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
CRIM 3600Criminal Justice Research Methods4
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, Media, and Politics
Understanding and Experiencing Criminal Justice Institutions and Systems
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.
Complete one of the following:4
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
Crime Problems
The following courses offer students a deeper look at a range of crime problems.
Complete one of the following:4
Black Abolition Studies: Carcerality, Liberation, and Resistance
Criminal Violence
Global Criminology
Organized Crime
Political Crime and Terrorism
Corporate and White-Collar Crime
Criminal Law
Substance Use and Social Justice
Systemic Issues
A consideration of systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.
Complete one of the following:4
Gender, Crime, and Justice
Race, Crime, and Justice
Digital Skills
Successful students develop digital skills and master digital tools useful for careers related to crime and justice. Students choose one of two courses (each has a required lab). The computer science course introduces students to spreadsheets and databases. The data science course introduces students to programming with data.
Complete one of the following (and the appropriate lab):4-5
Computer Science and Its Applications
and Lab for CS 1100
Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
and Lab for CS 2000
Criminal Justice Electives
Rounding out knowledge of crime and justice.
Complete two additional criminal justice electives from the 3000, 4000 or 5000-level.8

Psychology Requirements

Introduction to College
INSC 1000Science at Northeastern1
or CRIM 1000 Criminal Justice at Northeastern
Experiential Learning Introduction
EESC 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
Introductory Course
PSYC 1101Foundations of Psychology4
Mathematics
Choose one of the following:4
Mathematical Thinking
Calculus for Business and Economics
Calculus 1
Statistics
Complete the following. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1 semester hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission).4-5
Statistics in Psychological Research
Personality/Social Bases of Behavior
Complete two of the following:8
Personality
Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
Biological/Cognitive Bases of Behavior
Complete two of the following:8
Learning and Motivation
Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis
Sensation and Perception
Biological Psychology
Psychology of Language
Cognition
Research Experience
Complete one of the following:4
Laboratory in Research Design
Laboratory in Learning and Motivation
Laboratory in Biological Psychology
Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
Laboratory in Cognition
Laboratory in Social Psychology
Laboratory in Personality
Laboratory in Sensation and Perception
Laboratory in Affective Science
Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development
Psychology Seminar
Complete one of the following:4
Seminar in Biological Psychology
Seminar in Psycholinguistics
Seminar in Cognition
Seminar in Personality
Seminar in Social Psychology
Seminar in Clinical Psychology
Seminar in Sensation and Perception
Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
Seminar in Developmental Psychology
Seminar in Learning and Motivation
Electives
Complete two PSYC courses.8

Integrative Requirement

CRIM 3040Psychology of Crime4

Writing Requirements

ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
ENGW 3315Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines4
or ENGW 3307 Advanced Writing in the Sciences
or ENGW 3308 Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences

NUPath Requirements

The following NUPath Requirements are met by the major:

  • Analyzing and Using Data (AD)
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ)
  • Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone  (CE)
  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World (ND)
  • Understanding Societies and Institutions (SI)

Other NUPath requirements may be fulfilled by electives in the program.

Criminal Justice and Psychology Combined Major Credit Requirement

Complete 92 semester hours in the major.

Science GPA Requirement (Psychology)

A minimum 2.000 GPA in the following course codes is required: PSYC. 

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CRIM 11004CRIM 11104CRIM 11204NU Path EI4
ENGW 11114CS 11004PSYC 34024Open Elective4
MATH 12154PSYC 34004  
PSYC 11014PSYC 34504  
INSC 10001   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
PSYC 23204EESC 20001PSYC Elective4Co-op0
PSYC 34584NU Path DD4Open Elective4 
CRIM Justice Thematic Elective4CJ Survey Elective4  
NU Path IC4PSYC Elective4  
 Open Elective4  
 16 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0CRIM 30404Adv. Writing4Co-op0
 CRIM 36004NU Path ER4 
 PSYC 46124  
 CRIM Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0Psychology Seminar4  
 CJ System Wide Elective4  
 CRIM Elective4  
 Open Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 130