RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEWARK CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Effective fall 2013, students must complete 38 credits for the major: 9 credits of required courses, 8 credits of research methods and statistics, plus 21 credits of electives.
Students entering the program prior to July 1, 2013, will be treated as transition students and accommodations will be made as necessary. Effective fall 2014, curriculum and required credits for the major will increase from 38 to 41. Please contact the School of Criminal Justice for a complete list of the new requirements. Students may also refer to Degree Navigator for a list of the new requirements.
Note, only grades of C or better will be used toward the major.
General Education Requirements: The School of Criminal Justice will follow core curriculum requirements in practice for Newark College of Arts and Science (NCAS) and University College (UC) with the exception that School of Criminal Justice students will be allowed to register for a maximum of 19 credits per semester. All requests for credit overloads will be handled on a case-by-case basis by the undergraduate assistant dean.
REQUIRED COURSES (three 3-credit courses):
It is required that criminal justice (CJ) majors complete 102 and 103 before taking other CJ courses.
202:101 Crime and Crime Analysis
202:102 Criminology (formerly 303)
202:103 Introduction to Criminal Justice (formerly 201)
RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS (two 4-credit courses, taken in order, fall to spring):
202:301 Criminal Justice Research Methods
202:302 Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (prerequisites: 301 and the basic undergraduate math requirement)
ELECTIVE COURSES (at least seven 3-credit courses. Note: Q courses are writing intensive):
202:202 Gender, Crime, and Justice
202:203 Police and Society (title change)
202:204 Corrections
202:310 Case Processing, the Law, and the Courts (formerly 305)
202:311 Constitutional Issues in Criminal Justice (formerly 302)
202:312 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (formerly 403)
202:321 Environmental Criminology
202:322 Business and Crime
202:323 Cybercrime
202:324 Violent Crime
202:331 Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (formerly 304)
202:332 Juvenile Gangs and Co-Offending
202:333 Race and Crime
202:334 Organized Crime
202:341Q Community Corrections (formerly 306)
202:342Q Contemporary Policing (formerly 401)
202:343Q White-Collar Crime (formerly 301)
202:344Q Crime in Different Cultures (formerly 307 and title change)
202:345Q Criminal Justice: Ethical and Philosophical Foundations (formerly 404)
