Undergraduate Concentration Requirements

NOTE: The concentration in the criminal justice major is required only for those students who were matriculated at the University prior to fall 2007. Students who matriculated after fall 2007 are not required to complete a concentration.

The concentration in the criminal justice major must be composed of nine (9) credits of course work that have thematic coherence and are relevant to criminal justice. The faculty encourages students to construct concentrations from one of the following departments. Other areas of study also may be appropriate. At least six (6) credits of the concentration must be earned in upper-division (300- or 400-level) classes.

The sequence of courses for the concentration must be proposed by the student in consultation with the criminal justice undergraduate advisor, and must be approved by the Associate Dean of the School of Criminal Justice. However, students may fulfill their concentration requirements without prior consultation and approval by completing nine (9) credits of classes, including at least six (6) credits in upper-division classes, in one of the following groups of pre-approved classes:

American Government
POS 323 Urban Government
POS 330 The American Judiciary
POS 331 American Legislature
POS 332 The Presidency
POS 334 American Political Parties & Groups
POS 335 American Supreme Court
POS 339 Political Socialization
POS 363 or CRJ 353 American Criminal Courts
POS 424 Community Politics
POS 433/Z or WSS 433 Women, Politics & Power
POS 438/Z Political Behavior

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Law
POS 328 or PUB 328 Law and Public Policy
POS 330 The American Judiciary
POS 333 or WSS 333 Women & the Law
POS 335 The American Supreme Court
POS 336 Civil Liberties
POS 363 or CRJ 353 American Criminal Courts
POS or PUB 410Z Minorities & the Political-Legal System
POS 426Z American Constitutional Law
POS 427Z American Constitutional Law
POS 428 Comparative Legal Systems
POS 433/Z or WSS 433 Women, Politics, & Power
POS 437Z Law and Society

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Psychology
PSY 270 Social Psychology
PSY 327 Personality
PSY 333 Childhood Behavior Disorders
PSY 338/Z Abnormal Psychology
PSY 341/Z Industrial/Organizational Psychology
PSY 370/Z Human Aggression
PSY 380/Z Learning
PSY 382/Z Sensation and Perception
PSY 385 Evolutionary Psychology
PSY 387 Behavior Genetics

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Sociology
SOC 235 Sociological Theory
SOC 250 Sociology of Families
SOC 282M or LCS 282 Race and Ethnicity
SOC 289 Special Topics in Ethnicity
SOC 341 Social Inequality
SOC 351/Z Social Conflict
SOC 360 Processes of Socialization
SOC 369Q Interpersonal Violence
SOC 370 Social Demography
SOC 373 Community and Urban Sociology
SOC 375 U.S. Urban Neighborhood Diversity
SOC 380 Sociology of Deviant Behavior
SOC 385 Sociology of Law
SOC 440Z Seminar in Stratification

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African/Afro-American Studies
AAS 219/Z Introduction to African/A-A History
AAS 221 The Eco Structure of the Black Community
AAS or LCS or WSS 240 Classism, Racism and Sexism
AAS 331 The African/African-American Family
AAS 333 The Black Community
AAS 370 The Psychology of the Black Experience
AAS 400 The Law and African-America
AAS 435 Blacks & American Political Process

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Latin American/Caribbean Studies
LCS 201/Z Hispanic Culture in the U.S.
LCS or WSS or AAS 240 Classism, Racism and Sexism
LCS 282M or SOC 282M Race and Ethnicity
LCS 289 Special Topics in Ethnicity
LCS 321 Exploring the Multicultural City
LCS 383 The Social Psychology of Ethnic Relations
LCS 475 Caribbean Migration

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Anthropology
ANT 108M/G Cultural Anthropology
ANT 313/Z Demographic Anthropology
ANT 355/Z Environment, Economy & Culture
ANT 360/Z Social Anthropology
ANT 361/Z Anthropology and Public Policy
ANT 372/Z Urban Anthropology
ANT 351/Z Ethnicity in North America

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History
HIS 292Z Trials in History
HIS 313 Constitutional History of US
HIS 317/Z History of American City to 1860
HIS 318/Z History of American City Since 1860
HIS 321 American Social History: Before Civil War
HIS 322 American Social History: After Civil War
HIS 325/Z Quest for Equality in US History
HIS 327 The Roles of Law in American History
HIS 328/Z Lawyers in American Life: 1607 to Present

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Philosophy
PHI 210L Introduction to Logic
PHI 212L Introduction to Ethical Theory
PHI 320/Z Political & Social Philosophy
PHI 325/Z Philosophy of Law
PHI 327 Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
PHI 328/Z Philosophy and Race

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Women’s Studies
WSS 101/Z Introduction to Feminism
WSS 220M/G Perspectives on Women
WSS 262M Sociology of Gender
WSS or POS 333 Women and the Law
WSS 344/Z or SOC 344 Soc. Of Wom. in the Pol. Eco.
WSS 433/Z or POS 433 Women, Politics & Power