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Criminal Justice Studies Program

University of Georgia

 

UGA Bulletin: Criminal Justice Major Requirements


SEMESTER PROGRAM OF STUDY

SECTION I (21 hours) - Required Courses

POLS 3600 Criminal Justice Administration
SOCI 3810 Criminology
POLS/SOCI 3700 Research Methods in Criminal Justice*

*Other social science methodology courses may be substituted with the approval of the CJSP director. No duplicate credit allowed for: (POLS 4150 and POLS/SOCI 3700).

Internship course sequence: Students should not take more than these 12 hours during the internship term, nor should a student be employed while completing the internship. In order to register for the internship, all Section I classes must have been successfully completed (‘C’ or higher) and students must have a 2.5 major GPA and 2.2 cumulative GPA and overall GPA.

POLS/SOCI 5500 (4 credits - analytical essays - letter grading)
POLS/SOCI 5510 (4 credits - research project/paper - letter grading)
POLS/SOCI 5520 (4 credits - agency performance - S/U grading)

SECTION II (9 hours)

Three courses (9 hours) are required. At least two of the following areas (A,B,C) must be represented.

A. Human Behavior, Deviance, and Crime

AFAM/PSYC 4500 Psychology of Prejudice
INTL 4410 Terrorism
PSYC 3230 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 3260 Human Sexuality
PSYC 4240 Psychopathology
SOCI 3070 Juvenile Delinquency
SOCI 3080 Youth Subculture
SOCI 3820 Communities and Crime
SOCI 3830 Violence and Society
SOCI 3860 Sociology of Alcohol and Drug Use

B. Social Control Institutions

POLS 4740 Judicial Process and Behavior (courts)
POLS 4900 Law Enforcement Administration (police)
PSYC 5850 Psychopharmacology - Drugs and Behavior
RELI 4107 American Religious History
SOCI 3140 Social Control of Crime
SOCI 3150 Criminal Punishment and Society (corrections)
SOCI 4470 Seminar in Deviance and Social Control

C. Law and Ethics

ECON 4450 Economic Analysis of Law
HIST 4060 American Legal History
INTL 4210 International Law
PHIL 4240 Philosophy of Law
POLS 4090 Social Justice
POLS 4700 Constitutional Law: Powers
POLS 4710 Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties
POLS 4720 Criminal Procedure
POLS 4730 Criminal Law
SOCI 4800 Sociology of Morality
SOCI 4830 Sociology of Law

SECTION III (6 hours) Two courses may be chosen from any of the following (additional courses from SECTION II also may be used to fulfill this requirement).

AFAM/PSYC 3150 Introduction to Black Psychology
AFAM/PSYC 4550 Classic Studies in Black Psychology
GEOG 3630 Introduction to Urban Geography
GEOG 4630 Advanced Urban Geography
INTL 4370 Middle Eastern Political Systems
PADP 4620 Public Administration and Democracy
PADP 4630 Government Budgeting and Finance
PHIL 4210 Social and Political Philosophy
POLS 4070 Theories of Political Choice
POLS 4560 African American Politics
POLS 4640 Urban Politics
POLS 4650 State Politics
PSYC 3300 Social and Personality Development
PSYC 4200 Social Psychology
PSYC 4230 Psychology of the Workplace
PSYC 4600 Psychology of Women
SOCI 3270 Personality and Social Structure
SOCI 3280 Sociology of Gender
SOCI/AFAM 3300 Global Perspectives on Racism and Sexism
SOCI/AFAM 3310 Race and Culture
SOCI 3320 Sociology of Urban Life
SOCI 3730 Social Psychology
SOCI 3850 Sociology of Occupations
SOCI 3950 Sociology of Organizations
SOCI/AFAM 4370 Seminar in Race and Ethnicity
SPCM 4330 Communication Strategies in the Courtroom
SPCM 4510 Nonverbal Communication
SPCM 4520 Persuasion

Please note the following
(1) The student is responsible for meeting any course prerequisites.
(2) Students should be aware that not all courses are offered every semester or even every year. 

** Courses not taken in SECTION II may be used for SECTION III.

(Rev. 1/10)

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To access the University of Georgia Catalogue:http://www.bulletin.uga.edu/

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SYLLABI

Course syllabi may be accessed on-line at one of the following sites:

For courses offered through the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences see the following site:

Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, History, Economics, Geography, etc.

http://www.franklin.uga.edu/academics/syllabi/

For courses offered through the School of Public and International Affairs see the following sites:

Political Science - http://uga.edu/pol-sci/courses/index.htm

International Affairs - http://www.uga.edu/intl/courses.htm

Public Administration and Policy - http://padp.uga.edu/courses/listings/

 

 

 

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SEMESTER PROGRAM OF STUDY FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED TO THE CJ MAJOR

PRIOR TO FALL 2005

SECTION I - (9 hours) Required Courses 

POLS 3600 ------Criminal Justice Administration
SOCI 3810 ------Criminology
POLS/SOCI 3700--Research Methods in Criminal Justice*

* Double Major/Dual Degree students may substitute other social science methodology courses with the approval of the CJSP director. 

SECTION II - (9 hours) Three courses are required. At least two of the following areas (A, B, C) must be represented.

A. Human Behavior, Deviance and Crime

PSYC 3230------ Abnormal Psychology (PSY 423)
PSYC 3260------ Human Sexuality (PSY 426)
PSYC 4240----- Psychopathology
PSYC 4500------ Psychology of Prejudice (PSY 432)
SOCI 2470----- Deviance and Social Control
SOCI 3070------ Juvenile Delinquency (SOC 307)
SOCI 3820------ Communities and Crime 
SOCI 3830------ Violence and Society 
SOCI 3860------ Sociology of Drug and Alcohol Use (SOC 486)

B. Social Control Institutions

POLS 4740------ Judicial Process and Behavior (courts) (POL 488)
POLS 4900------ Law Enforcement Administration (police) (POL 448)
PSYC 5850------ Psychopharmacology
RELI 4107------ American Religious History (REL 432)
SOCI 3140------ Social Control of Crime 
SOCI 3150------ Criminal Punishment and Society (corrections) (SOC 415)
SOCI 4470------ Seminar in Deviance and Social Control 

C. Law and Ethics

HIST 4060------ Modern American Legal History (HIS 415F)
PHIL 2200----- Introduction to Ethics (PHY 205)
PHIL 4240------ Philosophy of Law (PHY 416)
POLS 4090------ Social Justice
POLS 4700------ Constitutional Law: Powers (POL 483)
POLS 4710------ Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties (POL 484)
POLS 4720------ Criminal Procedure (POL 487)
POLS 4730------ Criminal Law (POL 486)
SOCI 4830------ Sociology of Law (POL 483)

SECTION III - (6 hours) - Two courses may be chosen from any of the following (additional courses from SECTION II also may be used to fulfill this requirement). 

ECON 4450-----Economic Analysis of Law
GEOG 3630-------Introduction to Urban Geography (GGY 459)
GEOG 4630-------Advanced Urban Geography
PADP 4620-------Public Administration and Democracy
PADP 4630-------Government Budgeting and Finance
PHIL 4210-------Social and Political Philosophy (PHY 406)
POLS 4070-----Theories of Political Choice
POLS 4560-------African American Politics (POL 415)
POLS 4640-------Urban Politics (POL 461)
POLS 4650-------State Politics (POL 465)
PSYC 3150-------Introduction to Black Psychology (PSY 315)
PSYC 3300-----Social and Personality Development (PSY430)
PSYC 3510-------Theories of Personality (PSY 451)
PSYC 4200-------Social Psychology (PSY 347)
PSYC 4230-----Psychology of the Workplace (PSY 377)
PSYC 4550-----Classic Studies in Black Psychology (PSY 413)
PSYC 4600-------Psychology of Women (PSY 410)
SOCI 2020-----African-American Society (SOC 302)
SOCI 2420-----Class, Status, and Power
SOCI 2820-----Race and Ethnicity in America (SOC 282)
SOCI 2850-----Sociology of Poverty (SOC 285)
SOCI 3280-------Sociology of Gender (SOC 328)
SOCI 3300-------Global Perspectives on Racism and Sexism
SOCI 3310-------Race and Culture
SOCI 3320-------Sociology of Urban Life (SOC 332)
SOCI 3730-------Social Psychology (SOC 373)
SOCI 3850-------Sociology of Occupations
SOCI 3950-------Sociology of Organizations
SOCI 4370-------Seminar in Race and Ethnicity
SPCM 4330-------Communications Strategies in the Courtroom (SPC 462)
SPCM 4510-------Nonverbal Communications
SPCM 4520-----Persuasion

Please note the following
(1) University policy limits 2000 level courses in the major to 6 hours.
(2) Courses listed in italics satisfy the Franklin College multicultural requirement.
(3) The student is responsible for meeting any course prerequisites.
(4) Students should be aware that not all courses are offered every semester or even every year.

SECTION IV (12 hours) - Internship course sequence: Students should not take more than these 12 hours during the internship term, nor should a student be employed while completing the internship.  In order to register for the internship, all Section I classes must have been successfully completed (‘C' or higher) and students must have a 2.5 major GPA and a 2.2 cumulative GPA and overall GPA.

POLS/SOCI 5500 (4 credits - analytical essays - letter grading) 
POLS/SOCI 5510 (4 credits - research project/paper - letter grading) 
POLS/SOCI 5520 (4 credits - agency performance - S/U grading)

___________________________________________________________ 

To access the University of Georgia Catalogue:http://www.bulletin.uga.edu/

____________________________________________________________________

SYLLABI

Course syllabi may be accessed on-line at one of the following sites:

For courses offered through the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences see the following site:

Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Religion, History, Economics, Geography, etc.

http://www.franklin.uga.edu/syllabi

For courses offered through the School of Public and International Affairs see the following sites:

Political Science - http://uga.edu/pol-sci/courses/index.htm

International Affairs - http://www.uga.edu/intl/courses.htm

Public Administration and Policy - http://padp.uga.edu/courses/listings/