Degrees and Requirements
Criminal Justice and Criminology
The major is designed to prepare students for career opportunities in the criminal justice field, to include law enforcement, courts and corrections, and private security, or for further study at the graduate level in criminal justice, criminology or law. To successfully complete the criminal justice major, the following coursework is required:
- 33 Criminal Justice core component credits
- 12 Criminal Justice elective credits
- 12 skills components credits
- 37 academic core credits
- 26 general elective credits: May be fulfilled through a second major, minor or certificate program. Recommended programs are: Criminalistics, Accounting, Computer Forensics and Security, Forensic Psychology, or Pre-Law
A minimum of 120 credits is required for degree, the last 30 of which must be taken at La Roche University.
Summary of Requirements
Criminal Justice Required Courses: 33 credits (Select CRIM3030 or CRIM3042; CRIM2016 is crosslisted with SOCL2016; CRIM3030 is crosslisted with SOCL3030)
- CRIM1001
- CRIM1003
- CRIM2011
- CRIM2016
- CRIM2018
- CRIM3005
- CRIM3010
- CRIM3030
- CRIM3042
- CRIM3045
- CRIM4055
- PSYC3011
- SOCL2016
Elective Courses: select any 4 courses -12 credits (CRIM3063 is crosslisted with PSYC3063)
- CRIM2010
- CRIM2030
- CRIM3000
- CRIM3012
- CRIM3020
- CRIM3034
- CRIM3036
- CRIM3040
- CRIM3041
- CRIM3043
- CRIM3046
- CRIM3052
- CRIM3054
- CRIM3063
- CRIM3065
- CRIM4012
- CRIM4051
- CRIM4057
- FILM2035
Skills Component: 12 credits (students may select CRIM2012, Analysis of Criminal Justice Data OR MATH1040, Probability & Statistics)
- CRIM2012
- ENGL2030
- ISTC2008
- MATH1040
- PHIL1020
- PHIL2026