Criminology and Criminal Justice (B.A.)
Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 120 semester hours
Semester hours required for the Criminology and Criminal Justice major: 46 semester hours
Required Core Classes (28 hours)
SOC 1838
Introductory Sociology. (3 credits)
CRM 1829
Introduction to Criminal Justice. (3 credits)
CRM 2761
Introduction to Criminology. (3 credits)
SOC 2840
Race and Ethnic Relations. (3 credits)
SOC 3620
Research Methods for Collecting Social Data. (3 credits)
SOC 3630
Statistical Analysis of Social Data. (4 credits)
CRM 3650
Criminological Theory. (3 credits)
CRM 4700
Contemporary Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice. (3 credits)
Law Requirement (3 hours)
PHI 3070
Philosophy of Law. (3 credits)
PLS 3523
Criminal Law. (3 credits)
PLS 3543
Civil Liberties in America. (3 credits)
Electives (18 hours)
Criminology Electives (15-18 hours)
At least 9 hours must be courses numbered 3000 or above.
Interdisciplinary Elective (0-3 hours) (See footnote 1):
ANT 3258
The Anthropology of Violence & Warfare. (3 credits)
CMN 3660
Communication and Conflict Management. (3 credits)
ECN 3520
Economics of Crime. (3 credits)
ECN 4850
Economic Analysis of Law. (3 credits)
GEO 3810
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. (3 credits)
PLS 3233
International Terrorism. (3 credits)
PLS 3253
Human Rights and International Law. (3 credits)
PLS 3513
Politics and the Legal Process. (3 credits)
PLS 3903
Women & Politics. (3 credits)
PLS 4793
Civic and Nonprofit Leadership. (3 credits)
PLS 4853
The Supreme Court. (3 credits)
PLS 4873
Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations. (3 credits)
PLS 4893
Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. (3 credits)
PSY 3780
Psychological Disorders. (3 credits)
PSY 4260
Crisis Intervention. (3 credits)
PUBH 4800
Drugs and Society. (3 credits)
SOC 2721
Social Stratification. (3 credits)
SOC 2750
Social Problems in Contemporary Society. (3 credits)
SOC 3650
Social Psychology. (3 credits)
SOC 4131
Sociology of Poverty and Social Welfare. (3 credits)
SOC 4240
Sociology of Disasters. (3 credits)
WGS 2903
Women and Gendered Violence. (3 credits)
Footnotes:
1听See specific course descriptions in the Undergraduate Catalog for any course prerequisites.
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
