Criminology - Criminal Justice
ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2024 and after)
**Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available ONLY at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL. However, it is available via Online/Distance Learning to all FSU students.*
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area and multicultural requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.
Criminology/Criminal Justice is an interdisciplinary field of study. Included are the contributions and approaches of many of the social and behavioral sciences, as well as areas of study such as law and ethics, as they relate to the phenomenon of crime. The criminology/criminal justice major prepares students for employment in a wide variety of criminal justice agencies, under local, state and federal jurisdictions, as well as the private sector. This major can also serve as a foundation for graduate study in criminology, law, social work, sociology, psychology, and government including public administration.
Students who earn 3 or more grades of less than C minus in any Criminology courses that count for the major will not be permitted to continue in the major nor earn a Criminology degree from Florida State University.
Mapping Coordinator: Giada Nnaji
Email: advising@cccj.fsu.edu
Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term
Sample Schedule: Term 1 hrs |
ENC1101 Freshman Composition3 |
1st GE Core Mathematics3 |
GE Core Natural Science with Lab4 |
GE Core Social Science3 |
Elective3 |
Required Milestones: Term 1 |
Complete ENC1101 ( ≥ C minus ) |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 2 hrs |
ENC2135 Research, Genre, and Context 3 |
2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics (STA1013 or 2122)3 |
GE History3 |
CGS2060 Computer Fluency 3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Required Milestones: Term 2 |
Complete ENC2135 ( ≥ C minus ) |
Complete 1st GE Mathematics course ( ≥ C minus ) |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 3 hrs |
Criminology course3 |
GE Core Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
GE Natural Science3 |
GE Ethics3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Elective1 |
Required Milestones: Term 3 |
Complete 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics course ( ≥ C minus ) |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 4 hrs |
Criminology course 3 |
Oral Communication Competency course3 |
GE Social Science3 |
GE Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Required Milestones: Term 4 |
Complete one elective/minor course |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 5 hrs |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Required Milestones: Term 5 |
Complete first Criminology core ( ≥ C) |
Complete one elective/minor course |
Civic Literacy requirement |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 6 hrs |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Required Milestones: Term 6 |
Complete second Criminology core ( ≥ C) |
Complete one elective/minor course |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 7 hrs |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Required Milestones: Term 7 |
Complete third Criminology core ( ≥ C) |
Complete elective/minor course |
Complete Pre-graduation Check |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Sample Schedule: Term 8 hrs |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Criminology course3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Elective/minor3 |
Required Milestones: Term 8 |
Complete fourth Criminology core ( ≥ C) |
Apply for graduation in 1st two weeks |
GPA ≥ 2.00 and in good academic standing |
Employment Information
Salary Information: For more information go to: National Association of Colleges and Employers (www.naceweb.org) or the Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm) provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Law Enforcement Officer, Youth Counselor (state level or private agency), Probation Officer, Parole Officer (adult or juvenile setting), Correctional Counselor, Prison Case Manager, Administrator (criminal/juvenile justice agencies), Consumer Safety Officer, Correctional Officer, Private Investigator, Private/Corporate Security Officer/Director, Air Marshal, Legislative Analyst.
Representative Employers: Juvenile justice agencies (state, local, private), probation and parole offices, U.S. Department of Justice, state and local correctional institutions, U.S. Customs, Immigration/Border Patrol, local police and sheriff departments, colleges and universities, private detective agencies, business and industry, private correctional corporations, legislative branch of state government, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation.