Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice
Requirements may differ according to date of enrollment. Current students should check their 
college catalog.
Completion of a minimum of 39 credit hours of course work comprised of 18 credit hours of core requirements, 6 credit hours of a statistics-research methods sequence, and 15 credit hours of elective credit.
| Course Number | Title | Credit Hours |
Core Courses include: (18 credit hours)
| CRMJ 100 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| POLI 277 | Introduction to Law | |
| or POLI 276 | Law and Society | 3 |
| CRMJ 310 | Law Enforcement Policy and Practice | 3 |
| CRMJ 320 | Crime and Crime Theory | 3 |
| CRMJ 340 | Introduction to Corrections | 3 |
| CRMJ 400 | Senior Seminar | 3 |
Statistics-Research Methods sequence:
| SOC 200 | Statistics | 3 |
| SOC 300 | Research Methods | |
| or POLI 200 | Statistics | 3 |
| POLI 210 | Research Methods | 3 |
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Electives - 15 credit hours from among the following courses:
|
| CRMJ 321 | Race and Criminal Justice
| 3 |
| CRMJ 330 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| CRMJ 331 | Criminal Procedure | 3 |
| CRMJ 332 | Homeland Security | 3 |
| CRMJ 333 | Criminal Investigations | 3 |
| CRMJ 340 | Introduction to Corrections | 3 |
| CRMJ 350 | Special Topics | 3 |
| CRMJ 360 | Criminal Justice Ethics | 3 |
| CRMJ 470 | Criminal Justice Internship | 3 |
| PHIL 262 | Crime and Punishment | 3 |
| PHIL 310 | Administrative Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 362 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| POLI 311 | Public Administration | 3 |
| POLI 370 | Constitutional Law | 3 |
| POLI 371 | Civil Rights and Liberties | 3 |
| POLI 383 | Courts and Social Policy | 3 |
| PSY 245 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 246 | Personality | 3 |
| PSY 356 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 358 | Psychology and the Law | 3 |
| SOC 204 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOC 303 | Social Class and Inequality | 3 |
| SOC 310 | Deviant Behavior | 3 |
| SOC 311 | Sociology of Addiction | 3 |
| SOC 316 | Minorities | 3 |
| SOC 361 | Law in the World | 3 |
| SOC 363 | Victimology | 3 |
| SOC 364 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOC 365 | Family Violence | 3 |
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Policy on Transfer Credit into the Major
Transfer students will be required to complete a minimum of 27 (up to 39) credit hours of course work in the Criminal Justice major. This must include all of the courses required for the major. A maximum of 12 credit hours of course work completed elsewhere that are similar to classes in the major offered at Fredonia will be accepted toward completion of the B.A. degree in Criminal Justice. The student must have completed this course work with a grade of C or better to have it applied to the major. |