Major Courses

35 credits

Bachelor of criminology and justice

Criminology and Justice Major Courses (35 credits):

• CRIM A105: Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems (3 credits)
• CRIM A110: Criminology: Fundamentals (3 credits)
• CRIM A260: Statistics in Criminal Justice (3 credits)
• CRIM A262: Statistics in Criminal Justice Lab (1 credit)
• CRIM A300: Research Methods– Criminology (3 credits)
• CRIM A302: Research Methods in Criminology Lab (1 credit)

For the remainder of major course credits, students choose courses from the following areas:

• Criminological Analysis (3 credits)
• Law (3 credits)
• Victimology/Victim Services (3 credits)
• Administration of Justice (3 credits)
• Corrections (3 credits)
• *Criminology Electives (6 credits)

*Electives can be either Criminology and Justice electives, Forensic Science electives, a capstone project, or an internship approved by your advisor.

Loyola Core Courses

39 credits

Bachelor of Criminology and Justice

Loyola Core Courses (39 credits):

The goal of the Loyola Core is to foster students’ competency in five key areas:

• Critical Thinking
• Effective Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Information Literacy
• Ethical Reasoning

To help students in the online criminal justice program develop these competencies, the Loyola Core embraces an interdisciplinary approach to learning with an emphasis on the spiritual and intellectual, the moral and ethical, the natural and social scientific, the humanistic, and the artistic.

Foundation Courses

Foundation courses should be taken in your first three online sessions at Loyola and include:

• First-Year Seminar
• English – Critical Reading & Writing
• Math Models or Finite Math
• Science Process – Investigating Nature

Knowledge & Values Courses

Students complete courses in the following 9 categories:

• Creative Arts & Cultures
• History Sequence (2 courses for 6 total credit hours)
• Natural Science in Context
• Philosophy I: Introduction to the Philosophy of Reasoning
• Philosophy II: Philosophy of Knowledge & Morality
• Religious Studies I: Christian Traditions
• Religious Studies II: World Religions
• Writing About Literature
• *Major Substitution

One of the courses in the Loyola Core will be satisfied in each undergraduate major. This is usually the introductory course for each major. The result is the total hours to complete the Loyola Core are reduced to between 39 and 41 credit hours (depending on lab requirements associated with Math and Science courses).

General Elective Courses

46 credits

Bachelor of Criminology and Justice

General Elective Courses (46 credits)

The online criminology bachelor’s degree requires 46 credits of general electives. There is a wide range of online elective courses to choose from in other departments.