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

  CRIM1001
  

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• CRIM1003

  CRIM1003
  

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• CRIM2011

  CRIM2011
  

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  CRIM1001 & ENGL1012 or ENGL1012H

• CRIM2016

  CRIM2016
  

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  CRIM1001

• CRIM2018

  CRIM2018
  

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  CRIM1001 & ENGL1012 or ENGL1012H

• CRIM3005

  CRIM3005
  

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• CRIM3010

  CRIM3010
  

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  Seniors Only

• CRIM3030

  CRIM3030
  

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  ENGL1012 or ENGL1012H

• CRIM3042

  CRIM3042
  

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• CRIM3045

  CRIM3045
  

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  CRIM1001

• CRIM4055

  CRIM4055
  

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  PSYC3011

• PSYC3011

  PSYC3011
  

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  PSYC1021 & PSYC3070 or CRIM2011 & MATH1040 or CRIM2012

• SOCL2016

  SOCL2016
  

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  CRIM1001

Elective Courses: select any 4 courses -12 credits (CRIM3063 is crosslisted with PSYC3063)

• CRIM2010

  CRIM2010
  

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• CRIM2030

  CRIM2030
  

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• CRIM3000

  CRIM3000
  

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  Junior or senior status

• CRIM3012

  CRIM3012
  

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  CRIM1001

• CRIM3020

  CRIM3020
  

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  CRIM1001

• CRIM3034

  CRIM3034
  

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  PREREQUISITES:

  CRIM1001 & ENGL1012 or ENGL1012H

• CRIM3036

  CRIM3036
  

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  ENGL1012 or ENGL1012H

• CRIM3040

  CRIM3040
  

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  CRIM1001

• CRIM3041

  CRIM3041
  

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  CRIM1001 & BIOL1004 & CHEM1002

• CRIM3043

  CRIM3043
  

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• CRIM3046

  CRIM3046
  

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• CRIM3052

  CRIM3052
  

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• CRIM3054

  CRIM3054
  

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  CRIM1001

• CRIM3063

  CRIM3063
  

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• CRIM3065

  CRIM3065
  

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• CRIM4012

  CRIM4012
  

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  Junior or Senior Status

• CRIM4051

  CRIM4051
  

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• CRIM4057

  CRIM4057
  

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• FILM2035

  FILM2035
  

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  JR/SR only

Skills Component: 12 credits (students may select CRIM2012, Analysis of Criminal Justice Data OR MATH1040, Probability & Statistics)

• CRIM2012

  CRIM2012
  

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  MATH1010

• ENGL2030

  ENGL2030
  

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  ENGL1012(H)

• ISTC2008

  ISTC2008
  

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  ISTC1005

• MATH1040

  MATH1040
  

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  MATH1010

• PHIL1020

  PHIL1020
  

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• PHIL2026

  PHIL2026
  

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