Students majoring in criminal justice must complete 42 credits of
criminal justice, sociology, anthropology, and related courses with at
least a 2.0 grade-point average in the combined courses. At least half
of the credits for the major must be taken at Rutgers.
Students must complete 24 of the 42 credits required for the major as follows:
50:202:201 Criminal Justice in American Society (3)
and
Two of the following:
50:202:202 Police and Policing (3)
50:202:203 Confinement and Corrections (3)
50:202:204 Courts and Criminal Law (3)
and
50:202:449 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (3)
50:920:207 Introduction to Sociology (3)
50:920:301 Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3)
50:920:313 Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3)
50:920:316 Race and Ethnicity (3) or 50:920:332 Social Stratification (3)
Students also must complete at least 18 credits of the 42 required for
the major in departmental or approved electives distributed as follows:
12 credits in upper-level and/or criminal justice-related courses from the offerings of criminal justice and sociology:
50:202:303 Gender, Crime, and Justice (3)
50:202:314 Technology and Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:322 Juvenile Justice (3)
50:202:323 Varieties of Crime (3)
50:202:324 Organized Crime (3)
50:202:325 Violent Crime (3)
50:202:326 White Collar Crime (3)
50:202:337 The Poor, Minorities, and Justice (3)
50:202:340 Victimology (3)
50:202:345 Comparative Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:350 Punishment and Sentencing (3)
50:202:351 Contemporary Issues in Policing (3)
50:202:352 Community Corrections (3)
50:202:354,355,356 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (1-3,1-3,1-3)
50:202:360 Topics in Police (3)
50:202:361 Topics in Criminal Law (3)
50:202:362 Topics in Corrections (3)
50:202:363 Topics in Juvenile Justice (3)
50:202:404 Service/Internship in Criminal Justice (BA)
50:202:410 Research Seminar in Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:454,455,456 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (1-3,1-3,1-3)
50:920:208 Contemporary Social Problems (3)
50:920:217 Drugs and Society (3)
50:920:280 Social Movements in Society (3)
50:920:315 Sociology of Complex Organizations (3)
50:920:329 Law and Society (3)
50:920:344 Sociology of Deviance (3)
3 credits in multicultural or non-Western courses from the offerings in anthropology, sociology, and political science:
50:070:323 Anthropology of American Culture (3)
50:070:338 North American Indians (3)
50:070:341 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (3)
50:070:353 Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia (3)
50:070:356 Peoples and Cultures of Africa (3)
50:790:316 Government and Politics of the Far East (3)
50:790:335 Government and Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa (3)
50:790:336 Government and Politics of the Middle East (3)
50:920:370 Globilization and Social Change (3)
50:920:394 Japanese Society and Management (3)
50:920:396 Southeast Asian Societies (3)
50:920:430 African-American Culture (3)
3 credits from the crime- or justice-related offerings of philosophy,
political science, psychology, social work, or urban studies:
Philosophy
50:730:226 Ethics (3)
50:730:315 Some Contemporary Moral Issues (3)
50:730:320 Philosophy of the Law (3)
Political Science
50:790:372 Modern Political Theory (3)
50:790:381 Judicial Process (3)
50:790:401 American Constitutional Development (3)
50:790:442 Human Freedoms and the Constitution (3)
Psychology
50:830:341 Psychology and the Law(3)
Social Work
50:910:220 Introduction to Social Work and Social Services (3)
50:910:352 Groups at Risk in Contemporary Society (3)
Urban Studies
50:975:204 Poverty and Urban Environmental Systems (3)
50:975:219 History of the Ghetto and American Slums (3)
50:975:306 Basic Methods of Urban and Regional Planning (3)
50:975:312 Urban and Regional Planning Studio (3)
50:975:326 Planning and Administration of Municipal Services (3)
50:975:413 Urban and Regional Revitalization (3)
