Criminology & Social Justice (B.A.) - Bloomfield College

Unless otherwise noted, 120 credits of coursework is required for a baccalaureate degree with a minimum 2.0 overall GPA, and a minimum 2.0 major GPA.

Degree Requirements Overview

New Student Seminar3
SEEDS General Education Requirements30-33
Major Requirements46-49
Free Electives41-35
Total Credits120

Major Requirements

CRM Core
SOC 100Introduction to Sociology3
CSJ 101Introduction to Justice Systems and Systems of Inequality3
SOC 215Statistics For Sociologists4
SOC 236ADeviance and Social Control3
CSJ 243Criminology3
SOC 320BClassic Sociological Theory3
SOC 325AMethods of Social Research3
CSJ 353Criminal Law3
Select one of the following:3-4
CSJ 450 Seminar in Criminology and Social Justice
Internship in Criminology and Social Justice
Select two of the following:6-8
SOC 213 Women and Work
SOC 251 Gender and Globalization
Juvenile Delinquency and Social Justice
Social Inequality
SOC 235 Urban Sociology
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice
HIS 225 Ideas of Freedom, African-American History from 1877-Present
Modern Latin America and the Caribbean, 1825-Present
Select two of the following:6
SOC 336 Sociology off Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
CSJ 333 Selected Topics in Criminology and Social Justice
CSJ 325 Immigration and Social Justice
CSJ 330 Law Enforcement and Social Justice
CSJ 335 Mental Illness, Marginality, and Social Justice
CSJ 345 White Collar Crime
SOC 305 Latinos in the United States
Sociology of Capital Punishment
Social Problems and Public Solutions
Select two of the following:6
Selected Topics in Criminology and Social Justice
CSJ 401 Corrections and the Prison Industrial System
CSJ 405 Community Corrections and Restorative Justice
CSJ 415 Justice Systems and Gender
CSJ 410 Justice Systems and Race
CSJ 491 Intership in Criminology and Social Justice
Drugs, Crime, and Social Policy
Senior Seminar
Punishment Society
Total Credits46-49

New Student Seminar

FYS 100First Year Seminar3
Total Credits3

SEEDS General Education Requirements

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Foundations
Effective Writing I
Complete one Effective Writing I course.3
Effective Writing II
Complete one Effective Writing II course.3
Interactive Communication
Complete one Interactive Communication course.3
Quantitative Reasoning
Complete one Quantitative Reasoning course.3
Political and Civic Life
Complete one Political and Civic Life course.3
World Languages
Complete two sequential classes in one World Language when starting at the Beginner I or Beginner II level. Complete one class when starting at the Intermediate/Advanced Level. 3-6
Exploration
Complete one course from four different Exploration categories. 12
Analyzing Cultures and Societies
Creative Expression
Ethical Inquiry
Historical Thinking
Literary and Artistic Analysis
Scientific Reasoning
Total Credits30-33