Criminology and Justice Studies, B.A. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Major Academic Plans (or MAPS) show the courses you might take each semester to meet your degree requirements in 4 years. Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to determining the courses you take. We encourage you to discuss course options with an advisor.

The General Education and All-University Requirements in this MAP are in effect for students entering Cal Poly Humboldt with the catalog year of 2023-24. Refer to your degree audit for details on your major and GE catalog year.

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Year 1

Semester 1 (15-16 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
GE Area D: Social Science and DCG-Domestic CRGS 108 - Power/Privilege: Gender and Race, Sex, Class Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area E: Lifelong Learning & Self-Development Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Arts Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG)

Semester 2 (15-16 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 103 - Composition and Rhetoric B Units: 3 ^[1]
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area B: Mathematics STAT 108 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3 OR (STAT 108I - Elementary Statistics with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND STAT 8 - Support for Elementary Statistics Units: 1 ) ^[2]
Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking Courses Units: 3
Major (Core): CRIM 125 - Introduction to Criminology and Justice Studies Units: 3
American Institutions/GE Area D: Social Science U.S. and California Government OR U.S. History Units: 3

^[1] If ENGL 104 was taken the previous semester take an elective, other GE or a major course in place of ENGL 103.

^[2] Credit earned for math support course (STAT 8) does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, GE, or major.

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area B: Physical Science Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies Units: 3
American Institutions U.S. and California Government OR U.S. History Units: 3
Elective Course Units: 3

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts OR Humanities Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area B: Life Sciences Units: 3 (Select a class with a lab activity)
Major (Core) SOC 282L - Sociological Statistics Lab Units: 1
Major (Core) CRIM 225S - Inequalities/Criminalization Units: 4
Elective Course Units: 4

Year 3

Semester 5 (14-16 Units)

Upper Division GE Area B: Math & Science Units: 3
Major (Core) and GWAR: CRIM 325W - Law and Society Units: 4
Major (Core): SOC 382 - Introduction to Social Research Units: 4 or Knowledge Based Category Course Units: 3-4 ^[4]
Major (Core): SOC 372 - Proseminar Units: 1 OR SOC 472 - Graduate School Planning Units: 1
Elective Course Units: 3-4

^[4] Take one of the four required Knowledge Based courses. Select at least one course from each of the three categories in consultation with a major advisor.

Semester 6 (13-15 Units)

Major (Core) SOC 382 - Introduction to Social Research Units: 4 OR Knowledge Based Course ^[4] Units: 3-4

Major (Core) CRIM 410 - Theories of Justice and Crime Units: 4

Major (Core) Knowledge Based Course^[4] Units: 3-4

Upper Division GE Area C: Arts & Humanities Units: 3

^[4]Take one of the four required Knowledge Based courses. Select at least one course from each of the three categories in consultation with a major advisor.

Year 4

Semester 7 (12-15 Units)

Major (Core) Knowledge Based Course ^[4] Units: 3-4
Major (Core) SOC 482 - Internship Units: 3 OR SOC 492 - Senior Thesis Units: 3 OR Elective Course ^[5]
Upper Division GE Area D: Social Sciences Units: 3
Elective Units: 3-4

^[4] Take one of the four required Knowledge Based courses. Select at least one course from each of the three categories in consultation with a major advisor.

^[5]Capstone option may be taken in semester 7 or 8.

Semester 8 (13-15 Units)

Major (Core) SOC 482 - Internship Units: 3 OR SOC 492 - Senior Thesis Units: 3 OR Elective Course Units: 4^[5]
Major (Core) Knowledge Based Course^[4] Units: 3-4
Elective Course Units: 3
Elective Course Units: 4

^[4] Take one of the four required Knowledge Based courses. Select at least one course from each of the three categories in consultation with a major advisor.

^[5]Capstone option may be taken in semester 7 or 8.