminological Theory (4 units)
CRJU 320 - Criminal Justice Research Methods (4 units)
CRJU 325 - Statistics for Criminal Justice (4 units)
CRJU 330 - Criminal Justice Ethics, Values, and Diversity (3 units)
CRJU 340 - Substantive Criminal Law (3 units)
CRJU 350 - Constitutional Criminal Procedure (3 units)

Take 3 units of the following restricted options courses:

CRJU 401 - Victimology (3 units)
CRJU 402 - Crime and Inequality (3 units)
CRJU 403 - Comparative Criminal Justice and Transnational Crimes (3 units)
CRJU 404 - Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Criminal Justice (3 units)
CRJU 405 - Crime Analysis (4 units)
CRJU 406 - Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System (3 units)
CRJU 407 - White Collar Crime (3 units)
CRJU 408 - Serial Killers and Psychopaths: The Psychology of the Criminal Mind (3 units)
CRJU 409 - Drugs and the Drug War (3 units)
or an approved
CRJU 490 - Selected Topics in Criminal Justice (3 units)

Take 3 units of any upper-division elective criminal justice course

Take 3 units of any upper-division elective criminal justice course (i.e., course not in core or restricted options),

Take at least 6 units of a Senior Integrative Experience

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):

CRJU 492 - Internship (6 units)
or
CRJU 491 - Internship (3 units) and
CRJU 497 - Directed Research or Independent Study (3 units)
or

Note:

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.

Cognate Courses:

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

Any General Education Critical Thinking Course (PHIL 170 preferred)
* C or better
POSC 100 - Introduction to American Government (3 units)
* C or better
PSY 100 - General Psychology (3 units)
PSY 370 - Abnormal Psychology (3 units)
SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology (3 units)
* C or better

Any one of the following:

CDFS 319 - Family Stress and Coping (3 units)
CLSC 410 - Law and Literature in the Classical World (3 units)
GEOG 301 - The Urban Scene (3 units)
PHIL 352 - Philosophy of Law (3 units)
PHIL 451 - Liberty and Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in American Law (3 units)
PSY 350 - Psychology and Contemporary Social Issues (3 units)
RGR 400 - Crime and Punishment (3 units)
SOC 335 - Social Psychology (3 units)

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Criminology and Criminal Justice, B.S.

Admission Under Impaction

Requirements

Major Courses:

Take 36 units of the following core courses:

Take 3 units of the following restricted options courses:

Take 3 units of any upper-division elective criminal justice course

Take at least 6 units of a Senior Integrative Experience

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Option 5:

Note:

Cognate Courses:

Any one of the following: