Bachelor of Science in Criminology - Victimology Option
California State University, Fresno
Key Information
Campus location
Fresno, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 16,089 / per year *
Application deadline
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* with additional fees and living expenses, the overall annual cost is around $28,584
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Introduction
The Criminology major is designed to prepare students for beginning professional work in criminal justice and to provide preparation for graduate work including law school. Criminology courses at the undergraduate level include the integration of theoretical and applied materials of an interdisciplinary nature. The victimology option is designed for students interested in careers in domestic violence programs, rape counseling programs, victim/witness programs, or other victim-related programs at the local, state, or federal level; these programs can either be criminal justice-based or community-based. An internship course is required in the corrections, law enforcement, and victimology options.
Program Outcome
What You Can Learn
- The composition, manufacture, use, and misuse of drugs and their relationship to criminality
- The social, psychological, and biological bases of criminal behavior
- Typology and history of family abuse
- Crimes' causal factors, agencies of justice, treatment processes, and programs for control and prevention of juvenile delinquency
Curriculum
1. Criminology - Victimology Option major requirements (52 units)
Lower-division requirements: CRIM 1, CRIM 2, CRIM 20, CRIM 50 (10 units)
Upper-division core: CRIM 100, CRIM 109, CRIM 112, CRIM 134, CRIM 170, CRIM 174 (18 units)
Upper-division requirements: CRIM 140, CRIM 173, CRIM 175, CRIM 176, CRIM 177, CRIM 180i or CRIM 180Hi (18 units)
Electives (6 units)
Any upper-division course offered by the Criminology Department that is not already required by the option, or any of the following courses: AFRS 146, CLAS 120, PHIL 121, and PAX 100, or other suitable courses with permission from the department (6 units). No more than three units of CRIM 108.
2. General Education requirements (48 units)
3. Other requirements (9 units)
American Government and Institutions (PLSI 2), Multicultural and International (MI), and Upper-division writing
4. Sufficient elective units to meet required total units (varies); may be used toward a double major or minor
5. Total units (120)*
* G.E. and MI courses can be double-counted with major requirements. See advisor for details.
Admissions
Career Opportunities
What You Can Do
Pursue Careers In:
- Local and State Law Enforcement Agencies
- Parole
- Probation
- Psychological Forensic Assessments
- Psychological Forensic Research
- Counseling Services
- Victim Services
- Domestic Violence Shelters
- Human Trafficking Support Services
- Rape Crisis Centers
- Elder Abuse Services
- Victim Advocacy Services
- Victim and Witness Assistance Programs
- Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Alcohol Beverage Control
- California Youth Authority
- Office of Criminal Justice Planning
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- Fish and Game Department
- Border Patrol
- FBI
- Secret Service
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
- Park Service
- Customs and Immigration
- Federal prisons
- Children and Family Services
- Coroner's Office
- Juvenile Detention Facilities
- District Attorney Investigations
- Public Defender Investigations
- Highway Patrol
- Criminalistics
- Social Services
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- Marshals Service
- Internal Revenue Service