B.A. in Criminal Justice

37-39 credit hours required.

Contact Person: Nancy Lewis, Coordinator
  311-4 Satterlee, (315) 267-3713, lewishnl@potsdam.edu

Criminal Justice Studies is the study of the criminal justice system:  the perpetrators, agencies and actors involved in the processing and definition of crime, and the social, political and economic phenomena impacting each.  The Criminal Justice Studies major provides a broad interdisciplinary, liberal arts orientation with course requirements in Philosophy, Politics and Sociology and the opportunity for students to elect to study courses in Anthropology, Chemistry and Psychology, as well.
 
  All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  Credits

Required Courses


        22
SOCI 103Introduction to Criminal Justice Studies
SOCI 315Research Methods
SOCI 345Criminology
SOCI 455Deviance and Social Control
SOCI 475Senior Seminar in criminal justice topic area/criminal justice policy
PHIL 333Philosophy of Justice 
        POLS 312Crime and Justice (4 credits)

        Statistics Requirement
        3

STAT 100 or MATH 125 or CIS 125


        Electives: four of the following*
        12-14
ANTH 380Human Osteology 
ANTH 402Forensic Anthropology 
CHEM 315Forensic Science 
PHIL 332Philosophy of Law 
POLS 321Politics & the Judicial Process (4 credits)
POLS 412Constitutional Law (4 credits) 
POLS 413Civil Liberties I (4 credits) 
PSYC 375Abnormal Psychology 
PSYC 377Forensic Psychology 
PSYC 424Child Maltreatment 
SOCI 353Comparative Criminology 
SOCI 376Women & Crime 
SOCI 380Family Violence 
SOCI 385Sociology of Troubled Youth 
SOCI 386Victimology 
SOCI 387Sociology of Policing 
SOCI 388Violent Crime 
SOCI 390Sociology of Mental Illness 
SOCI 435Correction & Punishment 
SOCI 450White-Collar and Organized Crime
SOCI 470Field Research/Practicum (3-6 credits)


        Note: Students must earn a minimum grade of 2.0 in courses counted toward the major.