Professors—Curtin, Matthews, C., Walsh
B.A. in Criminal Justice
Minor in Criminal Justice
Students will be asked to recognize distinctive institutional components as well as the systematic unity reflected in the overlapping stages of criminal process: investigation, accusation, adjudication, sentencing, and disposition. Criminal justice systems, throughout the United States and in other countries, are worthy of scholarly attention both for their intrinsic social significance and as vehicles by means of which to enhance the verbal and critical skills of students. A network of criminal justice agencies and personnel in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area serves as a powerful asset to students. Simultaneously, that network participates in the fulfillment of the urban mission of the university. The curricular importance of that network is reflected in the fact that direct field study is an integral dimension of the curricula and a partial requirement in every course.
The undergraduate major has been designed for students who want their primary scholarly emphasis placed upon a critical appraisal of law enforcement, the courts, and jails and prisons, whether for the purpose of liberal arts, graduate study, professional schooling, careers, or any combination of those aims. The major includes work in three colleges and ten departments throughout the university.
The undergraduate minor has been designed for students seeking exposure to policing, criminal courts, and corrections, as a complement to their respective major fields of study. The minor includes work in at least two colleges and four distinct curricula.
The Segment III cluster in General Education has been designed to broaden the perspectives of students by exposing them to some of the issues reflecting the significance of criminal justice systems. The cluster encompasses work in three distinct curricula in two colleges.
The pedagogy throughout these curricula is predicated upon a demand that students learn to examine, analyze, and synthesize cases and events from multiple perspectives; in particular, the perspectives of crime control, due process, and class justice. As a vehicle to that end, students will be required to read case law and to become familiar with the rudiments of the legal brief and analysis.
Online course descriptions are available.
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Program |
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Core course |
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CJ 300 |
The Criminal Justice System | 4 |
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Foundation--units selected from the following: |
8 | |
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CJ 320 |
Literature in Criminal Justice (4) | |
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CJ 330 |
Heuristics in Criminal Justice (4) | |
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CJ 340 |
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (4) | |
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Political Economy--units selected from the following: |
6-8 |
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ECON 515 |
The Economics of Crime (4) | |
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ECON 516 |
Law and Economics (4) | |
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HIST 428 |
History of the U.S. Since 1945 | |
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HIST 471 |
Legal and Constitutional History of the U.S. | |
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PLSI 551 |
Judicial Power in Public Policy Making (4) | |
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PLSI 552 |
Individual Rights in the Constitution (4) | |
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Interdisciplinary Courses--units selected from the following: |
3-4 |
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SOC 362 |
Social Construction of Deviance and Conformity (4) | |
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SOC 451 |
Criminological Theory (4) | |
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SOC 454 |
White Collar Crime (4) | |
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SOC 455 |
Punishment and Social Control (4) | |
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SOC 457 |
Sociology of Law (4) | |
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SOC 459 |
Criminal Law and Social Process (4) | |
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PHIL 335 |
Law and Society | |
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PHIL 380 |
Philosophy of Law | |
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AIS 310 |
American Indian Religion and Philosophy | |
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AAS 300 |
Asian Americans in California | |
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ETHS 665 |
Asian American Community and Public Policy | |
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BL S 375 |
Law and the Black Community | |
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BL S 376 |
Government, the Constitution, and Black Citizens | |
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LARA 415 |
The Socio-economics of La Raza | |
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LARA 430 |
La Raza and the Law | |
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Administration of Justice--units selected from the following: |
8 |
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CJ 400 |
Police and Public Policy (4) | |
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CJ 420 |
Community Policing (4) | |
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CJ 430 |
Women in Policing (4) | |
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CJ 450 |
Jails and Prisons (4) | |
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CJ 460 |
Community Corrections and Sentencing (4) | |
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CJ 470/ |
Juvenile Justice (4) | |
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Legal Studies--units selected from the following: |
8 |
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CJ 501 |
Criminal Law (4) | |
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CJ 502 |
Criminal Procedure (4) | |
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CJ 550 |
Current Issues in Criminal Justice (4) | |
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Culminating Experience--units selected from the following: |
4 |
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CJ 680 |
Field Course in Criminal Justice (4) | |
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CJ 681 |
Internship in Criminal Justice (4) | |
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CJ 685 |
Special Projects in Teaching Criminal Justice (4) | |
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CJ 699 |
Independent Study in Criminal Justice (4) | |
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Total for major |
41-44 |
Online course descriptions are available.
| Introduction | Units | |
| CJ 300 | Criminal Justice: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective | 4 |
| Substantive Core One course from each of the following three sets on advisement, with courses in at least two disciplines: |
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| Criminology | 4 | |
| CJ 450 | Jails and Prisons (4) | |
| SOC 362 | Social Construction of Deviance and Conformity (4) | |
| SOC 451 | Criminological Theory (4) | |
| Legal Studies | 3-4 | |
| CJ 500 | Criminal Law (4) | |
| PHIL 380 | Philosophy of Law | |
| PHIL 335 | Law and Society | |
| PLSI 552 | Individual Rights in the Constitution (4) | |
| PLSI 561 | Jurisprudence (4) | |
| SOC 457 | Sociology of Law (4) | |
| SOC 459 | Criminal Law and Social Process (4) | |
| Administration of Justice | 4 | |
| CJ 400 | Police and Public Policy (4) | |
| SOC 455 | Punishment and Social Control (4) | |
| Electives One or more related course(s), chosen on the basis of individual interests with adviser approval |
3-4 | |
| Culminating Seminar and Field Activity | ||
| CJ 680 | Field Course in Criminal Justice | 4 |
| Total | 22-24 | |