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Criminal Justice Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)

World Language Requirement: Two years of a single high school world language or one year of a single college-level world language is required.

Required courses in the following program may have prerequisites. Reference the course descriptions for clarification.

Required Introduction Course
CRIM 300INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM5
Required Foundation Courses
CRIM 330SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHOD5
or SOCI 357 METHOD FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
CRIM/SOCI 356INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL STATISTICS5
or CSBS 320 STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCI 301SURVEY OF CRIMINOLOGY5
Disciplinary Core Courses
CRIM 340ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE5
or PHIL 212 INTRODUCTORY ETHICS
PSYC 302ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY5
Disciplinary Electives - other courses may be selected as approved by the department advisor.38-40
SURVEY OF ALCOHOL/DRUG PROBLEMS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS AND DEVELOPMENT
FORENSIC INQUIRY
FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
WOMEN IN PRISON
VICTIMOLOGY
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION
EXTREMISM IN AMERICA
CRIME AND MEDIA
COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
PENOLOGY
POLICE SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES
PRINCIPLES OF INVESTIGATION
INTERNSHIP
CRITICAL GIS
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
JURISPRUDENCE
BASIC CONCEPTS OF CRIMINAL LAW
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
CARE AND CUSTODY OF FEMALE OFFENDERS
DRUGS AND BEHAVIOR
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY
Required Capstone
CRIM 490CRIMINAL JUSTICE SENIOR CAPSTONE5
Total Credits73-75

Plan of Study

The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.

Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.

This major requires the completion of the World Language requirement. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete two years of a single language in high school or one year of a single language in college.

First Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ENGL 1015ENGL 2015Humanities & Arts BACR 215
MATH 1075Humanities & Arts BACR 115Natural Science BACR 115
Diversity - graduation requirement15Social Science BACR 115Social Science BACR 215
 15 15 15
Second Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
CRIM 3005PSYC 3025SOCI 3015
Global Studies - graduation requirement15Natural Science BACR 215Elective - minor or general elective5
Elective - minor or general elective5Elective - minor or general elective5Elective - minor or general elective5
 15 15 15
Third Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
CRIM 3405CRIM 356, SOCI 356, or CSBS 3205Criminal Justice Elective25
Criminal Justice Elective25Criminal Justice Elective25Elective - minor or general elective5
Elective - minor or general elective5Elective - minor or general elective5Elective - minor or general elective5
 15 15 15
Fourth Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
CRIM 330 or SOCI 3575Criminal Justice Elective25CRIM 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement)5
Criminal Justice Elective25Criminal Justice Elective25Criminal Justice Elective25
Criminal Justice Elective25Elective - minor or general elective5Elective - minor or general elective5
 15 15 15
Total Credits 180
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University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

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Recommended Criminal Justice Electives–choose 38-40 credits from the approved list or approved by a department advisor.

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB


General Education Requirements (GER)
  • Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
    • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
    • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
  • Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences


University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List


Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term expected to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

  1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Core Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
  2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

Students who earn a BA in Criminal Justice from EWU should be able to:

  • demonstrate knowledge of how criminal justice institutions/practices/policies relate to social justice;
  • carry out research/evaluation regarding criminal justice practices/policies using criminal justice methodological approaches;
  • demonstrate knowledge of the integration of systems/processes/relationships within the criminal justice system (e.g., courts/ law/law enforcement/corrections);
  • demonstrate knowledge of various theories of criminology;
  • demonstrate knowledge of the correlates of crime.