Recommended Academic Plan for Bachelor of Science in Criminology (CRMBS) starting at a Commonwealth Campus,
University Park
Effective Fall 2012
Semester 1
Credits
Semester 2
Credits
ENGL 015 OR 030 (GWS) Rhetoric and Composition or
Honors Freshman Composition
3
CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech
3
CRIM 100 Intro to the American Criminal Justice System
3
CRIM 012 Criminology
3
Quantification Course (GQ)
3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS)
3
Arts (GA)
3
Natural Science (GN)
3
Humanities (GH)
3
Elective
3
Total Credits:
Semester 3
15
Total Credits:
Credits
Semester 4
15
Credits
STAT 200 Elementary Statistics
3
CRIM Option Course*
4
Humanities (GH)
3
Natural Science (GN)
3
Natural Science (GN) with lab
3
Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS)
3
Arts (GA)
3
Elective
3
Elective
3
Elective
3
Total Credits:
Semester 5
15
Total Credits:
Credits
Semester 6
16
Credits
SOC 001 Introductory Sociology
SOC 003 Introductory Social Psychology
OR SOC 005 Social Problems
3
ENGL 202 (GWS) Effective Writing
3
Race, Ethnicity & Gender Course**
3
CRIM 4XX (from approved list)*
3
CRIM Option Course*
3
Core CRIM Course (from approved list)*
3
CRIM 250W Research Methods in Criminal Justice
3
CRIM Option Course*
3
CAS 283/CMPSC 100/CMPSC 101 Computer Science
3
Race, Ethnicity & Gender Course **
3
Total Credits:
Semester 7
15
Total Credits:
Credits
Semester 8
15
Credits
CRIM 4XX (from approved list)*
3
CRIM Option Course*
3
CRIM Option Course*
3
CRIM Option Course*
3
CRIM Option Course*
3
CRIM 4XX
3
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)
1.5
Core CRIM Course (from approved list)*
3
Elective
3
Total Credits:
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)
1.5
Elective
16.5
3
Total Credits:
13.5
* There are four available options in the CLJBS major. For a list of these options and their course requirements, please visit:
http://sociology.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/majors/crime-law-and-justice/criminology-b.s.-without-pre-forensics-option
** For a list of CRIM Core, and Race, Ethnicity, and Gender courses, please visit: http://sociology.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/majors/crime-law-andjustice/criminology-b.s.-without-pre-forensics-option
*For a list of approved CRIM Core courses and 400 level courses, please visit: http://sociology.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/majors/crime-law-andjustice/criminology-b.s.-without-pre-forensics-option
General education courses are interchangeable; students may choose the general education course(s) they wish to take in any given semester based
on preference, availability, and academic goals.
Scheduling patterns vary for courses according to the semester they are taught.
 Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better.
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GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements which
overlap with General Education requirements.
W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.
The number of credits for CRIM Option Courses varies. Adjustments may need made in order to maintain full-time status.
All students will take a Liberal Arts First-Year Seminar Course their first or second semester that will also count as general education.