image 1Criminal Justice
Social Science Requirements

All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

I. Foundation Courses (9 Credits—must be taken prior to Core Requirements)
Course# Course Title
ANT 111 Cultural Anthropology
PSY 101 General Psychology
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology

II. Core Requirements (18 Credits)
Course# Course Title
ACG 265

Criminal Justice Planning and Research (4 credits)
POL 332

American System of Criminal Justice
Cross-listed as ACG 332
SOC 246

Criminology (4 credits)
Cross-listed as ACG 246
SOC 261 Crime and Punishment (4 credits)
Cross-listed as ACG 261
SOC 277 Law and Social Inequality
Cross-listed as ACG 277

III. Required Courses (9 Credits)
Course# Course Title
POL 323 Individual Rights in the Constitution
PSY 386 Psychology of Criminal Behavior
SOC 331 Sociology of Law

IV. Electives (12-15 Credits) Selected with approval of academic adviser
Course# Course Title
Choose TWO of the following:
ACG 363 Criminal Law (4 credits)
SOC 240 Sociology of Violence
SOC 244 Sociology of Deviance
SOC 315 Juvenile Delinquency
Cross-listed as ACG 315
Choose TWO of the following:
ACG 364 Forensic Science (4 credits)
ACG 366 Organized Crime (4 credits)
ACG 455 Contemporary Developments in Criminal Justice (4 credits)
ANT 229 Humankind, Culture, Environment (4 credits)
ANT 362 Jaws, Teeth, and Forensic Dentistry (4 credits)
Cross-listed as BIO 362/ENV 362
ANT 441 Forensic Anthropology (4 credits)
Cross-listed as ENV 441
POL 325 Law and the Legal Process
POL 327 State and Local Government
PSY 262 Social Psychology
PSY 355 Introduction to Forensic Psychology
PSY 462 Special Topics in Social Psychology
SOC 341 Gender Issues in Criminal Justice


All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

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Contact
For additional information, please contact:

Sally Ridgeway
Criminal Justice Program Director
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Blodgett Hall, Rm 105C
p - 516.877.4938
f - 516.877.4717
e - ridgeway@adelphi.edu

This page last modified on April 4, 2007.
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