Undergraduate Advising Information

Undergraduate Degrees

• Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
  
  
• Understanding Undergraduate Prerequisites
  
  
• Four, Five, and Six Year Roadmaps to Graduation

Declaring a Major in Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice is an Impacted Major!

If you wish to declare Criminal Justice as your major, you must meet the following criteria:

• Be matriculated as a CSULB student;
  
  
• Have completed at least 30 degree-applicable units, including:
  
  
  • The following three GE Foundations courses:
    • ENGL 100: Composition [GE A1]
    • Any GE A2 Oral Communications Course [GE A2]
    • Any GE B2 Math Course [GE B3]
  • The following two lower-division criminal justice courses:
    • CRJU 101: Criminal Justice and Society
    • CRJU 110: Justice Research, Writing, and Reasoning
  • The following four required criminal justice cognate courses (all of which also satisfy other GE requirements):
    • PHIL 170: Critical Reasoning [GE A3]
    • POSC 100: Introduction to American Government [GE D1b]
      
    • PSY 100: General Psychology [GE D2]
    • SOC 100: Principles of Sociology [GE D2]
• Meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirements (the minimum GPA is currently 3.1; we anticipate it rising to a 3.4 for next academic year, depending upon enrollment management needs); and
  
  
• Make an appointment to see an advisor at the College of Health and Human Services Academic Advising and Resource Center (CHHS AARC) to be screened and approved to declare the major in Criminal Justice.

Declaring a Minor in Criminal Justice

If you wish to declare a minor in Criminal Justice, you must meet the following criteria:

• Be matriculated as a CSULB student;
• Have completed 21 degree-applicable units;
• Have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00; and
• Make an appointment to see an advisor at the College of Health and Human Services Academic Advising and Resource Center (CHHS AARC) to be screened and approved to declare the minor in Criminal Justice.