Faculty: Williams (Director; Criminology), Cunningham (Criminology), Scott (History), Toxqui (History), Crawford (Sociology).

Criminology is an evolving, multidisciplinary social science which addresses the presence, causes,  consequences, and prevention/control of crime in society. The Criminology program at Bradley represents a collaborative effort of the faculties of Criminology, History, Political Science, and Sociology. It is designed to foster active and critical engagement with theoretical, ethical, and practical concerns of crime and justice in human society, and to prepare students for a variety of career opportunities, as well as for graduate studies in criminology, criminal justice, law, and related fields.

Transfer Students

Transfer students who have earned the Associate of Arts degree in criminology will have fulfilled the designated CRM course work required for the degree.

Students who elect the academic exploration program or another major may change to Criminology if they have a cumulative GPA exceeding 2.0 and a GPA exceeding 2.0 in previously taken Criminology major requirements (see list).

Major Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Lower Division Courses
CRM 110	Introduction to the Criminal Justice System	3.0
CRM 225	Criminal Law	3.0
CRM 250	Police Organization and Administration	3.0
HIS 201	Violence, Crime, and Punishment in U.S. History	3.0
PLS 105	Introduction to American Government	3.0
PLS 202		3.0
SOC 100	The Sociological Perspective	3.0
Research Requirement
PLS 209	Scope and Methods of Political Science	3.0
or SOC 240	Research Methods
Upper Division Courses
HIS 309	The History of U.S. Law Enforcement	3.0
PLS 360	Judicial Politics	3.0
PLS 419	Introduction to Public Administration	3.0
or PLS 420
SOC 330	Perspectives On Deviance	3.0
Select two of the following:		6.0
SOC 331	Correctional Policies and Society
SOC 332	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 333	Sociology of Violence
SOC 334	Crime and Society
SOC 390	Topics in Sociology (approved courses)
Select one of the following:		3.0
SOC 302
SOC 312	Social Inequality
SOC 313	Race, Ethnicity, and Power
SOC 342
Internship Requirement
Select one of the following:		3.0
PLS 480	Internship in Political Science
SOC 391/392	Internship in Applied Sociology
Strongly Recommended Electives (not required) 1
CRM 130	Introduction to Investigations
CRM 230	Introduction to Computer Forensics
CRM 330	Advanced Computer Forensics
HIS 303	American Urban History
PLS 440
PLS 422
PLS 459	Constitutional Law: Institutional Powers and Constraints
PLS 460	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
SOC 322	Self and Social Interaction
SOC 340
Total Hours		48

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Recommended electives also include any of the alternative courses noted above which were not taken as a requirement.

Note: To graduate, CRM majors must have a cumulative GPA exceeding 2.0 for all courses numbered 200 or above in the CRM major requirement.