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Major Requirements

BA - Crime & Justice Studies

Wright State University Core
38 hrs.
Foreign Language and Research Methods Requirements
18 hrs.
Departmental Requirements                                                                Crime & Justice Core  (15 hours)
45 hrs.

PLS 4420 or SOC 3710 or URS 4280
PLS 4840 or SOC 3000 or URS 4950
SOC 3700 or SOC 4700
PLS 3420 or PLS 3430 or PLS 4360
SOC 3410 or URS 4980

Crime & Justice Foundation Areas
Area 1 - Behavior (6 hours)  

PLS 4350, PSY 2810 Psychology of incarceration
(this section only), PSY 3110, SOC 3210, SOC 3220,
SOC 3700, SOC 4700, SOC 4710

Area 2 - CJ Institutions & Practices (6 hours)  

ATH 3800, PLS 3210/URS 3210, PLS 3220, PLS 3410 PLS 3440,PLS 3450/URS 3450, PLS 4420, PLS 4450, PSY 2520 Forensics (this section only), SOC 3710, SOC 3720,SOC 3730, SOC 3740, URS 4280, URS 4420

Area 3 - Law (3 hours)  

PHL 4140, PLS 3400, PLS 3420, PLS 3430, PLS 4170,
PLS 4360, PLS 4370, PLS 4400, SOC 3730

Area 4 - Ethics & Diversity (6 hours)  

PHL 3110, PHL 3120, PHL 3780, PLS 3750, PLS 4040
PLS 4180, PLS 4480, PLS 4490, PLS 4520,PLS 4740,     PSY 2110, PSY 2420, PSY 2510,SOC 3600, SOC 3610, SOC 3620, SOC 4600,SOC 4610, SOC 4630, URS 3300

Advanced Crime & Justice Electives (9 hours) .

Choose 9 hours from any additional courses from CJS Core, Areas 1-4 above and/or:
CNL 4610, GEO 3600, PLS 4010, PLS 4070, PLS 4090, PLS 4160, PLS 4210, PLS 4260, PSL 4310, PLS 4380, PLS 4390,PLS 4410, PLS 4440 (repeatable), PLS 4710, PLS 4720,PLS 4870, PLS 3460/URS 3460, PLS4460/URS 4230,
PLS/URS 4270, PSY 2830,PSY 2910, PSY 3510, SOC 3230 (1 hour),SOC 3240 (2 hours), SOC 4310, SOC 3320, SOC 4090(repeatable, criminal justice-related titles only),
SOC 4620, SOC 4830, URS 4430 URS 4990

General Electives
23 hrs
Total Hours Required
124 hrs
Last updated: March 27, 2013