The Bachelor of Arts in Criminal
Justice
Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree: 120
units
See “Requirements for the Bachelor’s Degree” in The University Catalog for complete details on general degree
requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for
the major, must be upper division.
The department has prepared a suggested Four Year Advising Plan
to help students meet all graduation requirements within four years.
Please request a plan from your major adviser or view it and other
current advising information on the CSU, Chico Web.
Please see General Education, Cultural Diversity, American
Institutions, and Literacy Requirements under the BA in Political
Science.
Course Requirements for the Major: 55 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents,
are required of all candidates for this degree.
DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS: 21 units
7 courses required:
POLS 050 Intro to
Criminal Justice 3.0 FS
POLS 057 Juvenile
Justice Process 3.0 Inq
POLS 059A Introduction
to Criminal Law 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: POLS 050 or faculty permission.
POLS 152 Policing
in America 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: POLS 050.
POLS 153 Corrections 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: POLS 050
POLS 259D Senior
Capstone Sem in Crim Jus 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
SOCI 282 Criminology 3.0 FA
Criminal Justice
3 courses selected from:
ANTH 111 Survey
Forensic Science 3.0 FS
HCSV 170 Drugs in
Our Society 3.0 FS
*
POLS 059 Chico Police
Serv/Lrn Practicum 3.0 SP
POLS 154 Community
Corrections 3.0 Inq
POLS 226 Women and
the Law 3.0 Inq
This course is the same as WMST 226 which may be substituted.
POLS 259A Criminal
Procedure 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: POLS 050.
POLS 259B Policy
Issues Criminal Justice 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: POLS 050.
POLS 260E Police
Admin and Management 3.0 Inq
POLS 265 Administration
of Justice 3.0 FS
POLS 289E Internship
in Criminal Justice 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
SOCI 187 Sociology
of Gangs 3.0 FA
SOCI 284 Youth,
Crime, and Delinquency 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: SOCI 282 recommended.
Research Methods
3 courses required:
POLS 130 Computer
Applications in Pol Sci 3.0 FS
POLS 131 Intro to
Political Inquiry 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ENGL 001 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C-
or higher.
POLS 131X Techniques
in Political Sci Res 1.0 FS
Ethical Questions
1 course required:
PHIL 205 Criminal
Justice Ethics 3.0 FS
Criminal Justice and the Individual
1 course selected from:
PSY 119 Psych of
Prejudice/Hate/Violence 3.0 FS
*Eth
PSY 141 Socio-Cultural
Psy Development 3.0 FS
*
This course is the same as PSY 041 which may be substituted.
PSY 225 Abnormal
Psychology 3.0 FS
SOCI 184 Sociology
of Deviant Behavior 3.0 FS
*
Criminal Justice and American Society
1 course selected from:
PSY 245 Social Psychology 3.0 FS
SOCI 151 Sociology
of Gender 3.0 FS
This course is the same as MCGS 151 which may be substituted.
SOCI 152 Ethnic
and Race Relations 3.0 FS
*Eth
This course is the same as MCGS 152 which may be substituted.
SOCI 280 Sociology
of Law 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: SOCI 001.
Understanding Criminal Justice Bureaucracies
1 course required:
POLS 260A Intro
to Public Administration 3.0 FS
Theoretical Foundations of the American System
1 course selected from:
POLS 231 American
Political Thought 3.0 FA
POLS 232 Recent
Amer Political Thought 3.0 SP
POLS 236 Liberal/Conservative
Traditions 3.0 FA
This course is the same as PHIL 236 which may be substituted.
POLS 237 Contemporary
Political Thought 3.0 SP
This course is the same as PHIL 237 which may be substituted.
POLS 238 Jurisprudence/Philosophy
of Law 3.0 FA
This course is the same as PHIL 238 which may be substituted.
Courts and the Criminal Justice System
1 course selected from:
POLS 251A Found
Amer Constitution Law 3.0 FA
POLS 251B Civil
Rights/Civil Liberties 3.0 FS
This course is the same as MCGS 251B which may be substituted.
POLS 253 Legal Process
and Behavior 3.0 FA
POLS 264 Administrative
Law 3.0 FA
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