Sociology: Criminology Concentration, B.A.

Complete the following courses:

• SOC 101 - Introductory Sociology (3 credits) **
• SOC 102 - Social Problems (3 credits) *
• SOC 201 - Sociological Analysis (3 credits)
• Any computer science course (CSCI) (3 credits) *
• Two laboratory science courses (8 credits) *

Choose one course from the following:

• PSYC 225 - Psychological Statistics (3 credits) AND
• PSYC 225L - Psychological Statistics Laboratory (1 credit)

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• STAT 201 - Elementary Statistics (3 credits) * AND
• STAT 201L - Elementary Statistics Computer Laboratory (1 credit) *

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• CBAD 291 - Business Statistics (3 credits) *

Note:

* Course credit hours only count once toward the total university graduation credit hour requirements. Click on Credit Sharing  for more information.

** SOC 101 cannot be used to meet a Core Curriculum requirement.

Students must earn grades of ‘C’ or better in all Foundation Courses.

Complete the following courses:

• SOC 330 - Sociological Theory (3 credits)
• Choose three SOC 300 level and above courses

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• SOC 331 Q* - Methods in the Social Sciences (3 credits) AND
• SOC 331L - Methods in the Social Sciences Laboratory (1 credit)

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• Choose from one of the following (4 credits):

• SOC 496 Q* - Senior Capstone Internship (3 credits) AND
• SOC 496L - Internship Capstone Laboratory (1 credit)

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• SOC 497 Q* - Senior Thesis (3 credits) AND
• SOC 497L - Senior Thesis Laboratory (1 credit)

Social Inequality

Choose two from the following:

• SOC 300 Q* - Social Justice (3 to 4 credits)
• SOC 301 - Gender and Society (3 credits)
• SOC 309 - Social Inequality (3 credits)
• SOC 355 Q* - Race and Ethnicity (3 credits)

Applied Methods

Choose one from the following:

• SOC 310 - Social Demography (3 credits)
• SOC 320 - Individual and Society (3 credits)
• SOC 325 - Qualitative Research (3 credits)

Choose three from the following:

• SOC 306 - Religious Cults and Violence (3 credits)
• SOC 340 - The Sociology of Drugs & Drug Control Policy (3 credits)
• SOC 341 - Organized Crime (3 credits)
• SOC 350 Q* - Juvenile Delinquency (3 to 4 credits)
• SOC 351 - Deviant Behavior (3 credits)
• SOC 352 - Comparative Policing (3 credits)
• SOC 353 - Criminology (3 credits)
• SOC 401 - Sociology of Corrections (3 credits)
• SOC 450 - Victimology (3 credits)