Criminology
All Criminology majors must take Criminology and Penology (SOC 3200). It is the gateway course to the Criminology major. Criminology majors are required to take 10 courses: five required courses (including Criminology and Penology) and five elective courses.
The following five courses are required of all Criminology majors:
SOC 3120 Sociology of Law (Theory)
SOC 3200 Criminology and Penology
SOC 4600 Research Methodology
SOC 4740 Statistical Analysis
SOC 4861 or 4866 Criminology Internship
The Department strongly recommends that Criminology majors take SOC 4600 and SOC 4740 by the end of their junior year.
Criminology majors’ five elective courses may be chosen from the following list of regularly offered courses:
SOC 3040 Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 3050W Female Deviance, Crime and Social Control
SOC 3060 White Collar Crime
SOC 3350 Alternative Approaches to Criminal Justice
SOC 3370 Urban Sociology
SOC 3380W Race, Class and Crime
SOC 3430 Criminal Justice and Mental Health
SOC 3500 Domestic Violence
SOC 3700 Hate Crimes
SOC 3900 Sociology of Incarceration
Only two of the five elective courses can include the following:
SOC 2050 Social Work
SOC 4300 Social Class in America
SOC 4810/4815 Directed Study
One elective can be chosen from the following list of cognate courses:
PHL 2500 Theories of Justice
PHL 3020 Philosophy of Law
PHL 3030 Global Justice
POL 3150 Criminal Law
POL 3151 American Constitutional Law
PSY 3340 Developmental Psychopathology
PSY 3410 Adult Psychopathology
