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 shortly after the introductory courses and preferably before 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.
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 following criminal justice-related courses offered in sociology. Courses that can be used to satisfy this requirement include 50:202:404 Service/Internship in Criminal Justice, for a maximum of 3 credits, and 50:202:405 Criminal Investigation Practicum, for a maximum of 3 credits. Approved courses include:
50:202:302 Statistics for Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:303 Gender, Crime, and Justice (3)
50:202:304 Death Penalty (3)
50:202:305 Critical Issues in Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:306 Urban Gun Violence
50:202:310 Juvenile Delinquency (3)
50:202:312 Constitutional Issues in Law Enforcement (3)
50:202:314 Technology and Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:315 Cyber Crime (3)
50:202:316 Violence in Prisons and Jails (3)
50:202:317 Serial Killers (3)
50:202:318 Cyber Terrorism (3)
50:202:319 Narcoterrorism (3)
50:202:320 National Security Risk Assessment and Analysis (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)
50:202:330 Social Justice in Film and Literature (3)
50:202:335 Human Rights and Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:340 Victimology (3)
50:202:341 Children and the Justice System (3)
50:202:342 Domestic Violence (3)
50:202:345 Comparative Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:346 Children and Families of the Incarcerated (3)
50:202:348 Practicum: National Resource Ctr. on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
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 (3)
50:202:360 Topics in Policing (3)
50:202:361 Criminal Law (3)
50:202:362 Topics in Corrections (3)
50:202:363 Topics in Juvenile Justice (3)
50:202:365 Queer Crime (3)
50:202:370 Mass Incarceration, Re-entry, and Justice (3)
50:202:375 Criminal Justice Learning Abroad (G) (3)
50:202:404 Service/Internship in Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:405 Criminal Investigation Practicum (3)
50:202:410 Research Seminar in Criminal Justice (3)
50:202:420 International Criminal Law and Justice (3)
50:202:454,455,456,457 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3)
50:412:327 Forensic Science Theory and Policy
50:412:328 Forensic Methods and Techniques
50:412:329 Forensic Methods and Techniques Lab
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)
