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DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY

Undergraduate Major Requirements-Victimology Option

Academic Year 2005-2006

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

UNITS: REQUIRED NEEDED

Lower-Division Requirements (see Note 1 ):

Crim 1, (See note 10), 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 118, 134, 175, 176, 177, 182..................18

 Electives: Af Am 146; CLS 116; Crim 139, 140, 141, 192
WS 126; PAX 100, 110, 120............................................................. ………….3

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED IN MAJOR: ..………………........................50

 General Education Requirement ……………………………….....................51

 Electives and Remaining Degree Requirements (see Degree
Requirements); May be used toward a dual major or minor ……..............19-22

 TOTAL UNITS FOR DEGREE: ………………………….......................120

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 course General Education Integration or Multicultural/International 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. Freshmen and transfer students majoring in criminology must take Crim 1 during
their first semester.