A.A. in Criminology

Program Admissions Requirements

There are no program admission requirements for the A.A. in Criminology.

General Education

The listing below includes program requirements that also fulfill General Education requirements.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Objective 1		6
Objective 2		3
Objective 3		3
Objective 4		6
Objective 5		7
Objective 6 - SOC 1101		6
Students must fulfill Objective 7 or Objective 8		3
Objective 7 - SOC 2248
Objective 8
Objective 9 - SOC 2201 recommended		3
Total Credits		37

Major Requirements 

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
SOC 1101	Introduction to Sociology (Partially Fulfills Objective 6)	3
SOC 2231	Juvenile Delinquency	3
SOC 2248	Critical Analysis of Social Diversity (Fulfills Objective 7)	3
SOC 2295	Criminal Justice Internship	4
SOC 3310	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
SOC 4431	Criminology	3
Complete 9 credits from the following:		9
POLS 2249	Introduction to Criminal Law
PSYC 2205	Human Sexuality
PSYC 2225	Child Development
or PSYC 3301	Psychopathology
SOC/SOWK 4421	Families in Social Context
SOC 4436	Elite Deviance and Crime
SOC 4438	Sexual Crimes
SOC 4451	Victimology
SOC 4452	Gang Violence
SOC 4453	Serial Murder
SOC 4454	Guns and Mass Shootings
SOC 4455	Prisons, Reentry, Reintegration
SOC 4456	Substance Abuse: Family and Community
SOC 4457	Fundamentals of Forensic Behavioral Science
SOC 4466	Rural Sociology and Community Development
SOC 4492	Topics in Criminology 1
Total Credits		28

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This course may be repeated with different content.

Degree Totals

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Program Admission Requirements		0
General Education		37
Major Requirements (w/o General Education)		22
Upper Division Free Electives		0
Free Electives		1
Total Credits		60

Recommended Certificate

The A.A. in Criminology Program recommends that students also complete the Certificate in Forensic Sciences, the coursework for which overlaps substantially with the above major requirements.

ISU Degree Requirements

ISU General Education

Major Academic Plan (MAP)