UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2024-2025

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning 3
GE C1 Arts 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CJS 102* 3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course Units
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science 2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity 1
GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals 3
GE D1 Social Sciences 3
Electives 6
Total 15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CJS 360 3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) 3
GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government 3
GE F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course Units
CJS 340 (meets GE E Lifelong Learning) 3
CJS 370 3
GEOG 206/L or SBS 320* 3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CJS 310 3
CJS 320 3
CJS 350 3
GEOG 306/L or CJS 430/L** 3
GE Upper Division Section F Comparative Cultural Studies 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course Units
One course from AIS 304***, CJS 328, CJS 418, CJS 438, CJS 448 3
Criminology – One from (At least one Criminology course must come from CJS): GWS 370***, CJS 402, CJS 422, CJS 432, CJS 452AA-ZZ 3
Criminal Justice – One from (At least one Criminal Justice course must come from CJS): CJS 334, CJS 344, CJS 444, CJS 454AA-ZZ, COMS 325, COMS 446, LING 310, POLS 426, POLS 450, POLS 455, POLS 457B, PSY 443, SOC 434 3
GE Upper Division Section C2 3
Elective 3
Total 15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course Units
CJS 326 or CJS 446 3
Criminology – One from (At least one Criminology course must come from CJS): GWS 370***, CJS 402, CJS 422, CJS 432, CJS 452AA-ZZ 3
Criminal Justice: CJS 334, CJS 344, CJS 444, CJS 454AA-ZZ, COMS 325, COMS 446, LING 310, POLS 426, POLS 450, POLS 455, POLS 457B, PSY 443, SOC 434 3
One course from: CJS 410CS, CJS 480, CJS 494A-E/AA-EE, POLS 494J/A 3
Elective 3
Total 15
OVERALL TOTAL UNITS 120

*Students completing this requirement in Fall 2024 or later should enroll in CJS 101.

**One set of methods courses: Either SBS 320 and CJS 430/L, or GEOG 206/L and GEOG 306/L.

***These courses may also double-count for GE Upper Division.