For students who entered fall 2012 to summer 2015.

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Total Minimum Credits = 120.

¹Required for all entering freshmen; not required for those who transfer to UMass Lowell or into the Criminal Justice (CJ) major.

²Gen. Ed. requirements also include a diversity and ethics designation.

³Free electives must be from departments other than Criminal Justice.

⁴Criminal Justice Core.

⁵Violence option electives are listed below.

⁶A minor requires two courses at the 3000/4000level. Students choosing the CJ/SS option must have two SS courses at the 3000/4000 level and two CJ courses at the 3000/4000 level.

Restriction on off-campus study:

Be advised that any course taken at another institution must be formally approved prior to enrollment.

See the catalog policy for details.

Notes:

• CJ Majors must maintain a 2.500 CJ GPA to remain in the major and an overall GPA or 2.200.
• CJ Majors need a minimum of 36 credits and cannot exceed 60 credits in CJ.
• CJ Statistics (CRIM.3950) is a required course for application to the 5 year Master’s program.

Required Course (3 credits)

• CRIM.3270 Violence in America

Violence Option Electives - choose 5 of the following courses (15 credits)

• CRIM.2480 Terrorism
• CRIM.3260/CRIM.3650 Hate Crimes
• CRIM.3410 International Perspectives on Crime and Crime Control
• CRIM.3420 Criminal Profiling
• CRIM.3430 Forensic Psychology
• CRIM.3600 Gender, Race, and Crime
• CRIM.3800 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice
• CRIM.3850 Crime and Mental Illness
• CRIM.3870 Criminal Mind and Behavior
• CRIM.3880 Forensic Psychopathology
• CRIM.4220 Victimology
• CRIM.4770 Intimate Partner Violence
• CRIM.4780 Child Maltreatment

Last updated: 10/26/2017.