Suggested Course of Study

The BA in Criminology is a 36 credit hour major and is housed in the Sociology Department. All students will complete 18 hours in required course work: CRM 1003, CRM 2003, CRM 3603, SO 3213, SO 4803, and CRM 4803. Students will then be required to take a minimum of six hours in each of three sub-areas of the program. The sub-areas are: Criminal Behavior and Motivation, Social Dimensions of Crime, and Crime Control Policy and Practice.

Internships

Senior Internships will also be available as an elective. Internships will be available at various crime and justice related agencies.

To do an internship a student must have completed 24 hours of coursework within the criminology major and have earned a minimum of a 2.5 GPA in said coursework. Students will meet with the Criminology Program Coordinator to discuss the selection of an appropriate internship site.

Students will be expected to have a minimum of 150 contact hours with the sponsoring internship agency, as well as meet specific course assignments.

Students would register for CRM 3310 Senior Internship as six credit hour course.

Senior Thesis

A senior thesis option is available for students who have completed a minimum of 24 hours of coursework within criminology and have at least a 3.0 GPA in said coursework.

Students who qualify and have an interest in the senior thesis option will work individually with a faculty member to produce a research paper on approved topic in criminology.

The thesis option is elective and designed for students wishing to pursue graduate school in criminology or a related field.

Students would register for CRM 4000 Directed Individual Study: Senior Thesis as six credit hour course.