ASU at Yuma
BS in criminology and criminal justice
Sample class schedule and course descriptions
You may use the following sample class schedule as a checklist. This can help track your progress toward earning your degree. Courses are offered in a full semester format in the evenings at Arizona Western College’s Downtown Center. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Year one
Fall semester
| Class |
|---|
| CRJ 306 |
| CRJ 321 |
| CRJ 408 |
| CRJ 409 |
| Elective |
Spring semester
| Class |
|---|
| CRJ 303 |
| CRJ 461 |
| CRJ 461 |
| CRJ 410 |
| Elective |
Year two
Fall semester
| Class |
|---|
| CRJ 302 |
| CRJ 308 |
| CRJ 443 |
| CRJ 443 |
| Elective |
* Class availability is subject to change.
Spring semester
| Class |
|---|
| CRJ 462 |
| Upper-devision SB or HUM |
| Solutions-based learning requirement |
| Elective |
Course descriptions
Analyze the validity and reliability of research designs and data collection.
Learn the fundamentals and applications of descriptive and inferential statistics.
CRJ 306 Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice
Understand minority issues in the criminal justice system.
CRJ 308 Advanced Criminological Theory
Critically assess criminological thought using original readings.
CRJ 315 Police Organization and Management
Review the structure, processes and behavior of police organizations.
Explore the problems and means of establishing identity and fact in relation to arrest, detention, sentencing and more.
CRJ 350 Law and Social Control
Gain insight on the resolution of social issues through the application of law as an agent of social control.
Discover patterns of illegal drug use as well as the problems, practices and policies that are associated with drugs and crime.
Investigate police culture and training as well as police accountability to the community.
CRJ 410 Procedural Criminal Law
Study criminal procedures mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
Understand probation and parole and the types of community corrections programs.
Research legal, historical, theoretical and treatment of domestic violence.
Examine the history and development of gangs; the nature of gangs and the criminal justice system responses.