The Criminology and Criminal Justice concentration trains students to view issues of crime, victimization, and justice through a sociological lens. A sociological perspective on these issues focuses our attention to the social aspects of crime, law, and deviance including understanding societal factors that contribute to crime, effective and innovative programmatic approaches to prevent or control crime, the unintended consequences of our system for marginalized communities, and the role of research in creating effective policy. Our undergraduate program is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in research methods, data collection, analysis, and theory, which are all essential skills for those interested in careers associated with law, justice, or advocacy—all professional paths for which this concentration prepares students well.
Effective Fall 2020
Each course used to satisfy requirements of the concentration requires a minimum grade of C (2.000), i.e. all SOC courses, STAT 2**, and each course taken to satisfy the Social and Behavioral Sciences electives or the Criminology and Criminal Justice electives.
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUCC | Credits | ||
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 1A | 3 |
| SOC 253 | Intro to Criminology and Criminal Justice | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| General Sociology (GT-SS3) | 3C | ||
| Social Problems (GT-SS3) | 3C | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning1 | 1B | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective (see list below)2 | 3 | ||
| Electives | 7 | ||
| Total Credits | 28 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Advanced Writing | 2 | 3 | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3B | 3 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3A | 4 | |
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3E | 3 | |
| Historical Perspectives | 3D | 3 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives (see list below)2 | 6 | ||
| Electives | 9 | ||
| Total Credits | 31 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Quantitative Sociological Analysis | |||
STAT 2** Statistics3 | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Development of Sociological Thought | |||
| Contemporary Sociological Theory | |||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Criminology | |||
| Sociology of Deviance | |||
| Criminology and Criminal Justice Electives (see list below)4 | 6 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives (see list below)2 | 12 | ||
| Electives | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 30 | ||
| Senior | |||
| SOC 311 | Methods of Sociological Inquiry | 4A,4B | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | ||
| Sociological Approaches to Quantitative Data | |||
| Applications of Qualitative Research | |||
| Select one group from the following: | 3-4 | ||
Group A: | |||
| Capstone Seminar | 4C | ||
Group B: | |||
| Community Dynamics and Development | 4C | ||
Group C: | |||
| Internship | 4C | ||
| Seminar | 4C | ||
| Criminology and Criminal Justice Electives (see list below)4 | 9 | ||
| Electives5 | 12-13 | ||
| Total Credits | 30-32 | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | ||
Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives - 21 credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Students may also take up to six credits of additional SOC courses not counted elsewhere in the program. | ||
| AGED 210 | History of Agriculture in the United States | 3 |
| AGRI 116/IE 116 | Plants and Civilizations (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| AGRI 270/IE 270 | World Interdependence-Population and Food (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| AM 250 | Clothing, Adornment and Human Behavior (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| AMST 100 | Self/Community in American Culture, 1600-1877 (GT-HI1) | 3 |
| AMST 101 | Self/Community in American Culture Since 1877 (GT-HI1) | 3 |
| ANTH 100 | Introductory Cultural Anthropology (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| ANTH 140 | Introduction to Archaeology (GT-HI1) | 3 |
| ANTH 200 | Cultures and the Global System (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| ANTH 232/MU 232 | Soundscapes-Music as Human Practice | 3 |
| ANTH 310 | Peoples and Cultures of Africa | 3 |
| ANTH 312 | Modern Indian Culture and Society | 3 |
| ANTH 322 | The Anthropology of Religion | 3 |
| ANTH 330 | Human Ecology | 3 |
| ANTH 333 | Anthropology of Sex and Reproduction | 3 |
| ANTH 334 | Narrative Traditions and Social Experience | 4 |
| ANTH 335 | Language and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH 338 | Gender and Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 340 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 359 | Colorado Prehistory | 3 |
| ANTH 360 | Archaeological Investigation | 3 |
| ANTH 400/GR 400 | History of Theory-Anthropology and Geography | 3 |
| ANTH 412 | Indians of North America | 3 |
| ANTH 413 | Indigenous Peoples Today | 3 |
| ANTH 414/ETST 414 | Development in Indian Country | 3 |
| ANTH 440 | Theory in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 441 | Method in Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 450 | Hunter-Gatherer Ecology | 3 |
| ANTH 451 | Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory | 3 |
| ANTH 478/HIST 478 | Heritage Resource Management | 3 |
| AREC 202 | Agricultural and Resource Economics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| AREC 240/ECON 240 | Issues in Environmental Economics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| BUS 205 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Business | 3 |
| BUS 260 | Social-Ethical-Regulatory Issues in Business | 3 |
| E 142 | Reading Without Borders (GT-AH2) | 3 |
| E 238 | Contemporary Global Fiction (GT-AH2) | 3 |
| E 245 | World Drama (GT-AH2) | 3 |
| ECON *** | ||
| EDUC 275 | Schooling in the United States (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| ETST *** | ||
| GR 100 | Introduction to Geography (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| GR 102 | Geography of Europe and the Americas (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| GR 320 | Cultural Geography | 3 |
| HDFS 101 | Individual and Family Development (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| HDFS 310 | Infant and Child Development in Context | 3 |
| HDFS 311 | Adolescent/Early Adult Development in Context | 3 |
| HDFS 312 | Adult Development-Middle Age and Aging | 3 |
| HDFS 332 | Death, Dying, and Grief | 3 |
| HDFS 334 | Family and Parenthood Across the Life Cycle | 3 |
| HDFS 402 | Couple and Family Studies | 3 |
| HDFS 403 | Families in the Legal Environment | 3 |
| HIST *** | ||
| HONR 292C | Honors Seminar: Knowing Across Cultures (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| HONR 492 | Honors Senior Seminar | 3 |
| HORT 171/SOCR 171 | Environmental Issues in Agriculture (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| IE 179 | Globalization: Exploring Our Global Village (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| INST 200 | Interdisciplinary Approaches to Globalization | 3 |
| JTC 100 | Media in Society (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| JTC 311 | History of Media | 3 |
| JTC 316 | Multiculturalism and the Media | 3 |
| JTC 411 | Media Ethics and Issues | 3 |
| JTC 412 | International Mass Communication | 3 |
| JTC 413 | New Media Trends and Society | 3 |
| JTC 414 | Media Effects | 3 |
| JTC 456/LB 456 | Documentary Film as a Liberal Art | 3 |
| LEAP 200 | Advocacy in the Visual and Performing Arts | 3 |
| LB 173 | Encountering the Global (GT-AH2) | 3 |
| LB 393 | Seminar in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences | 3 |
| MU 132 | Exploring World Music | 3 |
| PHIL 103 | Moral and Social Problems (GT-AH3) | 3 |
| PHIL 170 | World Philosophies (GT-AH3) | 3 |
| POLS *** | ||
| PSY 100 | General Psychology (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| PSY 152 | Science of Learning | 3 |
| PSY 260 | Child Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 296 | Group Study | 1-3 |
| PSY 315 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 316 | Environmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 317 | Social Psychology Laboratory | 2 |
| PSY 320 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 325 | Psychology of Personality | 3 |
| PSY 327 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| PSY 340 | Organizational Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 341 | Organizational Psychology Laboratory | 1 |
| PSY 401 | History and Systems of Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 437 | Psychology of Gender | 3 |
| PSY 452 | Cognitive Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 465 | Adolescent Psychology | 3 |
| SOC *** | ||
| SOWK 110 | Contemporary Social Welfare | 3 |
| SOWK 352/ETST 352 | Indigenous Women, Children and Tribes | 3 |
| SPCM 130 | Relational and Organizational Communication (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| WS *** | ||
Criminology and Criminal Justice Electives - 15 credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select two courses from Group A and two courses from Group B, plus one additional course from either Group A or Group B. | ||
| Group A: Criminal Justice System | 6-9 | |
| SOC 354 | Law Enforcement and Society | 3 |
| SOC 358 | Punishment and Society | 3 |
| SOC 455 | Sociology of Law | 3 |
| SOC 482A | Travel Abroad: Comparative Criminal Justice | 3 |
| Group B: Critical Criminology and Criminal Justice | 6-9 | |
| SOC 322 | Introduction to Environmental Justice | 3 |
| SOC 351 | Corporate and State Crime | 3 |
| SOC 356 | Inequality in Criminal Sentencing | 3 |
| SOC 357 | Women, Crime, and Victimization | 3 |
| SOC 359 | Green Criminology | 3 |
| SOC 482B | Travel Abroad: Crime and Deviance | 3 |
| 1 | Select three credits from AUCC Category 1B except MATH 105, STAT 201, and STAT 204. |
| 2 | No courses used to satisfy AUCC requirements may be used to satisfy the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement. |
| 3 | Select STAT 201 General Statistics (GT-MA1) or any Statistics course 200-level and above. |
| 4 | For students interested in working in the criminal justice system it is recommended that they enroll in SOC 354, SOC 358, and SOC 455. |
| 5 | Select enough elective credits to bring program total to 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level). |
Each course used to satisfy requirements of the concentration requires a minimum grade of C (2.000), i.e. all SOC courses, STAT 2**, and each course taken to satisfy the Social and Behavioral Sciences electives or the Criminology and Criminal Justice electives.
| Freshman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| CO 150 | College Composition (GT-CO2) | 3 | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 3 | |||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective (see list on Concentration Requirements tab) | 3 | |||
| Elective | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | |||
| Semester 2 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| SOC 253 | Intro to Criminology and Criminal Justice | 3 | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |||
| General Sociology (GT-SS3) | ||||
| Social Problems (GT-SS3) | ||||
| Quantitative Reasoning | X | 3 | ||
| Electives | 4 | |||
| CO 150 must be completed by the end of Semester 2. | X | |||
| Total Credits | 13 | |||
| Sophomore | ||||
| Semester 3 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | |||
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 4 | |||
| Historical Perspectives | 3 | |||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives (see list on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | |||
| Total Credits | 16 | |||
| Semester 4 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| Advanced Writing | 3 | |||
| Diversity and Global Awareness | 3 | |||
| Electives | 9 | |||
| SOC 253 must be completed by the end of Semester 4. | X | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | |||
| Junior | ||||
| Semester 5 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| Criminology and Criminal Justice Electives (see list on Concentration Requirements tab.) | 6 | |||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives (see list on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | |||
| Electives | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | |||
| Semester 6 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| Select one course from the following: | X | 3 | ||
| Quantitative Sociological Analysis | ||||
STAT 2** | ||||
| Select one course from the following: | X | 3 | ||
| Development of Sociological Thought | ||||
| Contemporary Sociological Theory | ||||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |||
| Criminology | ||||
| Sociology of Deviance | ||||
| Travel Abroad: Crime and Deviance | ||||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives (see list on Concentration Requirements tab) | 6 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | |||
| Senior | ||||
| Semester 7 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| SOC 311 | Methods of Sociological Inquiry | X | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | X | 3 | ||
| Sociological Approaches to Quantitative Data | ||||
| Applications of Qualitative Research | ||||
| Criminology and Criminal Justice Electives (See list on Concentration Requirements tab.) | X | 6 | ||
| Electives | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15 | |||
| Semester 8 | Critical | Recommended | Credits | |
| Select one group from the following: | X | 3-4 | ||
| Group A: | ||||
| Capstone Seminar | ||||
| Group B: | ||||
| Community Dynamics and Development | ||||
| Group C: | ||||
| Internship | ||||
| Seminar | ||||
| Criminology and Criminal Justice Electives (See list on Concentration Requirements tab.) | X | 3 | ||
| Electives | X | 9-10 | ||
| The benchmark courses for the 8th semester are the remaining courses in the entire program of study. | X | |||
| Total Credits | 15-17 | |||
| Program Total Credits: | 120 | |||