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Criminal Justice Degree Requirements

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2013 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
  • You can also reference the graduation requirements for the year in which you enrolled on the portal; view graduation requirements by year (PDF) in the right-hand column of your MyResources page.
  • Read the course descriptions.

General-Education Requirements
(43 credits)

Complete these courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • English Composition
  • Mathematics
  • Oral Communication
  • Literature
  • History or Philosophy
  • Fine Arts
  • Computer Literacy
  • Social and Behavioral Science 1
    CRJU 200: Criminal Justice is preferred.
  • Social and Behavioral Science 2
  • Biological and Physical Science
    • Laboratory course, 4 credits
    • Non-laboratory course

Complete three courses with a grade of C or better:

  • Advanced Expository Writing (WRIT 300)
    completing WRIT 101 and either passing the writing placement test or successfully completing WRIT 200 required
  • Ethical Issues in Business and Society (IDIS 302)

and one of the following:

  • World Cultures (IDIS 301)
  • Arts and Ideas (IDIS 304)
    required if no lower-level general-education course in fine arts

Criminal Justice Program Requirements
(42 credits)

  • Introductory Statistics (MATH 115)
  • Criminal Justice (CRJU 200)

Core Courses (15 credits)

  • The Contemporary Criminal Justice System (CRJU 301)
  • Criminal Justice Research Methods (CRJU 302)
  • Criminal Justice Professional Studies (CRJU 304)
  • Criminological Perspectives (CRJU 306)
  • Advanced Criminal Justice Studies (CRJU 485)

Area Courses (9 credits)

Law Enforcement
Choose one of the following:

  • Police Administration (CRJU 320)
  • Special Problems in Policing (CRJU 420)

Courts and Law
Choose one of the following:

  • Criminal Law (CRJU 330)
  • Juvenile Justice (CRJU 430)
  • Criminal Courts (CRJU 432)

Corrections
Choose one of the following:

  • Correctional Perspectives (CRJU 341)
  • Special Problems in Corrections (CRJU 441)
  • Community Corrections (CRJU 442)

Major Electives (12 credits)

Complete four 300- or 400-level CRJU courses, and you may select from among the Area Courses you did not complete as requirements. If you have not worked in the field and you have not previously taken a criminal justice internship, you must complete CRJU 490: Criminal Justice Internship as a discipline elective.

General Electives

  • First Year Seminar: Introduction to University Learning (IDIS 101)
    freshmen only; transfer students replace this with a different elective

Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.

Information Literacy Requirement

Meet the UB Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing one of the following:

  • Introduction to Information Literacy (IDIS 110)
  • Criminal Justice Professional Studies (CRJU 304)

as of fall 2013