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Criminal Justice Studies, B.A.

SUNY College at Potsdam · Potsdam, NY

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Total credits (published)
34-37
Catalog edition
2026-2027 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Criminal Justice Studies is the study of the criminal justice system: the perpetrators, agencies and actors involved in the processing and definition of crime, and the social, political and economic phenomena impacting each. The Criminal Justice Studies major provides a broad interdisciplinary, liberal arts orientation with course requirements in Politics and Sociology and the opportunity for students to elect to study courses in Anthropology, Chemistry, Geographic Information Science, Health, Literature, Philosophy and Psychology.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196200
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196200_7577184f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

0 items

    Required Courses: 19 Credits

    6 items
    1. POLS 312
      Crime and Justice 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. SOCI 103
      Intro Criminal Justice Studies 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. SOCI 202
      Inequalities and Crime 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. SOCI 215
      Research Methods 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. SOCI 345
      Criminology 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. SOCI 475
      Senior Seminar 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course

    Statistics Requirement: 3 Credits

    1 item
    1. STAT 100
      Statistics 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MATH 125 - Probability and Statistics I 3 Credit(s)
      or: CIS 125 - Statistics 3 Credit(s)

    Electives: 12-15 Credits

    37 items
    1. ANTH 380
      Human Osteology 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. CHEM 315
      Forensic Science 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    3. GISC 101
      Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    4. LITR 324
      Crime and Detective Fiction 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. PHIL 120
      Ethical Reasoning 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. PHIL 332
      Philosophy of Law 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    7. PHIL 333
      Philosophy of Justice 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    8. PHTH 250
      Drug Studies 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    9. PHTH 325
      Alcohol Studies 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    10. POLS 321
      Politics and the Judicial Process 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    11. POLS 327
      Law and Society 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    12. POLS 334
      Democracy Lab 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    13. POLS 412
      Constitutional Law 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    14. POLS 413
      Freedom of Expression and Religion 4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    15. PSYC 375
      Abnormal Psychology 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    16. PSYC 377
      Forensic Psychology 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    17. PSYC 424
      Child Maltreatment 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    18. SOCI 104
      Introduction to Homeland Security 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    19. SOCI 230
      Applied Investigative Process 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    20. SOCI 295
      Undercover Operations 1-12 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    21. SOCI 346
      Cyber Crime Investigations 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    22. SOCI 353
      Comparative Criminology 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    23. SOCI 367
      Feminist Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    24. SOCI 376
      Gender and Crime 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    25. SOCI 380
      Family Violence 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    26. SOCI 384
      Crime and the Media 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    27. SOCI 385
      The Sociology of Troubled Youth 0-4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    28. SOCI 386
      Victimology 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    29. SOCI 387
      Sociology of Policing 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    30. SOCI 388
      Violent Crime 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    31. SOCI 390
      Sociology of Mental Health 3-4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    32. SOCI 391
      Sex Crimes 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    33. SOCI 435
      Correction and Punishment 3-4 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    34. SOCI 450
      White Collar Crime 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    35. SOCI 451
      Organized Crime 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    36. SOCI 455
      Deviance and Social Control 3 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course
    37. SOCI 470
      Field Research or Practicum 1-12 Credit(s)
      Not resolved to a course

    Note(s)

    4 items
    1. At least 15 credits must be completed in residence.
      Not resolved to a course
    2. At least 15 credits must be upper-division (i.e., 300 or 400 level).
      Not resolved to a course
    3. Students graduating with a Criminal Justice Studies major (B.A.) must complete the major requirements with at least a 2.0/S grade in each course.
      Not resolved to a course
    4. No more than six credits of SOCI 470: Field Research/Practicum may be counted toward the major.
      Not resolved to a course
    Source. SUNY College at Potsdam, catalog 2026-2027 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog — https://catalog.potsdam.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=2487&returnto=893. Captured page pages/0039.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.