University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
(120 total credit hours)
Freshman Seminar (1 credit hour)General Education (44 credit hours)
Criminal Justice Core – 21 credit hours (required)
Course Number / Course Title / Credit HoursCRJ 2000 / Introduction to Criminal Justice / 3
CRJ 2400* / Criminology / 3
CRJ 3000 / Criminal Law / 3
CRJ 3010 / Criminal Justice Writing/Rhetoric – Writing in the Discipline Course / 3
CRJ 3600* / Social Statistics / 3
CRJ 3610* / Social Research / 3
CRJ 4000 / Criminal Procedure / 3
Total Credit Hours / 21
*Cross-listed equivalents of SOC 2400, SOC 3600, SWK 3600 and SOC 3610 may be substituted.
Criminal Justice Electives – 15 credit hours (required)
Five (5) additional courses with a CRJ prefix or cross-listed with CRJ / Credit Hours- ______
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Total Credit Hours / 15
University-wide Electives / Credit Hours
39
The Writing Intensive Program
As a requirement for graduation, students must complete nine (9) semester credit hours of Writing Enriched (WE) and Writing in the Discipline (WD) courses. One course must be a Writing in the Discipline Course. CRJ 3010, Criminal Justice Writing/Rhetoric, is the Writing in the Discipline course for Criminal Justice majors. These nine (9) hours can be completed within the 120 semester credit hours required for the Criminal Justice degree.
Important:
Students must have a minimum overall cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in all work attempted at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Students must have a minimum overall cumulative quality point average of 2.0 in the major field of study.
Note: This checklist is not a substitute for the Degree Audit Online Request (DARS) that is available on your Braveweb account. DARS is the best method to use for tracking your progress toward graduation. Follow these stepsto access your DARS audit:
Log into your Braveweb account at .
Click on Banner Self Service
Click on Student and Financial Aid
Click on Student Records
Click on Degree Audit Online Request
Click on Submit an Audit
Click on Run Audit
Click on View Submitted Audits
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHANGING YOUR MAJOR TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON THE COURSES YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE?
Follow the steps to run a degree audit (listed above), except:
After clicking on Submit an Audit, click on What-If?
Complete the fields that follow. After clicking each selection, you will need to click Select.
Information that you will need to know when clicking these selections:
The Criminal Justice degree is in the School of Arts & Sciences.
Criminal Justice is a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Select the major in which you are interested (Criminal Justice)
Select your catalog year, then click Run Analysis
This personalized degree audit will list all of the classes that are needed, should you choose to change your major.
**You may have to click Refresh a few times before your audit comes up for viewing.
**The Degree Audit is personalized specifically for you, and is the most efficient and accurate way to view requirements for your major.
Course descriptions for all courses in the Sociology & Criminal Justice department can be found here: