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DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY

Undergraduate Major Requirements-Law Enforcement Option

Academic Year 2002-2003

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology with an option in LAW ENFORCEMENT is granted upon completion of a four-year curriculum consisting of 120 units. Degree and general education requirements must be completed; see Degree and Credentials in the General Catalog.  A grade of C or higher is required for all courses toward the major (excluding CR/NC classes).

UNITS:      REQUIRED         NEEDED

Lower-Division Requirements (see Note 1 ):
Crim 1 (See note 11);Crim 2, 20, 35………………………………………….................10

Upper-Division Core (see Note 2): Crim 100, 102
109, 112, 170, (see Note 6); 174, 199………………............…………………….…...19

Upper-Division Requirements: Crim 113, 117, 127, 108 or 180. ……...………..12

Crim Electives: .Crim 118, 120, 126, 130, 131,134, 136T,
139, 140, 141, 160T, 175, 176, 177, 190, 192, ; PAX 100, 110, 120..…………6

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED IN MAJOR: …………………………….....…...47
General Education Requirement……………………………………..................………..51

Electives and Remaining Degree Requirements (see Degree Requirements);
May be used toward a dual major or minor……………………….......………….23-26

TOTAL UNITS FOR DEGREE: ……………………………………………124

ADVISING NOTES:

1.   Lower-division courses should be taken before upper-division courses.

2.   Upper-division core should be taken prior to upper-division electives.

3.   Department policy requires that students should see their advisors prior to registration
each semester.

4.       No General Education Integration course offered by the Department of Criminology may
 be used to satisfy the General Education Requirements for criminology majors.

5.       CR/NC grading is not permitted in the major with the exception of Crim 1, 108, 131, 180,
181, 182 and 281.

6.   Crim 170 must be taken no later than the first semester of the student's junior year.

7.   Any course that meets the upper-division writing skills requirement cannot be applied to
the major requirements.

8.   General Education and elective units may be used toward a dual major or minor (see Dual Major, or
departmental minor). Consult the appropriate department chair, program coordinator, or faculty
advisor for further information.

9.       Only a grade of C or higher in Criminology 2, 20, 100, 102, 109, 112, 170, and 199 will apply to
the major in  criminology.

10.   Majors are required to take sections of Crim 100 and 153 designated in the Schedule of Courses
as "for majors only,"

11.   Freshman and transfer students majoring in criminology must take Crim 1 during their first semester.