This 2004-2006 Bridgewater State College Catalog Web Addenda contains the most up-to-date information. Information in this Catalog Web Addenda supersedes the published version of this catalog.

Only changes made to program requirements, courses or academic policies are outlined here. This Web Addenda should be used in conjunction with the 2004-2006 print or Online Catalog.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (formerly Sociology and Criminal Justice)

BS in Criminal Justice

• Change in degree designation from BA or BS to BS only for the Criminal Justice major
• Change in requirements for BS in Criminal Justice to:
  Criminal Justice Major
  Core Requirements (30 credits):
  CRJU 201 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  CRJU 331 Police, Community, and Society
  CRJU 335 Courts and Criminal Law
  CRJU 354 Corrections
  CRJU 406 Ethics and the Criminal Justice System
  SOCI 328 Criminology
  SOCI 402 Seminar: Research Methods
  SOCI 403 Social Data Analysis

  One course from the following (3 credits):
  CRJU/SOCI 310 Women and Crime
  CRJU 358 Race, Class, Crime, and Justice
  CRJU 388 Hate Crime
  CRJU 404 Media, Justice, and Society
  SOCI 425 Comparative Crime and Deviance

  One course from the following (3 credits):
  CRJU 496 Seminar: Critical Issues in Crime and Justice
  CRJU 497 Research Project
  CRJU 498 Internship (only 3 credits will count toward the major)

  Elective Requirements:
  Two courses from the following (6 credits):
  CRJU 213 The Juvenile Justice System
  CRJU/SOCI 310 Women and Crime (if not taken as a core course)
  CRJU 323 Comparative Legal Systems in a Global Context
  CRJU 324 Law, Justice, and Society
  CRJU 325 Political Theory and the Justice System
  CRJU 332 History of Policing in America
  CRJU/SOCI 339 Violence, Guns, and Society
  CRJU 346 Criminal Procedure
  CRJU 347 Restorative Justice
  CRJU/SOCI 355 Juvenile Delinquency
  CRJU 358 Race, Class, Crime and Justice (if not taken in the core)
  CRJU 359 Technology and Crime Control
  CRJU 381 Privatization in Criminal Justice
  CRJU 385 Victimology: Sociology of Victims
  CRJU 388 Hate Crime (if not taken as a core course)
  CRJU 399 Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3 credits only)
  CRJU 404 Media, Justice and Society
  CRJU 406 Ethics and the Criminal Justice System
  CRJU 426 Ethnology and Crime Analysis
  CRJU 485 Honors Thesis
  PSCY 369 Psychology of Criminal Behavior
  SOCI 327 Deviance and Social Control
  SOCI 334 White Collar Crime
  SOCI 425 Comparative Crime and Deviance (if not taken in the core)

  Cognate Courses
  One course from the following (3 credits):
  ECON 325 The Economy of Crime
  HEAL 405 Drugs in Society
  HIST 366 Constitutional History of the United States
  HIST 495 Undergraduate History Colloquium: Crime and Law in Britain , c. 1700-1850
  PHIL 322 Philosophy of Law
  PHIL 403 Ethics and Action
  POLI 285 Introduction to Law
  POLI/ECON 340 Law and Economics
  POLI 341 Constitutional Law: Powers of Government
  POLI 398 The United States Federal Courts
  PSYC 369 Psychology of Human Behavior (if not taken as a Criminal Justice elective)
  PSYC 370 Abnormal Psychology
  PSYC 474 Forensic Psychology
  SOCI 313 Family Violence
  SCWK 410 Social Work in Correctional Settings

Graduate Program

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Change in requirements to the MS in Criminal Justice to:

Core Courses (required of all students): 16 credits

CRJU 500 Foundations of Scholarship
CRJU 504 Seminar: Crime, Justice, and Society
CRJU 505 Seminar in Criminology
CRJU 510 Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRJU 511 Analyzing Criminal Justice Data
CRJU 512 Ethics and Policy in Criminal Justice

Additional Courses: 15 credits

CRJU 501 Structure and Process of the Criminal Justice System (strongly recommended for students who do not hold a bachelor's degree in criminal justice)
CRJU 502 Research
CRJU 503 Directed Study
CRJU/SOCI 514 Theories of Deviance
CRJU 515 Criminal Justice Administration
CRJU 516 Research Seminar in Administration of Criminal Justice Organizations
CRJU 518 Analyzing Crime Policy
CRJU 520 Violence, Crime and Society
CRJU 521 Domestic Violence
CRJU 522 Women and Criminal Justice
CRJU 525 Comparative Criminal Justice
CRJU 526 Communities, Cities, and Crime
CRJU 527 Policing in a Democratic Society
CRJU 528 Studies in Crime Prevention
CRJU 540 Corrections, Crime and Society
CRJU 541 Community-based Corrections
CRJU 542 Research Seminar in Corrections (rotating topics)
CRJU 545 White Collar and Corporate Crime
CRJU 546 Class, Race, Gender, and Crime
CRJU 550 Juvenile Justice and Society
CRJU 555 Info rmation Technology for Criminal Justice
CRJU 557 Advanced Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRJU 597 Research Seminar in Criminal Justice (rotating topics)
CRJU 598 Internship in Criminal Justice

Other Courses
With the approval of the Graduate Coordinator, students may take up to two of the courses listed below or other approved graduate courses:
POLI 501 Introduction to Public Institutions and Administration
POLI 505 Public Management
POLI 511 Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Optional Concentrations

Administration of Justice
CRJU 515 Criminal Justice Administration
CRJU 516 Research Seminar in the Administration of Criminal Justice Organizations
POLI 501 Introduction to Public Institutions and Administration
POLI 505 Public Management

Crime and Corrections
CRJU 540 Corrections, Crime and Society
CRJU 541 Community-Based Corrections
CRJU 542 Research Seminar in Corrections