2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog
Majors
The Department of Criminology, Law and Society supports the largest interdisciplinary degree program at UF. The number of students seeking to pursue interests in criminology, criminal justice and legal studies at the undergraduate level exceeds the resource base of the department.
To ensure the quality of the degree program, the department has adopted a selective policy for continuation in the major beyond semester four.
Core Requirements: The criminology major requires 34 semester hours (with grades C or better). A maximum of 12 semester hours toward the major may be transferred from another college or university and no more than six hours of 1000- or 2000-level course work (including CJL 2000) may be applied toward the major.
The following courses are required of all majors:
Interdisciplinary Emphasis: Interdisciplinary breadth in the study of criminology and law is essential for those majoring in criminology. Majors may enroll in relevant courses offered outside the department. A student can satisfy up to nine hours of the total 34 hours required for the major with taught in various departments outside criminology. Students should consult the department for a list of non-criminology approved courses or refer to www.crim.ufl.edu for additional information. These courses may be counted toward criminology even if a student is also majoring or minoring in the department that offers the course. A minimum of 25 semester hours must be completed with a CCJ, CJC, CJE, CJJ, or CJL prefix.
* Required.
** Any CCJ, CJL, CJE elective or any approved elective with a non-CCJ prefix (see department adviser or Web page).
*** CCJ 3038 Law and Society (3), CCJ 3701 Research Methods in Criminology (4) and CCJ 4604 Criminological Theory (3), and either CJL 4110 Criminal Law (3), CJL 4410 Criminal Procedure (3) or CJL 4050 Juvenile Law (3).
| Criminology |
| College: Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Degree: Bachelor of Arts |
| Hours for the Degree: 120 |
| Minor : No |
| Combined-Degree Program : No |
| Website: www.crim.ufl.edu |
The Department of Criminology, Law and Society supports the largest interdisciplinary degree program at UF. The number of students seeking to pursue interests in criminology, criminal justice and legal studies at the undergraduate level exceeds the resource base of the department.
To ensure the quality of the degree program, the department has adopted a selective policy for continuation in the major beyond semester four.
- Students must earn a cumulative grade point average of 2.80 or higher, and
- Complete at least 12 hours of criminology-related foundation courses with a 2.75 GPA in those courses.
- Criminology-related foundation courses include a required introductory statistics course (STA 2023) and nine hours of course work from introductory criminal justice/criminology courses (CCJ, CJL, or CJE prefixes) or from the following list of courses or their equivalents: AMH 2010, AMH 2020, ANT 2000, ANT 2410, CCJ 3024, CCJ 3038, CJL 2000, ECO 2013, ECO 2023, PHI 2010, PHI 2630, POS 2041, POS 2112, PSY 2012, SYG 2000, SYG 2010.
Core Requirements: The criminology major requires 34 semester hours (with grades C or better). A maximum of 12 semester hours toward the major may be transferred from another college or university and no more than six hours of 1000- or 2000-level course work (including CJL 2000) may be applied toward the major.
The following courses are required of all majors:
- CCJ 3024 Advanced Principles of Criminal Justice;
- CCJ 3038 Law and Society;
- CCJ 3701 Research Methods in Criminology; and
- CCJ 4604 Criminological Theory.
- In addition, all majors are required to complete either CJL 4110 Criminal Law, CJL 4410 Criminal Procedure or CJL 4050 Juvenile Law.
- CCJ 4905 Individual Work and CCJ 4940 Practicum may be repeated, but no more than three hours of each may be used to satisfy major requirements or the minimum credit hour requirements for graduation.
Interdisciplinary Emphasis: Interdisciplinary breadth in the study of criminology and law is essential for those majoring in criminology. Majors may enroll in relevant courses offered outside the department. A student can satisfy up to nine hours of the total 34 hours required for the major with taught in various departments outside criminology. Students should consult the department for a list of non-criminology approved courses or refer to www.crim.ufl.edu for additional information. These courses may be counted toward criminology even if a student is also majoring or minoring in the department that offers the course. A minimum of 25 semester hours must be completed with a CCJ, CJC, CJE, CJJ, or CJL prefix.
Critical Tracking and Semester Plan
Semester 1:
- Complete 1 criminology-related course
- 2.3 UF GPA required
Semester 2:
- Complete 1 additional criminology-related course
- 2.5 UF GPA required
Semester 3:
- Complete 1 additional criminology related course with 2.65 GPA on all critical-tracking course work
- 2.65 UF GPA required
Semester 4:
- Complete 1 additional criminology related course with a 2.75 GPA on all critical-tracking course work
- 2.8 UF GPA required
Semester 5:
- Complete CCJ 3024 and maintain 2.75 GPA on all critical-tracking course work
- 2.80 UF GPA required
Suggested semester-by-semester plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| Composition (GE) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE) | 3 |
| Foreign language | 4-5 |
| Physical science (GE) | 3 |
| Total | 13-14 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE) | 3 |
| Foreign Language | 3-5 |
| Mathematics (GE) | 3 |
| Humanities (GE) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| Criminology-related course (GE) | 3 |
| STA 2023 Introduction to Statistics 1 * | 3 |
| Elective (or foreign language if 4-3-3 option) | 3 |
| Humanities (GE) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| Humanities (GE) | 3 |
| Biological Science (GE) | 3 |
| Science Laboratory (GE–P or B) | 1 |
| Criminology-related courses | 6 |
| Electives | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| CCJ 3024 Advanced Principles of Criminal Justice (GE–S) | 3 |
| Composition | 3 |
| Biological science (GE) | 3 |
| Criminology elective ** | 3 |
| Elective | 4-0 |
| Total | 16-12 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| Required CCJ courses *** | 6-7 |
| Criminology electives ** | 6 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 3-6 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| Required CCJ course *** | 3-4 |
| Criminology electives ** | 3 |
| Physical science (GE) | 3 |
| Elective (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| Required CCJ course *** | 3-4 |
| Criminology electives ** | 6 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Total | 15-16 |
* Required.
** Any CCJ, CJL, CJE elective or any approved elective with a non-CCJ prefix (see department adviser or Web page).
*** CCJ 3038 Law and Society (3), CCJ 3701 Research Methods in Criminology (4) and CCJ 4604 Criminological Theory (3), and either CJL 4110 Criminal Law (3), CJL 4410 Criminal Procedure (3) or CJL 4050 Juvenile Law (3).