Students majoring in criminal justice must complete 39 credits of criminal justice and sociology courses with at least a C (2.0) grade-point average in the combined courses. Methods and Techniques of Social Research (50:920:301) should be taken in the junior year. Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (50:202:449) is the capstone course for criminal justice majors and is taken in the senior year. At least half of the credits for the major must be taken at Rutgers University Camden.
Students must complete 27 of the 39 credits required for the major as follows:
50:202:101 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:202 Police and Policing (3)
50:202:203 Confinement and Corrections (3)
50:202:204 Criminal Courts (3)
50:920:301 Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3)
50:920:313 Theories of Crime and Delinquency (3)
50:202:449 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice (3)
Two of the following three courses:
50:920:316 Race and Ethnicity (3)
50:920:332 Inequality in the United States (3)
50:202:337 Inequality in Criminal Justice (3)
Students also must complete 12 credits of the 39 required for the major in any 300- or 400-level courses from the offerings in criminal justice and/or the below criminal justice-related courses offered in sociology or forensics science. Additional Sociology and Forensic Science courses may count with permission of the Department Chair. A maximum of 3 credits from 50:202:404 Service/Internship in Criminal Justice and 50:202:405/406 Criminal Investigation Practicum is allowed to count towards elective credit.
Approved courses include:
50:412:327 Forensic Science Theory and Policy (3)
50:412:328 Forensic Methods and Techniques (3)
50:412:329 Forensic Methods and Techniques Lab (1)
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)
