Criminal Justice Preparation for the Major

Declaring the Major

1. Four (4) required prerequisite courses:
   
   POL S 102 - Introduction to American/Californian Government and Politics (3 units)

   Political processes and institutions in the United States and California. Considers a variety of public policy issues such as environmental quality, health, education, relation between government and business, taxation, and foreign affairs as reflected in the dynamics of national and state politics. When taken with Political Science 101 will satisfy graduation requirement in American Institutions.

   SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology (3 units)

   This course is prerequisite to all upper division courses in sociology. Major ideas, concepts, and methods in the study of society to include socialization, culture, social structure, social stratification, deviance, social control, and social change.

   SOC 102 - Introduction to Social Problems (3 units)

   Contemporary social problems. Topics may include poverty, inequality, unemployment, crime and deviance, population and ecological problems, health, family issues, and the role of ideology and interest groups in the definition of social problems.

   SOC 201 - Elementary Social Statistics (3 units)

   Basic statistical techniques in sociology. Tables and graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, correlations, cross-classification, and introduction to multivariate analysis, sampling and statistical inference. Computer applications may be included. Students with credit or concurrent registration in the following lower division statistics courses will be awarded a total of four units for the two (or more) courses: Sociology 201; Administration, Rehabilitation and Postsecondary Education 201; Biology 215; Civil Engineering 160; Economics 201; Political Science 201; Psychology 280; Statistics 119, 250.
2. Minimum grade of "C" in all prerequisites
3. Complete a minimum of 45 semester units. (60 units are required for transfer students).
4. Minimum 2.8 GPA cumulative

At the end of each semester, CJ pre-majors will be evaluated by the Office of Advising and Evaluations and automatically declared a CJ major if all pre-requisite requirements have been met.

Students who are not automatically declared, but have met the minimum pre-requisite requirements, may complete the “Declaration or Change of Major” form, which is located in the Lobby of PSFA 100 or by visiting arweb.sdsu.edu/es/registrar/changemajor.html.

Follow the instructions on the form and attach your transcript(s), or your Degree Evaluation, and place in the dropbox in PSFA 100. Once approved, take the form to the Office of the Registrar.