Undergraduate

Overview

The Department of Criminology houses one major, one minor, and a concentration:

CRIMINOLOGY B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts in Criminology provides students with an in-depth exposure to all facets of the criminal justice system and prepares students for a wide array of career options or graduate/law school.

This degree offers the flexibility to complete criminology courses entirely online, entirely in-person, or a blending of both.  

Student Learning Outcomes - B.A. Criminology

CRIMINOLOGY SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Research Methods
Students will understand the various research methods used in criminology and criminal justice research.

Theory & Policy
Students will understand the basic concepts of criminological theory and how it's assessed in the discipline of criminology and criminal justice.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Criminology students will demonstrate critical thinking and analytical abilities, including the capacities to engage in inductive and deductive thinking and quantitative reasoning, and to construct sound arguments.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Criminology students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills. 

Criminology Minor

The objective of the undergraduate minor in Criminology is to develop an educational basis either for graduate work or for professional training in the modern urban criminal justice system.

Cybercrime Concentration

Provides an understanding of human behavior in cyberspace. The Cybercrime Concentration particularly focuses on the etiology of crime and deviance in cyberspace, correlates of cybervictimization, legal and social issues related to cybercrime, digital forensics, and ways to combat and prevent cybercrime.