Criminal Justice Department
Essentials for Freshmen Pre-Majors
http://criminaljustice.buffalostate.edu
1. To become a Criminal Justice major, you must apply for admission into the major (CRJ). The requirements are:
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A minimum of 12 credits from Buffalo State
A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or better
Completion of the appropriate form, available in the Criminal Justice Office
2. Take CRJ 101 in your first semester at Buffalo State. CRJ 101 is a prerequisite for other criminal justice classes.
3. The Criminal Justice major core classes required for graduation are:
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CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRJ 201 Criminal Law
CRJ 202 The Police Process
CRJ 204 The Correctional Process
CRJ 303 Criminal Justice Theory and Ideology
CRJ 315 Research Methods in Criminal Justice
4. If you wish, you may sign up for a concentration in the major: Policing, Corrections, or Intelligence Analysis.
5. CRJ 408 – Special Topics in Criminal Justice may be taken twice as long as the class covers a different topic. You may
not take CRJ 408 more than 3 times.
6. No class in the major (including the Professional, Behavioral and Social Science electives) may be taken Pass/Fail.
7. Certain Intellectual Foundation requirements may be met by CRJ classes:
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Writing Across the Curriculum:
CRJ 303W Criminal Justice Theory and Ideology
CRJ 315W Research Methods in Criminal Justice
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Diversity:
CRJ 425 Race and the Administration of Justice
CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice
8. If you have credits from a community college, up to 12 criminal justice credits are accepted into the major. Additionally,
statistics courses equivalent to MAT 311 from a community college will be accepted into the major. The department
does not acknowledge any course from a two-year school as upper level.
9. Buffalo State College does not accept police training or military training as equivalent to any criminal justice
coursework.
10. Pre-majors are assigned an advisor based on the first initial of your last name. Please see the department website for
the name and office hours of your advisor. All advisors are full-time faculty within the department
http://criminaljustice.buffalostate.edu/advisement