Curriculum for a Major in Sociology

Criminal Justice Concentration

Total hours required     42
   Required Sociology courses     18
      Specific General Studies requirements:      
         SOCI 205 Social Problems     3
         SOCI 303 The Family     3
         MATH 314 Statistics     3
         SOCI 403 Ethnic Relations     3
         SOCI 405 Research Methods     3
         SOCI 410 Social Theory     3
   Required Criminal Justice courses     15
        CRIM 200 Introduction to Criminal Justice     3
        SOCI 312 Juvenile Delinquency     3
        CRIM 325 Penology     3
        SOCI 402 Criminology     3
        SOCI 419 Internship in Criminal Justice     3
   Elective courses     9
      Choose any 3 of the following courses:      
        CRIM 315 Criminal Investigation      
        CRIM 310 Principles of Criminal Law      
        CRIM 311 Criminal Justice Procedures      
        CRIM 499 Police Organization and Management OR      
                 CRIM 425 Police and Community Relations      
        CRIM 440 Probation and Parole      
        SOCI 390 Sociology of Violence      
        SOCI 411 Social Stratification      
        SOCI 407 Collective Behavior      
        SOWK 417 Sex and Gender Roles in Cont. Society      

 

All students transferring from or completing a two-year program at Shepherd may use all of the Sociology or Criminal Justice courses taken in the two-year program to substitute for required courses and electives in the Sociology Major with the Criminal Justice Concentration. All courses transferring from other educational systems will have to be examined on a course-by-course basis.

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