Criminal Justice - A.B.

I. Foundation Courses (9 hours)

ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S  ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1103 or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H   MATH 1101 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1113E or MATH 2200 or MATH 2250 or MATH 2250E or MATH 2300H or MATH 2400 or MATH 2400H or MATH 2410 or MATH 2410H or STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E

II. Sciences (7-8 hours) At least one of the physical science or life science courses must include a laboratory.

Physical Sciences (3-4 hours)

Preferred Course(s): Please consider the Franklin College's Physical Sciences requirement when selecting courses from the Core Curriculum. Some courses approved for the core curriculum do not satisfy the Franklin College requirement.

Life Sciences (3-4 hours)

Preferred Course(s): Please consider the Franklin College's Biological Sciences requirement when selecting courses from the Core Curriculum. Some courses approved for the core curriculum do not satisfy the Franklin College requirement.

III. Quantitative Reasoning (3-4 hours)

Preferred Course(s): MATH 2200 or MATH 2250 or MATH 2250E or STAT 2000 or STAT 2100H

IV. World Languages and Global Culture, Humanities and the Arts (12 hours) Note: Course credit received as a result of a score on a departmental foreign language placement test will not satisfy the General Education Core Curriculum requirements in Area IV, World Languages and Global Culture, Humanities and the Arts.

World Languages and Global Culture (9 hours)

Preferred Course(s): One foreign language through the third course.

Humanities and the Arts (3 hours)

No preferred courses for this area. See Core Curriculum view.

V. Social Sciences (9 hours) Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H. A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2111E, HIST 2111H, HIST 2112, HIST 2112E, HIST 2112H, HIST 3080H. Examinations are given at University Testing Services. Reexamination is permitted. Contact University Testing Services at (706) 542-3183 for information.

Preferred Course(s): (POLS 1101 or POLS 1101H) and (PSYC 1101 or PSYC 1030H) and (SOCI 1101 or SOCI 1101H)

Major Requirements

A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall.
Students in the Franklin College must earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in major required courses.

Required Courses (40 hours) (In the case of double majors, other social science methodology courses may be substituted with the approval of the CJSP director) Complete the following 25 hours:   POLS 3600 POLS(SOCI) 3700 POLS(SOCI) 4905  POLS(SOCI) 5500 (5 hours)*  POLS(SOCI) 5510 (5 hours)*  POLS(SOCI) 5520 (5 hours)*  SOCI 3810      *Students who are in the Washington Semester Program, will take the following:        POLS 3600        POLS(SOCI) 3700        POLS(SOCI) 4905        POLS(SOCI) 5500 (4 hours)        POLS(SOCI) 5510 (4 hours)        POLS(SOCI) 5520 (4 hours)        SOCI 3810        WASH 3400  Choose five courses (15 hours) from the following courses:  Choose at least one course from each of the three areas below. No more than three of these five courses may come from the same discipline (as indicated by departmental prefix). Human Behavior, Deviance, and Crime AFAM(PSYC) 4500/6500 PSYC 3230 PSYC 3260 SOCI 3070 SOCI 3080 SOCI 3340 SOCI 3820 SOCI 3830 SOCI 3840 SOCI 3860 SOCI 4590 SOCI(INTL) 4700  Social Control Institutions HIST 3775 POLS 4105 or POLS 4105H POLS 4690 POLS 4740 POLS 4760 POLS 4770 POLS 4781 POLS 4900 PSYC 5850 RELI 4107/6107 SOCI 3140 SOCI 3150 SOCI 4470  SOCI 4750 Law and Ethics CSCI 3030 ECON 4450/6450 HIST 4060/6060 PADP 4690 PHIL 4240/6240 POLS 4080 POLS 4090 POLS 4410 POLS 4700 POLS 4710 POLS 4720 POLS 4730 POLS 4750 SOCI 4800 SOCI 4830  Other: No more than two courses may be chosen from the following: AFAM(PSYC)(ECHD) 4170/6170 ANTH 4265/6265 COMM 3520 COMM 4330 COMM 4510/6510 GEOG 3630 GEOG 3640 GEOG 4630/6630 GEOG 4631/6631 INTL 4410 PADP 3000 PADP 4630 PHIL 4210/6210 POLS 4070 POLS 4560 POLS 4640 POLS 4641 POLS 4650 POLS 4780 PSYC 3100 PSYC 3300 PSYC 4200 PSYC 4230 PSYC(WMST) 4600/6600 SOCI 3270 SOCI 3280 SOCI(AFAM) 3300 SOCI(AFAM) 3310 SOCI 3320 SOCI 3730 SOCI 3940 SOCI 3950 SOCI 4020S SOCI(AFAM) 4370  *No more than ten quarter hours or six semester hours of transfer credit will be applied toward requirements for the major.

General Electives (20 hours) (Refer to College-wide requirements when selecting general electives.) ** Note: Students who are completing a second major in another college (i.e. a Political Science major from the School of Public and International Affairs) must also satisfy that college's requirements. Students must meet only the Franklin College requirements unless pursuing a dual degree.   NOTE: E, H, S, and W versions of these classes may be used to satisfy major requirements.

(This total does not include the 1-hour P.E. requirement)