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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Professor Hill, Coordinator

The B.A. degree with a major in criminal justice may be awarded to those students who satisfactorily complete 12 units from the following program. Criminal Justice/Political Science 211 should be completed as early as possible. Statistics 101 should be used to satisfy one of the mathematics-science requirements and is a prerequisite to Criminal Justice/Political Science 345.

A. Criminal Justice — 4 required units:
CJUS/POLI 211 Criminal Justice
CJUS/POLI/I.R. 245 Public Affairs Inquiry
CJUS/POLI/I.R. 345 Public Affairs Data Analysis
CJUS 401 Seminar in Criminal Justice

B. Political Science — 2 required units:
POLI 102 American National Government
POLI 301 Public Administration

C. Sociology — 3 required units:
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 238 Juvenile Delinquency
SOCI 334 Criminology

D. Electives — 3 required units:

Two from Group A: Policy Studies
CJUS/POLI 213 Criminal Law
CJUS 253 Criminal Justice Policy
CJUS 261 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
CJUS-POLI 214 Judicial Process
CJUS 325 Comparative Law Enforcement
CJUS/SOCI 326 Comparative Corrections
CJUS 406 Independent Study
CJUS 416 Internship (1-2 units)
CJUS 495, 6, 7 Honors Project (1/2, 1, 1/2 units) 

One from Group B: Related Studies
CJUS 227 Law and Society
CJUS 261 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
POLI 201 State and Local Government
POLI 312 Civil Liberties
PSYC211 Adolescent Development
PSYC-230 Abnormal Psychology
SOCI-237 Deviant Behavior
BUAD 125 Accounting Principles I
CJUS 406 Independent Study
CJUS 416 Internship

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