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Majors: Criminal Justice, Sociology
Double Major: Criminal Justice and Sociology

NOTE: At least one-half of the credits in any major or minor program must be taken at Rutgers-Camden.

Criminal Justice Major

To avoid misunderstandings about which courses satisfy our requirements, students are strongly advised to consult regularly with their faculty advisor; students should not rely on advising from outside the department. Go to: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/advising-cj.htm for important advice for criminal justice majors. For guidelines for a double major with sociology, go to: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/doublemaj.htm

Important Announcement for Continuing Students in Fall 2008

Professor Jane Siegel, Chairperson
July 2008


Effective with the 2008-09 academic year, the department is changing the requirements for the major in criminal justice.  All new students entering Rutgers during the 2008-09 academic year and in subsequent years will be governed by these new requirements, as will any current students who declare a criminal justice major in 2008-09 or later.  See below for the requirements and a link to a worksheet to keep track of your progress in the major.

Current students who are already criminal justice majors and were following the requirements in effect through the 2007-08 academic year can elect to follow the new program as well.  If you wish to do so, you MUST contact Professor Siegel, the department chairperson - not your adviser - so that your Degree Navigator record can be modified to reflect the correct degree requirements.   Contact Professor Siegel after mid-August 2008, when the Degree Navigator system should be ready for these changes.Current students who opt to change their curricular requirements should inform their adviser when they meet with him or her.

Current students who have already completed the requirements under the old system or do not wish to switch do not need to notify anyone.  Your Degree Navigator record will  continue to reflect the requirements previously in effect.

The differences between the old and new curricular requirements are as follows:

  • Instead of needing 42 credits to complete the major, the new requirements call for 36 credits.
  • The following courses are no longer required:
    • 920:207 - Introduction to Sociology
    • A 3-credit course in multicultural or non-western courses from among the offerings in anthropology and sociology, and political science
    • A 3-credit course from the offerings of philosophy, political science, social work, or urban studies
  • 15 credits of approved crime or criminal justice-related electives from the offerings of criminal justice or sociology are now required.  The old requirement was 12 credits.
  • Students have been required to take either Race and Ethnicity (920:316) or Social Stratification (920:332).  A third option has been added: students can now satisfy this requirement by taking The Poor, Minorities and Justice (202:337).  If 202:337 is used to satisfy this requirement, it cannot also be counted towards the 15 credits of CJ electives
Please note that this change does not affect the total number of credits required for graduation, which remains at 120.  Also, all other requirements for the CJ major remain the same.

If you have questions about the new requirements, please contact Professor Siegel.  If you would like advice about whether to switch, please contact your adviser.  If you do not know who your adviser is, please check the list of assigned advisers available on our homepage:  http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/  If you have not been assigned an adviser, please contact Sherry Pisacano, our department secretary, who will assign one for you:  pisacano@camden.rutgers.edu or 225-6470.

 

Criminal Justice Major Requirements (for all incoming students from fall 2008 onwards, as well as previously-enrolled students if they explicitly choose this option, as outlined in the announcement above):

  • 202:201 Criminal Justice in America

  • Two of the following three courses:

    202:202 Police & Policing
    202:203 Confinement & Corrections
    202:204 Courts & Criminal Law

  • 920:313 Theories of Crime & Delinquency

  • 920:301 Methods and Techniques of Social Research

  • One of the following three courses:

    920:316 Race & Ethnicity
    920:332 Social Stratification
    202:337 Poor, Minorities and Justice*

  • 15 credits of Criminal Justice 300 Level Electives (see approved list below)
  • 202:449: Ethics & Policy in Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice 300 Level Electives
(15 credits from 202 or 920 courses)

202: 303 Gender, Crime, & Justice
202: 314 Technology & Criminal Justice
202: 322 Juvenile Justice
202: 323 Varieties of Crime
202: 324 Organized Crime
202: 325 Violent Crime
202: 326 White Collar Crime
202:337 The Poor, Minorities and Justice
202: 340 Victimology
202:341 Children and the Justice System
202:342 Domestic Violence
202: 345 Comparative Criminal Justice
202: 350 Punishment & Sentencing
202: 351 Contemporary Issues in Policing
202: 352 Community Corrections
202:354, 355, 354 Special Topics in Criminal Justice
202: 360  Topics in Police
202: 361 Topics in Criminal Law
202: 362 Topics in Corrections
202: 363 Topics in Juvenile Justice
202: 404 Service/Internship Criminal Justice *
202: 410 Research Seminar in Criminal Justice
202: 454,455,456  Special Topics Criminal Justice
920: 208 Contemporary Social Problems
920: 217 Drugs & Society
920: 280 Social Movements in Society
920: 315 Sociology of Complex Organizations
920: 329 Law & Society
920: 344 Sociology of Deviance                       

Click here to access the Criminal Justice 2008 Major Worksheet

 

"Old" Criminal Justice Requirements (for students who enrolled before 2008 and wish to come up under the earlier set of requirements):

Click here to access the Major Worksheet for the pre-2008 Criminal Justice requirements

 

Sociology Major Requirements (36 credits)

To avoid misunderstandings about which courses satisfy our requirements, students are strongly advised to consult the sociology and anthropology faculty; students should not rely on advising from outside the department. For general sociology advising information, go to http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/advising.htm. For guidelines for a double major with criminal justice, go to: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/doublemaj.htm.

  • 920:207 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.)
  • 070:213 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.)
  • 920:301 Methods & Techniques of Social Research (3 cr.)
  • 920:325 Sociological Theory (3 cr.)
  • 070:307 Psychological Anthropology (3 cr.) or
    • 920:357 Individual & Society (3cr.)
  • 920:316 Race & Ethnicity (3 cr.) or
    • 920:332 Social Stratification (3 cr.)
  • Plus 18 additional credits in sociology, anthropology, or criminal justice, including at least 3 credits in anthropology.

    Note: Students may use if they wish one of the following Urban Studies courses as one elective course (3 credits) for the sociology major: 975:102 (Approaches to Urban Studies); 975:104 (Power and Decision Making in Urban Communities); 975:204 (Poverty and Urban Environmental Systems); 975:339 (Housing and Planning Seminar); 975:413 (Urban and Regional Revitalization); and 975:478 (History of Planning Thought)

Click here to access the Major Worksheet for Sociology majors

 

Double Major in Sociology & Criminal Justice (66 credits) (click here)

Note: A new worksheet for students double-majoring under the 2008 criminal justice requirements will be forthcoming shortly.

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{ July 23, 2008 }