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Department of Sociology of Northern Illinois University

Emphasis 2.  Criminology

Requirements in Department (37)

A.  All of the following (25)
      SOCI 170, Introduction to Sociology (3)
      SOCI 280, Foundations of Sociology (3)
      SOCI 288, Criminology (3)
      SOCI 289, The Criminal Justice System (3)
      SOCI 301, Sociological Theory I (3)
      SOCI 302, Sociological Theory II (3)
      SOCI 377A, Sociological Inquiry (3)
      SOCI 377B, Sociological Inquiry (4)
B. Two of the following (6) 

      POLS 317, Judicial Politics (3) 
      POLS 415, Criminal Law (3) 
      SOCI 388, Punishment and Corrections (3) 
      SOCI 390, Internship in Sociology (3) 
      SOCI 484, Society and Judicial Processes (3) 
      SOCI 486, Police in a Democratic Society (3) 

 C. Two of the following (6) 

       PHIL 362, Philosophy of Law (3) 
       SOCI 380, Deviance in Society (3) 
       SOCI 382, Law and Society (3) 
       SOCI 385, Gender and Crime (3) 
       SOCI 488, Juvenile Delinquency (3) 
       SOCI 492, Comparative Criminology (3) 

Requirements outside Department (B.A., 3-18. B.S., 11-14.) 

For the B.A. degree 

*STAT 208, Basic Statistics (3), 
    OR STAT 301, Elementary Statistics (4) 
Fulfillment of B.A. foreign language requirement (0-14) 
(See "Foreign Language Requirement for the B.A.Degree.") 

For the B.S. degree 

One of the following groups (11-14) 
CSCI 210, Elementary Programming (4) 
*MATH 210, Finite Mathematics (3) 
*MATH 211, Calculus for Business and Social Science (3) 
STAT 301, Elementary Statistics (4) 

OR 

*MATH 229 and MATH 230, Calculus I and II (8) 
STAT 350, Introduction to Probability and Statistics (3) 

*Available for general education credit.