Criminology and Justice Studies - B.A. Program Requirements

• Corrections concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
• Criminology and Deviance concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
• General–Criminology and Justice Studies concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
• Justice and Human Relations concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
• Law and Society concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap
• Policing concentration semester-by-semester Roadmap

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

**  A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in JUS 32400 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

***Minimum 15 credit hours must be upper-division.

****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.

*****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.

Corrections Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Electives may be chosen from the list of JUS options in the concentration, or be any JUS or PLST course, or be from the courses listed in the General–Criminology and Justice Studies concentration.

Criminology and Deviance Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in JUS 36703 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

*** Electives may be chosen from the list of JUS options in the concentration, or be any JUS or PLST course, or be from the courses listed in the General–Criminology and Justice Studies concentration. A maximum 6 credit hours of the following courses may be used to fulfill the concentration electives: JUS 45093 Variable Title Workshop, JUS 45096 Individual Investigation, JUS 46792 Internship and/or JUS 46798 Research in Justice Studies. PLST 36792 Internship in Paralegal may not be used as a concentration elective.

General–Criminology and Justice Studies Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Some courses have prerequisites; consult individual course descriptions.

*** A maximum 6 credit hours of the following courses may be used to fulfill the concentration electives: JUS 45093 Variable Title Workshop, JUS 45096 Individual Investigation, JUS 46792 Internship and/or JUS 46798 Research in Justice Studies.
 

**** PLST 36792 Internship in Paralegal may not be used as a concentration elective.

Justice and Human Relations Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in JUS 36703 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

*** Electives may be chosen from the list of JUS options in the concentration, or be any JUS or PLST course, or be from the courses listed in the General–Criminology and Justice Studies concentration. A maximum 6 credit hours of the following courses may be used to fulfill the concentration electives: JUS 45093 Variable Title Workshop, JUS 45096 Individual Investigation, JUS 46792 Internship and/or JUS 46798 Research in Justice Studies. PLST 36792 Internship in Paralegal may not be used as a concentration elective.

Law and Society Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned in JUS 36703 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
 

*** Electives may be chosen from the list of JUS options in the concentration, or be any JUS or PLST course, or be from the courses listed in the General–Criminology and Justice Studies concentration. A maximum 6 credit hours of the following courses may be used to fulfill the concentration electives: JUS 45093 Variable Title Workshop, JUS 45096 Individual Investigation, JUS 46792 Internship and/or JUS 46798 Research in Justice Studies. PLST 36792 Internship in Paralegal may not be used as a concentration elective.

Policing Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** Electives may be chosen from the list of JUS options in the concentration, or be any JUS or PLST course, or be from the courses listed in the General–Criminology and Justice Studies concentration. A maximum 6 credit hours of the following courses may be used to fulfill the concentration electives: JUS 45093 Variable Title Workshop, JUS 45096 Individual Investigation, JUS 46792 Internship and/or JUS 46798 Research in Justice Studies. PLST 36792 Internship in Paralegal may not be used as a concentration elective.