Criminal Justice Major

Criminal Justice

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Required Courses in the Freshman Year

First Semester	Second Semester
CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice General Education Co-requisites (SOC 100 or/and PLS 113 or/and PSH 110)	CRJ 203 Police Process or/and CRJ 205 Criminal Courts and Law or/and CRJ 207 Corrections General Education Co-requisites (SOC 100 or/and PLS 113 or/and PSH 110)

Note: CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice is the pre-requisite for all other criminal justice courses.

 

Required Courses in the Sophomore Year

First Semester	Second Semester
CRJ 203 Police Process or/and CRJ 205 Criminal Courts and Law or/and CRJ 207 Corrections Co-requisites: Ethnic Minorities course and upper-division courses in SOC or PLS or PSH (300/400 level) CRJ Electives (300 level) General Education	CRJ 203 Police Process or/and CRJ 205 Criminal Courts and Law or/and CRJ 207 Corrections Co-requisites: Statistics (from SOC 200, ECN 204, MTH 243, PLS 300, PSH 202) and upper-division courses in SOC or PLS or PSH (300/400 level) CRJ Electives (300 level) Finish General Education Finish Co-requisites

 

Co-requisite Courses which are also General Education Courses

 

Co-requisite Courses (21 Credits)
SOC100 Introduction to Sociology*

PLS113 Introduction to American Politics*

PSH110 General Psychology*

Ethnic Minorities Course - variety of interdisciplinary offerings.

Statistics - variety of interdisciplinary offerings.

Two upper-division (300/400 level) courses in sociology, psychology or political science.

* Denotes Co-requisite courses which are also General Education Courses

Social Science Gen-Ed

SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology (AS)

PLS 113 American Politics (ASDC)

Natural Science without Lab Gen-Ed

PSH 110 Principles of Psychology (AN)

Mathematics Gen-Ed

Any of the introductory level statistics courses

 

The General Education Program should be completed within the freshman and sophomore year.

Further Recommendations

First, because all of criminal justice involves working with people through people (clients and professionals) it is beneficial to the students to know as much about themselves as possible. It is equally important for them to understand other individuals’ behavior.

Second, because much of criminal justice is operated through government agencies, a broad understanding of the political process and law is helpful.

Finally, Fundamental communication skills will be necessary for success in the upper division major courses and in the field where many reports must be written.

 

Grade Requirement

Criminal justice major requires a grade of “C” or above in all major courses. “C-” grades and below are NOT acceptable and require repeats unless otherwise specified.

Transfer Students

Transfer students are welcome. At least 18 credits of criminal justice major (required and electives) courses must be completed at Brockport regardless of the number of credits transferred.