Degree Requirements
The BS in criminology requires the completion of 120 credit hours. These hours include 39-42 credits in the major and 78-81 credits in distribution requirements and general electives. Additional information on all requirements can be found in the Barry University Catalogue.
The major area requirements are:
Core Courses
| CRM 200 | Introduction to Criminology |
| SOC 320 | Sociology of Law |
| SOC 409 | Research Methodology |
| SOC 410 | Theories of Deviance |
| CRM 487 | Senior Seminar |
Organizational-Institutional Courses
| SOC 204 | Social Problems |
| CRM 202 | Juvenile Delinquency |
| CRM 300 | Special Topics |
| CRM 311 | Corrections |
| CRM 309 | Police and Policing |
| CRM 307 | Critical Issues in Criminal Justice |
| SOC 326 | Sociology of Violence |
| CRM 499 | Internship |
Cultural-Inequalities-Specialization Courses
| CRM 300 | Special Topics |
| CRM 305 | Women and Crime |
| CRM 328 | Race, Class and Crime |
| SOC 332 | Drugs and Society |
| CRM 317 | Elite and Organized Crime |
| SOC 370 | Social Psychology |