Nov 21, 2024

Butler University Bulletin 2023-2024

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Criminology, BA

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Requirements for the Criminology Major

The major requires 39 credit hours plus an internship or service-learning course.

Major Core Requirements (15 Hours)

Note: SO 499 - Honors Thesis may be completed in place of SO 486 and SO 487.

SW 200-SO - Understanding Society Min Units: 3
SO 205 - Contemporary Social Issues Min Units: 3
SO 391 - Social Theory Seminar Min Units: 3
SO 393 - Research Methods Seminar Min Units: 3
SO 486 - Senior Research Seminar Min Units: 3
SO 487 - Senior Research Seminar II

Additional Area Requirements (24 Hours)

An internship or service-learning course is required.

Crime and Law (5 Courses; 15 Hours)

SO 321 - Crime and Society Min Units: 3

Four of the Following:

SO 311 - Law and Society Min Units: 3
SO 326 - Gender, Race, and Crime Min Units: 3
SO 339 - Violence, Media, and Culture Min Units: 3
SO 345 - Deviance and Social Control Min Units: 3
SO 351 - Punishment and Society Min Units: 3
SO 353 - Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Min Units: 3

Sociocultural Diversity (1 Course; 3 Hours)

SO 317 - Gender and Society Min Units: 3
SO 323 - Racial and Ethnic Relations Min Units: 3
SO 325 - Class, Status, and Power Min Units: 3
SO 329 - The Sociology of Racism Min Units: 3

Global and Comparative Studies (1 Course; 3 Hours)

SO 331 - Latin American Societies Min Units: 3
SO 333 - European Societies: Politics, Culture, Economics, and the process of European Integration Min Units: 3
SO 335 - The Global Society Min Units: 3
SO 350 - Immigration
SO 355 - International Crime Min Units: 3

Sociology Elective (1 Course; 3 Hours):

any other 300-level sociology course, excluding SO 381 , SO 383 , and SO 385 .

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