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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 101Introduction to Sociology

3
SOC 102Global Social Problems and Social Justice

3

Required Course - Take One

SOC 496Thesis Guidance

3
SOC 498Undergraduate Comprehensive Exam

0

Required Courses - Take All

SOC 107Introduction to Criminal Justice

3
SOC 202Research Methods

3
SOC 301Statistics of Analysis for Social Science I

3
SOC 317Criminological Theory

3
SOC 452Senior Coordinating Seminar

3

Elective Courses - Take Six

ANTH 204Forensic Anthropology

3
ANTH 206Artifact Studies in Archaeology

3
CHEM 202Science Under Oath

3
CSC 581/EE 581Cryptography and Steganography

3
LSC 324Actionable Intelligence

3
MDIA 308Screening the Italian Mafia: Local Impact, Global Effects

3
MDIA 322Media and Crime

3
MGT 351Introduction to Business Intelligence

3
POL 260Introduction to American Intelligence

3
POL 412A/POL 412AHomeland Security

3
POL 437Countering Terrorists and Radicals

3
POL 462Ethics and Accountability in the U.S. Intelligence Community

3
POL 468/SOC 468US Counterintelligence Operations and Controversies

3
POL 471Issues in Contemporary U.S. Intelligence

3
PSY 302Forensic Psychology

3
SOC 107Introduction to Criminal Justice

3
SOC 204Transnational Crime

3
SOC 208/SOC 208Sociology of Delinquency

3
SOC 220Social Interaction

3
SOC 226Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution

3
SOC 270Human Rights in a Global Society

3
SOC 275Forensics

3
SOC 300Data Analysis in the Social Sciences

3
SOC 303Public Safety Leadership

3
SOC 309Sociology of Law

3
SOC 310Police, Law, and Society

3
SOC 311Victimology

3
SOC 313Criminal Investigations

3
SOC 315Crimes in Urban America

3
SOC 318/SOC 318Domestic Terrorism Investigations: An FBI Perspective

3
SOC 319Modern Islamic Terrorism

3
SOC 320Terrorism and Counter Terrorism

3
SOC 322Military and Society

3
SOC 324Race and Ethnic Relations

3
SOC 329White Collar Crime

3
SOC 331Globalization & Social Movement

3
SOC 332Popular Culture and Crime in American Society

3
SOC 335Surveillance

3
SOC 337Crime and Corruption in Chinese Society

3
SOC 339Punishment

3
SOC 341Border Security

3
SOC 355National Security in American Film, Television, and Popular Culture Post-9/11

3
SOC 357National Security and Civil Liberties

3
SOC 371Deviance and Control

3
SOC 404Criminal Courts

3
SOC 407Pillaging, Murder and Mayhem: A Survey of Violent Crime

3
SOC 408Religion and Terrorism

3
SOC 415Criminal Behavior in America

3
SOC 424Conflict and Conflict Resolution

3
SOC 468US Counterintelligence: Operations and Controversies

3
SOC 493Directed Research

3
SOC 494Independent Study in Sociology

3
SOC 495Internship

3