Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice Studies Roadmap – Quantitative Reasoning Category I/II and ENG 114

120 Total Units Required
Minimum Number of Units in the Major: 36

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.

Plan of Study Grid
First Semester		Units
ENG 114	Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) ¹	3
GE Area A ²		3
GE Area C - Take Two		6
GE Area D: U.S. History (D2)		3
	Units	15
Second Semester
GE Area A		3
GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) ³		3
GE Area E		3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two ⁴		6
	Units	15
Third Semester
C J 200	Construction of Crime and Justice (Major Core)	3
GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) ⁵		3-4
GE Area C		3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two ⁴		6
	Units	15-16
Fourth Semester
C J 230	Crime, Data, and Analysis (Major Core, D1)	3
GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) ⁵		3-4
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Three ⁴		9
	Units	15-16
Fifth Semester
C J 300	Criminal Justice: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective (Major Core, UD-D, SJ)	4
C J 330GW	Research Methods in Criminal Justice - GWAR (Major Core)	4
GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider SF State Studies Course)		3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective ⁴		3
	Units	14
Sixth Semester
Criminal Justice Studies Electives (18-22 units) - Take Three ⁶		9-12
GE Area F ^±		3
U.S. and California Government		3
	Units	15-18
Seventh Semester
Criminal Justice Studies Electives (18-22 units) - Take Three ⁶		9-12
GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course)		3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective ⁴		3
	Units	15-18
Eighth Semester
C J 680	Field Course in Criminal Justice (Major Culminating Experience)	4
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Four ⁴		12
	Units	16
	Total Units	120-128

ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114; if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy GE Area A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses.

To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major.

To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start.

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Complementary Studies

Bachelor of Arts students must complete at least 12 units of Complementary Studies outside of the primary prefix for the major. (Note: Students may not use an alternate prefix that is cross-listed with the primary prefix for the major.)

Students who complete two majors or a major and a minor automatically complete the Complementary Studies requirement. Additional ways to complete Complementary Studies for students in the Criminal Justice major is to meet with an advisor to identify 12 units of courses complementary to the major. With advisor approval, up to12 of these units may be used to satisfy units in the major. Consult with your major advisor for assistance.

Students who have earned AA-T or AS-T degrees and are pursuing a similar B.A. degree at SF State are required to fulfill the Complementary Studies requirement as defined by the major department. Students should consult with a major advisor about how transfer units and/or SF State units can best be applied to this requirement to ensure degree completion within 60 units.

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Consider taking a class with a combined laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill GE Area B3 if not already satisfied.

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Criminal Justice Studies Electives (18-22 units total)

Power and Inequality (3 units)
Select One:
C J 435 Race, Crime, and Justice (3 units) (UD-D, SJ)
C J 485 Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice (3 units) (UD-D, SJ)
C J 530 Geographies of Social Control and Urban Diversity (3 units)
C J 605 Criminalization of Gender and Sexuality (3 units)

Criminal Justice Law and Administration (3 units)
Select One:
C J 400 Police and Public Policy (3 units)
C J 450 Jails and Prisons (3 units)
C J 480 California Corrections System (3 units)
C J 501 Criminal Law (3 units)
C J 502 Criminal Procedure (3 units)

Four Additional Criminal Justice Studies Electives (12-16 units)
Select Four:
AA S 595 Asian American Communities and Public Policy (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)
AFRS 375 Law and the Black Community (3 units) (USG/CSLG, USH, AERM, SJ)
AFRS 376 Government, the Constitution, and Black Citizens (3 units) (USG/CSLG, USH, AERM, SJ)
AIS 330 American Indian Law (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)
AIS 460 Power and Politics in American Indian History (3 units) (UD-D, USH, AERM, SJ)
COMM 503 Gender and Communication (4 units)
COMM 525 Sexualities and Communication (4 units)
COMM 531 Conflict Resolution (4 units) (UD-D)
COMM 541 Critical Approaches to Culture and Communication (4 units) (UD-C, AERM, SJ)
COMM 543 Dialogues Across Differences (4 units)
COMM 564 Issues in Free Speech (4 units)
COMM 571 The Rhetoric of Terrorism (4 units)
COMM 573 The Rhetoric of Criminality and Punishment (4 units)
COUN 630 Legal Center Training I (3 units)
COUN 631 Legal Center Training II (3 units)
C J 320 Literature in Criminal Justice - Crime Control, Due Process, and Class Justice (3 units)
C J 323GW Ethics in Criminal Justice - GWAR (3 units)
C J 335 Legal Writing and Research (4 units)
C J 340/I R 341 Comparative Criminal Justice (4 units)
C J 400 Police and Public Policy (3 units)
C J 401 Criminal Profiling (3 units)
C J 405 Organized Crime (3 units)
C J 410 Crime Scene Investigation (3 units)
C J 420 Introduction to Forensic Science (3 units) (UD-B)
C J 435/LTNS 430 Race, Crime, and Justice (3 units) (UD-D, SJ)
C J 450 Jails and Prisons (3 units)
C J 451 The Architecture of Incarceration (3 units)
C J 452/SOC 451 Criminological Theory (4 units)
C J 460 Community Corrections and Sentencing (3 units)
C J 461/I R 361 Terrorism and Covert Political Warfare (4 units)
C J 470/SOC 452 Juvenile Justice (4 units)
C J 471 Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice (3 units)
C J 475 Intervention Policies in Juvenile Justice (3 units)
C J 480 California Corrections System (3 units)
C J 485/LTNS 485 Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice (3 units) (UD-D, SJ)
C J 490 Immigration, Criminalization, and Justice (3 units)
C J 501 Criminal Law (3 units)
C J 502 Criminal Procedure (3 units)
C J 505/I R 332 International Criminal Law (4 units)
C J 510/SOC 510 Analysis of the Felon in Society (3 units)
C J 515 Extremism as Crime (3 units)
C J 525 Global Restorative Justice and Corrections (3 units)
C J 530 Geographies of Social Control and Urban Diversity (3 units)
C J 535 Alternatives to Criminalization (3 units)
C J 550 School Violence and Discipline (3 units)
C J 570 Urban Violence (3 units)
C J 600 Youth Gangs in Community Context (3 units)
C J 605 Criminalization of Gender and Sexuality (3 units)
ECON 515 Economics of Crime and Justice (3 units)
ECON 516 Law and Economics (3 units)
HIST 465 American Ethnic and Racial Relations II: 1890-Present (3 units) (UD-C, USH, AERM, GP, SJ)
HIST 470 The U.S. Constitution to 1896 (3 units) (UD-C, USG/CSLG, USH AERM, SJ)
HIST 471 The U.S. Constitution Since 1896 (3 units) (UD-C, USG/CSLG, USH AERM, SJ)
HIST 472 The Supreme Court and Social Change in U.S. History (3 units)
I R 360/C J 360 Intelligence and Intelligence Agencies (4 units)
LABR 650 Labor Law: An Introduction and Overview (3 units)
LTNS 415 Latina/o Economic Empowerment (3 units) (F)
LTNS 470 Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, GP, SJ)
PHIL 335 Law and Society (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)
PHIL 378 Philosophy of Criminal Law (3 units) (UD-C, SJ)
PHIL 379 Philosophy of Constitutional Interpretation (3 units)
PHIL 380 Philosophy of Law (3 units) (UD-C, SJ)
PLSI 478 Judicial Process (4 units) (SJ)
PLSI 512/USP 512 Urban Politics and Community Power (4 units)
PLSI 552 Individual Rights and the Constitution (4 units) (SJ)
PSY 472 Introduction to Legal Psychology (3 units)
PSY 475 Psychology of Policing (3 units)
PSY 547 Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution (3 units)
RRS 330 Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)
RRS 571 Women, Class, and Race (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, ES, GP, SJ)
SOC 362 The Social Construction of Deviance and Conformity (4 units)
SOC 455 Punishment and Social Control (3 units)
SOC 457 Sociology of Law (4 units)
SXS 455 Sex, Power, and Politics (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, SJ)
SXS 569/PHIL 455 Sex and the Law (3 units) (UD-C, SJ)
WGS 513 Gender, War, and Militarism (3 units) (UD-C, GP, SJ)
WGS 514 Women and the Prison Industrial Complex (3 units) (UD-D, AERM, GP, SJ)
WGS 554 Gender and Global Migration (3 units)

Given catalog rights, fall 2022 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course.