Criminology - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
This major is offered through the Department of Sociology in the School of Arts and Sciences.
The department offers an active internship program and encourages all majors to enroll in at least one internship course while in good academic standing at the university. Students may take up to six internship credits.
All majors must complete the above core required curriculum with a grade of “C-” or better and an additional six elective courses offered by the Department of Sociology. We expect all Criminology majors to complete the above core courses (exempting SOC 452) before the senior year.
All students enrolled in the major are required to successfully pass either a comprehensive examination or a senior thesis. The senior thesis is under the supervision of one faculty advisor selected by the student pursuing the thesis option. Any student with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher may opt to complete the senior comprehensive or the thesis as part of her/his capstone experience. Students wishing to write a thesis in lieu of taking comprehensive exams must have identified a topic and a faculty sponsor by the end of their junior year, e.g., 2 semesters before graduating.
Required Course - Take One
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 102 | Global Social Problems and Social Justice | 3.00 |
Required Course - Take One
Required Courses - Take All
| SOC 202 | Research Methods | 3 |
| SOC 205 | Sociology of Crime and Justice | 3 |
| SOC 301 | Statistics of Analysis for Social Science I | 3 |
| SOC 317 | Criminological Theory | 3.00 |
| SOC 452 | Senior Coordinating Seminar | 3 |
Elective Courses - Take Six
| ANTH 204 | Forensic Anthropology | 3 |
| CHEM 202 | Science Under Oath | 3 |
| CSC 581/EE 581 | Cryptography and Steganography | 3 |
| LSC 324 | Actionable Intelligence | 3.00 |
| MDIA 308 | Mafia, Politics and Society in Italian Cinema | 3 |
| MDIA 322 | Media and Crime | 3 |
| MGT 351 | Introduction to Business Intelligence | 3 |
| POL 260 | Introduction to American Intelligence | 3 |
| POL 412A | Homeland Security | 3 |
| POL 437 | Countering Terrorists and Radicals | 3 |
| POL 462 | Moral Foundations of Intelligence | 3 |
| POL 468/SOC 468 | US Counterintelligence Operations and Controversies | 3 |
| POL 471 | Issues in Contemporary U.S. Intelligence | 3.00 |
| PSY 302 | Forensic Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 107 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| SOC 204 | Transnational Crime | 3 |
| SOC 208 | Sociology of Delinquency | 3 |
| SOC 226 | Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| SOC 230 | Families, Incarceration, and Inequality | 3.00 |
| SOC 270 | Human Rights in a Global Society | 3 |
| SOC 300 | Data Analysis in the Social Sciences | 0 |
| SOC 303 | Public Safety Leadership | 3 |
| SOC 309 | Sociology of Law | 3 |
| SOC 310 | Police, Law, and Society | 3.00 |
| SOC 311 | Victimology | 3 |
| SOC 313 | Criminal Investigations | 3 |
| SOC 315 | Crimes in Urban America | 3 |
| SOC 319 | Modern Islamic Terrorism | 3.00 |
| SOC 320 | Terrorism and Counter Terrorism | 3 |
| SOC 322 | Military and Society | 3 |
| SOC 324 | Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SOC 329 | White Collar Crime | 3 |
| SOC 331 | Globalization & Social Movement | 3 |
| SOC 332 | Popular Culture and Crime in American Society | 3.00 |
| SOC 335 | Surveillance | 3 |
| SOC 337 | Crime and Corruption in Chinese Society | 3 |
| SOC 339 | Punishment | 3.00 |
| SOC 341 | Border Security | 3.00 |
| SOC 354 | Social Psychology of Crime | 3 |
| SOC 357 | National Security and Civil Liberties | 3 |
| SOC 371 | Deviance and Control | 3 |
| SOC 407 | Pillaging, Murder and Mayhem: A Survey of Violent Crime | 3 |
| SOC 408 | Religion and Terrorism | 3 |
| SOC 415 | Criminal Behavior in America | 3 |
| SOC 424 | Conflict and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| SOC 468 | US Counterintelligence: Operations and Controversies | 3.00 |
| SOC 493 | Directed Research | 3 |
| SOC 494 | Independent Study in Sociology | 3 |
| SOC 495 | Internship | 3 |