Degree Requirements
All students are required to complete overall degree requirements in addition to their major. Please see Degree Completion Requirements for full details for students entering in the 2024-2025 catalog year.
Those students who started at Hiram prior to the 2024-2025 academic year will follow the Degree Requirements outlined in your catalog of record.
Major Requirements
The crime, law, and justice majors requires that all students complete a minimum of 36 hours in coursework. Students will be encouraged to have an internship and will be required to present a capstone project demonstrating their knowledge and skills.
This program offers a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in crime, law, and justice. A sequence of foundational courses provides students an underpinning in issues in law and society, ethics, social inequality, criminology, and American government. Those courses provide the basis for more applied courses such as policing, corrections, and substance abuse.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CRLJ/SOCI 10500 | LAW & SOCIETY:CA 1 | 4 |
| CRLJ 20100 | CRIMINOLOGY 1 | 4 |
| CRLJ 45200 | SOCIAL THEORY 1 | 4 |
| CRLJ 47900 | CAPSTONE PREPARATION 1 | 1 |
| CRLJ 48000 | SENIOR SEMINAR-CAPSTONE 1 | 4 |
| POLS 10900 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT:CA,ES | 4 |
| or POLS 10910 | US GOVERNMENT:CA,ES | |
| SOSC 21000 | RESEARCH METHODS IN SOC SCI:SM | 4 |
| Choose one of the following PHIL courses: | 3-4 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS:ES | ||
or PHIL 11810 | INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS:ES | |
| CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS:ES | ||
or PHIL 21900 | CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS:ES | |
| ETHICAL THINKING:ES | ||
| Select a minimum of 8 additional CRLJ approved elective credit hours, Chosen electives must represent at least two disciplines: | 8 | |
| CARE & CONFINEMENT:ES | ||
| HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:ES | ||
| MEDIA LAW & ETHICS:ES | ||
| VICTIMOLOGY | ||
| JUVENILE DELINQUENCY | ||
| DRUG USE AND ABUSE | ||
| INDEPENDENT RESEARCH | ||
| INTERNSHIP | ||
| SUPREME COURT IN US HISTORY:CA | ||
| POLITICS OF HUMAN RIGHTS:ES | ||
| INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:CA | ||
| INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:CA | ||
| COURT/CONSTITUTION GOV:IM,ES | ||
| ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| SOCIAL INEQUALITY | ||
or SOCI 20100 | SOCIAL PROBLEMS:ES | |
| RACE & ETHNICITY IN AMERICA:UD | ||
| LEGALÐIC ASPECT OF SPORT:ES | ||
| Total Hours | 36-37 | |
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Students must earn a grade of C or higher in all required CRLJ courses in the major.
NOTE: Students double majoring in sociology and crime, law, and justice will take CRLJ 45200 SOCIAL THEORY/SOCI 45200 SOCIAL THEORY once and count it for both majors. Students will then be required to take both CRLJ 47900 CAPSTONE PREPARATION and SOCI 47900 CAPSTONE PREPARATION, as well as both CRLJ 48000 SENIOR SEMINAR-CAPSTONE and SOCI 48000 SENIOR SEMINAR - CAPSTONE.
Pathway
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall 12 Week | Hours | |
| UCS 10101 | FIRST-YEAR ENDURING QUESTIONS | 4 |
| CRLJ/SOCI 10500 | LAW & SOCIETY:CA 1 | 4 |
| SOCI 15500 | INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY:CA | 4 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Fall 3 Week | ||
| Hiram Core Requirement | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Spring 12 Week | ||
| UCS 20201 | ADDRESSING URGENT QUESTIONS | 4 |
| CRLJ 20100 | CRIMINOLOGY 1 | 4 |
| SOSC 21000 | RESEARCH METHODS IN SOC SCI:SM (or Hiram Core Requirement) | 4 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Spring 3 Week | ||
| Hiram Core Requirement | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall 12 Week | ||
| POLS 10900 or POLS 10910 |
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT:CA,ES 2 or US GOVERNMENT:CA,ES |
4 |
| PHIL/ETH XXXXX 3 | 4 | |
| SOSC 21000 | RESEARCH METHODS IN SOC SCI:SM (or Hiram Core Requirement) | 4 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Fall 3 Week | ||
| Elective, Second Major, Minor Course | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Spring 12 Week | ||
| SOSC 21000 | RESEARCH METHODS IN SOC SCI:SM ( or Hiram Core Requirement) | 4 |
| Hiram Core Requirement | 4 | |
| Elective, Second Major, Minor Course | 4 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Spring 3 Week | ||
| Elective, Second Major, Minor Course | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall 12 Week | ||
| UCS 30301 | URGENT CHALLENGE SEMINAR:TT | 4 |
| CRLJ XXXXX | CRLJ Elective Course | 4 |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Fall 3 Week | ||
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Spring 12 Week | ||
| CRLJ XXXXX | CRLJ Elective Course | 4 |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Spring 3 Week | ||
| Connect Experience (Internship/Independent Study/Study Away | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall 12 Week | ||
| CRLJ 45200 | SOCIAL THEORY 1 | 4 |
| CRLJ 47900 | CAPSTONE PREPARATION 1 | 1 |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Fall 3 Week | ||
| Hiram Core Requirement, Elective, or CRLJ Elective | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Spring 12 Week | ||
| CRLJ 48000 | SENIOR SEMINAR-CAPSTONE 1 | 4 |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hiram Core Requirement or Elective | 4 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Spring 3 Week | ||
| Elective, Second Major, Minor Course | 3-4 | |
| Hours | 3-4 | |
| Total Hours | 121-129 | |
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Crime, Law, and Justice majors must earn a grade of 'C' or better.
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Must take either POLS 10900 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT:CA,ES or POLS 10910 US GOVERNMENT:CA,ES.
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Must take one of the following: PHIL 11800 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS:ES or PHIL 21900 CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS:ES or PHIL 27200 ETHICAL THINKING:ES/ETH 27200 ETHICAL THINKING:ES.