Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Criminal Justice Requirements

Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses, students have an opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of three related phenomena: why crime exists, how our criminal justice system responds to crime, and the constitutional and legal oversight of this process.
CRIM 1100Introduction to Criminal Justice4
CRIM 1110Criminal Due Process4
CRIM 1120Criminology4
Current Crime and Justice Issues
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and justice.
Complete one of the following:4
The Death Penalty
Human Trafficking
Corruption, Integrity, and Accountability
Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions
The 2000-level courses in this list ask how does justice work and for whom? These courses introduce students to the systems and institutions tasked with providing justice. Each includes experiential learning components in cooperation with local criminal justice institutions. The 3000-level courses in this list provide students with a deeper look at a range of crime problems.
Complete one of the following:4
Black Abolition Studies: Carcerality, Liberation, and Resistance
Courts: The Third Branch of Government
Youth Crime and Justice
Punishment in the Age of Mass Incarceration
Corporate Security: Securing the Private Sector
Policing a Democratic Society
Restorative Justice: Transforming the System
Black Families and Incarceration
Criminal Violence
Global Criminology
Psychology of Crime
Organized Crime
Political Crime and Terrorism
Corporate and White-Collar Crime
Criminal Law
Substance Use and Social Justice
Systemic Issues
These courses consider systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.
Complete one of the following:4
Gender, Crime, and Justice
Race, Crime, and Justice
Creating Knowledge about Crime and Justice
How do we know what we know about crime and justice—and how do we develop new knowledge? These courses study harnessing data to learn about issues, identify solutions, and advocate for change.
CRIM 3600Criminal Justice Research Methods4
CRIM 3700Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice4
Solutions and Reform
How do we reinvent criminal justice institutions and their practice? The capstone experience is project-based and solution-oriented, drawing on knowledge gained in the classroom and through co-op and other experiences.
CRIM 4949Senior Capstone Seminar4
Criminal Justice Elective
These courses round out our knowledge of crime and justice.
Complete one additional criminal justice elective from the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level.4

Journalism Requirements

Introductory Journalism Course
JRNL 1150Understanding Today’s News4
Journalism Foundation Courses
A grade of C or better is required.
JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing
and Journalist’s Toolbox
5
JRNL 2201Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting4
JRNL 2301Visual Storytelling in Journalism4
JRNL 3610Digital Storytelling and Social Media4
Ethics
JRNL 4650Ethics and Diversity in the News Media4

Journalism Electives

Complete three additional journalism courses.12

Supporting Courses

Introduction
CRIM 1000Criminal Justice at Northeastern1
or JRNL 1000 Journalism at Northeastern
Computer or Data Science
Complete one of the following:4
Computer Science and Its Applications
Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
and Lab for CS 2000
Data Storytelling
Co-op Integration Requirements
Complete before the first co-op:
Professional Development for Co-op
Professional Development for Co-op
Complete after a criminal justice co-op:
Co-op Integration Seminar 2

Integrative Requirements

JRNL 3550The First Amendment and the Media4
CRIM 1700Crime, Media, and Politics4

Program Requirement

129 total semester hours required

Four Years, Two Co-ops

Spring/Summer First Half

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 1000 or JRNL 10001JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5Elective4Elective4
CRIM 11004Criminology thematic elective4Elective4Elective4
ENGW 11114Computer or data requirement4  
JRNL 11504EEAM 2000 (For CAMD students)1  
Elective4Elective4  
 17 18 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 11104Co-opCo-opCriminology survey elective4
CRIM 11204  Elective4
EESH 2000 (For CSSH students)1   
JRNL 22014   
Journalism elective 14   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 17004Co-opCo-opElective4
CRIM 30001  Elective4
CRIM 36004   
JRNL 23014   
Journalism elective 24   
 17 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
CRIM 37004CRIM 49494  
JRNL 35504JRNL 46504  
JRNL 36104Criminology elective4  
Criminology systemwide elective4Journalism elective 34  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 133