HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY THE CRIMINOLOGY MAJOR AN 8-SEMESTER GRID—ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BA
This is an example of what eight semesters might look like for incoming first-year students. Every BA requirement for the Major, College, and University is satisfied in this example, including: 124 total credits; 94 credits in the Liberal Arts; All distribution requirements; 32 credits for the Criminology major. If you declare your major later or come in as a transfer student see grid below for Declaring the Major as a Junior. Some Criminology courses satisfy more than one requirement (e.g., BH, IS), so more space may be available. Up to six credits of Distribution courses may be taken during Study Abroad The following Sociology courses must be taken at Hofstra: CRM 002, SOC 180, SOC 181, CRM 191 FIRST YEAR Fall CRM 001 or SOC 007 WSC 001 AA or CP Foreign Language University Elective
credits 3 3 3 3 3
Spring CRM Category I Elective WSC 002 NS or MA or CS Foreign Language University Elective
credits 3 3 3 3 3
SECOND YEAR Fall CRM Category II Elective CRM Elective HP Foreign Language University Elective One credit Elective
credits 3 3 3 3 3 1
Spring CRM 002 (WI) CRM Elective CC LT or AA University Elective One credit Elective
credits 3 3 3 3 3 1
THIRD YEAR Study Abroad Fall or Spring, or an entire academic year; not restricted to just Junior year. Fall credits Spring credits SOC 180 (QR) 4 SOC 181 (QR) 4 CRM Elective 3 3 NS 3 BH 3 LT 3 University Elective 3 MA University Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective 3
FOURTH YEAR Fall CRM 191 (WI) IS BH or HP University Elective Liberal Arts Elective
3 3 3 3 3
Spring University Elective University Elective Liberal Arts Elective Liberal Arts Elective Liberal Arts Elective
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
credits 3 3 3 3 3
THE CRIMINOLOGY MAJOR AN 8-SEMESTER GRID—MAJOR REQUIREMENTS ONLY
This is an example of what eight semesters might look like for incoming first-year students. Only requirements for the Major are listed (32 credits) If you declare your major later or come in as a transfer student see grid below for Declaring the Major as a Junior. Up to six credits of Distribution courses may be taken during Study Abroad The following courses must be taken at Hofstra: CRM 002, SOC 180, SOC 181, CRM 191 FIRST YEAR Fall CRM 001 or SOC 007
credits 3
Spring CRM Category I Elective
credits 3
SECOND YEAR Fall CRM Category II Elective CRM Elective
credits 3 3
Spring CRM 002 (WI) CRM Elective
credits 3 3
THIRD YEAR Study Abroad Fall or Spring, or an entire academic year; not restricted to just Junior year. Fall credits Spring credits SOC 180 (QR) 4 SOC 181 (QR) 4 CRM Elective 3
FOURTH YEAR Fall CRM 191 (WI)
Spring 3
credits
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY THE CRIMINOLOGY MAJOR DECLARING AS A JUNIOR—MAJOR REQUIREMENTS ONLY
This is an example of how to complete the Criminology major when declaring it as a first-semester junior. Only requirements for the Major are listed (32 credits) The following courses must be taken at Hofstra: CRM 002, SOC 180, SOC 181, CRM 191 FIRST YEAR Fall
credits
Spring
credits
SECOND YEAR Fall
credits
Spring
credits
THIRD YEAR Fall CRM 001 or SOC 007 CRM Category I Elective CRM Elective
credits 3 3 3
Spring CRM 002 (WI) SOC 180 (QR) CRM Category II Elective
credits 3 4 3
Spring CRM 191 (WI)
credits 3
FOURTH YEAR Fall SOC 181 (QR) CRM Elective CRM Elective
4 3 3
MAJOR in Criminology, Program Requirements
The major in criminology requires the successful completion of a minimum of 32 s.h. of course work, including: Required Courses (preferably taken in sequence) - Semester Hours: 20 CRM 001 - (IS) Introduction to Criminology (See footnote*) EITHER OF THESE COURSES SOC 007 - (BH) Crime and Delinquency (See footnote*) CRM 0021 - (WI) Theoretical Perspectives on Crime and Justice SOC 180 – (QR) Statistics in Sociology SOC 1812 – (QR) Research Methods in Sociology CRM 1913 – (WI) Advanced Research Seminar in Criminology Category I Elective: Crime and Justice. CHOOSE ONE COURSE (3 SH required, usually 1 course) PHI 121 - (HP) Crime and Punishment PSC 129 - (BH) The Administration of Justice in America SOC 008 - (BH) Sociology of Substance Abuse SOC 117 - (BH) Sociology of Terrorism (See footnote*) EITHER OF THESE COURSES PSC 152 A-Z - Special Topics in International Politics (See footnote*/**) SOC 172 - (BH) Punishment and Society: Sociology of Correctional Institutions
S.H.
Term Taken
3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 or 1-4 3
Category II Elective: Law, Politics,& Society. CHOOSE ONE COURSE (3 SH required, usually 1 course) PHI 015 - (HP) Law, Philosophy, and Public Life 3-4 PHI 120 - (HP) Philosophy of Law 3 PHI 122 - Morality and the Law 3 PSC 120 - (BH) Law and Politics: Judicial Process 3 PSC 126 - (BH) Politics of Public Administration 3 PSC 127 - Constitutional Law 3 PSC 128 - The Constitution: Political Freedom and Civil Liberties 3 PSY 012 - Psychology and the Law 3 SOC 170 - (BH) Sociology of Law 3 3) Electives, chosen under advisement - Total Semester Hours, 9 (usually three courses) In addition to the following, courses listed above apply as electives, once the above categories are satisfied. CRM 003 - (IS) Domestic Violence 3 CRM 004 - Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior 3 CRM 005 - Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice 3 CRM 187 A-Z - (IS) Special Topics in Criminology 3 CRM 190 - Internship in Criminology 1-4 FOR 100 - Survey in Forensic Science 3 FOR 101 - Crime Scene Investigation Methods 3 FOR 190 - Legal Issues Pertaining to Scientific Evidence 3 GS 108 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Trafficking 3 LING 137 - Introduction to Corpus Linguistics 3 LING 158 - (IS) Forensic Linguistics 3 SOC 009 - (BH) Youth, Crisis, and American Culture 3 SOC 153 - (BH) Sociology of Human Rights (See footnote*) EITHER OF THESE COURSES 3 GS 109 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Rights (See footnote*) Footnotes: * Credit toward the major or minor is given for one of these courses, not both. ** When topic approved by the director of the criminology program. 1 CRM 001 or SOC 007 is a prerequisite for CRM 002 2 SOC 180 is a prerequisite for SOC 181 3 CRM 002 & SOC 181 are prerequisites for CRM 191