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What courses do you need to take to fulfill the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts International Criminal Justice (ICJ BA) major?

In order to graduate with a BA degree in International Criminal Justice you must take three pre-requisite courses (9 credits) and 13 core and elective courses (39 credits). Taking the ICJ 381 Internship in International Criminal Justice course (3 credits) is highly recommended, but is not a requirement.

Use this table to determine what courses you need to take. Where a course is already listed in the “Your Choices”-column, there are no choices and you have to take this course.

# / Categories of required courses / Options / Comments / Your choices / ICJ Credits / ü
1 / Pre-requisite #1 / ECO 101 / ECO 101 /
2 / Pre-requisite #2 / SOC 101 / SOC 101 fulfills the General Education requirement in the Flexible Core: Individual & Society area / SOC 101 /
3 / Pre-requisite #3 / POL 101 / or GOV 101; POL 101 fulfills the General Education requirement in the Flexible Core: U.S. Experience in its Diversity area / POL 101 /
4 / Core Course #1 / ICJ 101 / ICJ 101 / 3 /
5 / Core Course #2 / ECO 231 / ECO 231 / 3 /
6 / Core Course #3 / POL 259/ LAW 259 / POL 259/ LAW 259 / 3 /
7 / Foundation Courses Category A / ANT 230
POL 250 / Select one / 3 /
8 / Foundation Courses Category B / ECO 245
POL 257
POL 260
PAD 260 / Select one / 3 /
9 / Foundation Course Category C / SOC 341 / SOC 341 / 3 /
10 / Skills Courses
Category A / 200-level foreign language course
(or elective course in case of waiver) / Þ courses like SPA 207, SPA 208, SPA 217 or SPA 335 do NOT fulfill this foreign language requirement because they are taught in English
Þ taking a 200-level foreign language course usually requires taking a 101 and a 102 course in the particular language first
Þ the foreign language requirement can be waived for students with proficiency in a language other than English evidenced , for example, by:
- high school diploma from a non-English speaking country
- exam at John Jay
- 12-point proficiency exam at NYU
Þ when the 200-level foreign language requirement is waived, you need to take an additional elective course (see rows 13 & 14 below) / 3 /
11 / Skills Courses Category B #1 / STA 250 / STA 250 / 3 /
12 / Skills Courses Category B #2 / ICJ 310 / ICJ 310 / 3 /
13 / Specialized Areas Category A / COR 303
ECO 260
ECO 327
ECO 333
HIS 352
HIS 383
ICJ 380
PSC 309
PSC 415
POL 210
POL 246
POL 320
POL 322
POL 325
POL 328
POL 362
SOC 251
SOC 275
SOC 333
SOC 335
SUS 240
SUS 300 / Select one / 3 /
14 / Specialized Areas Category B / AFR 210
AFR 220
AFR 229
AFR 320
HIS 325
HIS 380
LLS 242/
POL 242/
HIS 242
HIS 359
LLS 220
LLS 232/
AFR 232
LLS 250
LLS 356
LLS 401
PSC 250
POL 331
SOC 351
SOC 354 / Select one / 3 /
15 / Specialized Areas Categories A or B / see rows 13&14 / Select one additional course from Specialized Areas Category A or B / 3 /
16 / Capstone Seminar / ICJ 401 / ICJ 401 / 3 /
total ICJ credits / 39

Please note: For all who have declared ICJ their major in fall 2015 or later, ICJ 310 and SOC 341 are prerequisites of ICJ 401. This also means that there is a set of courses that need to be taken in sequence: POL 101-LAW/POL 259-ICJ 310-ICJ 401.