Undergraduate Program
Requirements for the major
Criminal Justice major minimum requirements
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Criminal Justice Major Minimum Requirements
Students must complete at least 27 credit hours in criminal justice, including specifically the following courses and general areas:
- P 100, P 200, P 202, P 290, and CJUS-K 300 (15 credits)
- Majors may substitute a course in statistical methods from another department of the College of Arts and Sciences, but in that case no course from the list of Approved Optional Courses may count toward the major. Students who are interested in pursuing this option (i.e., an alternative statistics course) must first verify their eligibility with the Department of Criminal Justice (see undergraduate advisor).
- Two 3-credit hour Criminal Justice courses specifically at the 400 level (6 credits)
- Two 3-credit hour Criminal Justice electives at the 300-400 level (6 credits)
- 1 course from the Approved Optional Courses list in the bulletin can be substituted for one of the CJUS electives. Please note: only 1 approved course from outside the CJUS major can count in the major*
*A course from this list must be at the 300-400 level, regardless of what your College bulletin may have listed (i.e.: no 200 level courses)*
Please note the following course stipulations:
- CJUS-P 481 will not count in the major at all; CJUS-P 495 will not count in the 400 level area
- CJUS-P 399 and CJUS-P 499 will count in the 300-400 level elective area (P 499 will not count in the 400 level elective area)
- SPEA-K 300 is not an approved statistics course for the major
Students must complete the degree requirements of the College of Arts and Sciences, including the requirement for a minimum of 25 College of Arts and Sciences credit hours in the major subject area.
Back to Top To declare Criminal Justice as a major, please call the main office at 812-855-9325, Monday-Friday, 8-12pm, 1-5pm, to schedule an advising appointment with a CJUS academic advisor.
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