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.
A suggested Major Academic Plan (MAP) has been prepared 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 | 250 | Intro to Criminal Justice | 3.0 | FS |
| POLS | 257 | Juvenile Justice Process | 3.0 | Inq |
| POLS | 259A | Introduction to Criminal Law | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: POLS 250 or faculty permission.
| POLS | 352 | Policing in America | 3.0 | FA |
Prerequisites: POLS 250.
Prerequisites: POLS 250.
| POLS | 459D | Senior Cap Sem in Crim Jus | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
Criminal Justice
3 courses selected from:
| ANTH | 311 | Survey Forensic Science | 3.0 | FS |
| HCSV | 370 | Drugs in Our Society | 3.0 | FS * |
| POLS | 259 | Chico Police Serv/Lrn Practicm | 3.0 | SP |
| POLS | 354 | Community Corrections | 3.0 | Inq |
| POLS | 426 | Women and the Law | 3.0 | Inq |
| POLS | 459A | Criminal Procedure | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: POLS 250.
| POLS | 459B | Policy Issues Criminal Justice | 3.0 | SP |
Prerequisites: POLS 250.
| POLS | 460E | Police Admin and Management | 3.0 | Inq |
| POLS | 465 | Administration of Justice | 3.0 | FS |
| POLS | 489E | Internship in Criminal Justice1.0 | 3.0 | FS |
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
| SOCI | 484 | Youth, Crime, and Delinquency | 3.0 | SP |
Prerequisites: SOCI 384 recommended.
| SOCI | 487 | Sociology of Gangs | 3.0 | FA |
Research Methods
3 courses required:
| POLS | 330 | Comp Applications in Pol Sci | 3.0 | FS |
| POLS | 331 | Intro to Political Inquiry | 3.0 | FS WP |
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
| POLS | 331X | Techniqs in Political Sci Res | 1.0 | FS |
Ethical Questions
1 course required:
| PHIL | 332 | Criminal Justice Ethics | 3.0 | FS |
Criminal Justice and the Individual
1 course selected from:
| PSYC | 351 | Socio-Cultural Psy Development | 3.0 | FS * |
| PSYC | 381 | Abnormal Psychology | 3.0 | FS |
| PSYC | 391 | Psy of Prejudice/Hate/Violence | 3.0 | FS *Eth |
| SOCI | 380 | Sociology of Deviant Behavior | 3.0 | FS * |
Criminal Justice and American Society
1 course selected from:
| PSYC | 395 | Social Psychology | 3.0 | FS |
| SOCI | 330 | Sociology of Gender | 3.0 | FS |
| SOCI | 350 | Ethnic and Race Relations | 3.0 | Inq *Eth |
| SOCI | 486 | Sociology of Law | 3.0 | SP |
Understanding Criminal Justice Bureaucracies
1 course required:
| POLS | 460A | Intro to Public Administration | 3.0 | FS |
Theoretical Foundations of the American System
1 course selected from:
| POLS | 431 | American Political Thought | 3.0 | FA |
| POLS | 432 | Recent Amer Political Thought | 3.0 | SP |
| POLS | 436 | Liberal/Conservative Trad | 3.0 | FA |
| POLS | 437 | Contemporary Political Thought | 3.0 | Inq |
| POLS | 438 | Jurisprudence/Phil of Law | 3.0 | FA |
Courts and the Criminal Justice System
1 course selected from:
| POLS | 451A | Found Amer Constitution Law | 3.0 | FA |
| POLS | 451B | Civil Rights/Civil Liberties | 3.0 | FS |
| POLS | 453 | Legal Process and Behavior | 3.0 | FA |
| POLS | 464 | Administrative Law | 3.0 | FA |