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Department of Criminology

 

Requirements for the Major


Course Number and Name
Units/Credits
Prerequisites
1.    LWJ 100: 
       Justice and Social Control
1 Unit -
4 Credits
None
2.    LWJ 200: 
       Policing Civil Societies
1 Unit -
4 Credits
None
3.    LWJ 201: 
       Courts and Judicial Processes
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 100 (grade of C or better)
4.    LWJ 202: 
       History and Philosophy of Corrections
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 100 (grade of C or better)
5.    LWJ 203: 
      
Applied Criminal Procedure
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 100(grade of C or better)
6.    LWJ 205: 
       Criminology
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 100(grade of C or better)
7.    LWJ 300: 
      
Crimes and Offenses
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 100(grade of C or better) &
LWJ 203
8.    LWJ 306: 
       Research Methods
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 100(grade of C or better) &
STAT 115(grade of C+ or better)
9.    Choice of Any 350s Level
       Advanced Criminology Class:
       LWJ 350: 
       Juvenile Delinquency and Justice;
or
       LWJ 351: 
       Comparative Criminology;
or
       LWJ 352:  Race, Crime, and Justice
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 205
10.  LWJ 498: 
       Senior Capstone in Policy Analysis
1 Unit -
4 Credits
LWJ 306 (grade of C or better)
11 & 12.  Any two additional LWJ courses
       numbered 200 or above
2 Units -
8 Credits
varies
12 Classes Totaling 12 Course Units (48 Credit Hours)

Criminology

Social Sciences Building

The College of New Jersey

P.O. Box 7718

2000 Pennington Rd.

Ewing, NJ 08628

P) 609.771.2442

F) 609.637.5141

 

Departmental Chairperson

Dr. David Holleran

O) 609.771.3366

E) holleran@tcnj.edu