Degree Requirements

Criminology (BS)

Criminology (BS) Degree Requirements

The BS in criminology requires the completion of 120 credit hours. These hours include 39-42 credits in the major and 78-81 credits in distribution requirements and general electives. Additional information on all requirements can be found in the Barry University Catalogue.

The major area requirements are:

Core Courses

  • CRM 200 Introduction to Criminology
  • SOC 320 Sociology of Law
  • SOC 409 Research Methodology
  • SOC 410 Theories of Deviance
  • CRM 487 Senior Seminar

Organizational-Institutional Courses

  • SOC 204 Social Problems
  • CRM 202 Juvenile Delinquency
  • CRM 300 Special Topics
  • CRM 311 Corrections
  • CRM 309 Police and Policing
  • CRM 307 Critical Issues in Criminal Justice
  • SOC 326 Sociology of Violence
  • CRM 499 Internship

Cultural-Inequalities-Specialization Courses

  • CRM 300 Special Topics
  • CRM 305 Women and Crime
  • CRM 328 Race, Class and Crime
  • SOC 332 Drugs and Society
  • CRM 317 Elite and Organized Crime
  • SOC 370 Social Psychology

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