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DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY
Undergraduate Major Requirements-Corrections Option
Academic Year 2002-2003

T he Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology with an option in CORRECTIONS is granted upon
completion of a four-year curriculum consisting of 124 units. Degree and general education
requirements must be completed; see Degree and Credentials in the General Catalog.

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, 130, 134, 181…………….….12

Crim Electives: Crim 113,117, 120, 126, 127, 131,136T,
139, 140, 141, 160T, 175, 176, 177, 190, 192….......……………….........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

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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. Majors are required to take sections of Crim 100 and 153 designated in the Schedule
of Courses as "for majors only."
10. Freshmen and transfer students majoring in criminology must take Crim 1 during
their first semester.