The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Four-Year Plan: Double Major - Criminal Justice Studies (BS), Criminological Theory & Research Concentration + Psychology (BS)
FALL - Semester 1
JUST 205 Intro to CJ Studies
PSYC 166: General Psychology
TRU 100: Truman Symposium
TRU 110 OR TRU 130
ENG 190: WACT
SPRING - Semester 2
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
PSYC 266: Experimental Psychology/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
Arts & Hum + IC Dialogues coursework
COMM 170: Public Speaking
STEM Dialogues – Math
FALL - Semester 3
JUST 331 Criminology I
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
STEM w/ lab Dialogues
Elementary Foreign Language
STATS Perspective
SPRING - Semester 4
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
PSYC 3XX (Group 2-5)
Psych BS requirement
Arts & Hum + IC Dialogues coursework
Elementary Foreign Language
FALL - Semester 5
JUST 380 - Research Methodology
PSYC 3XX (Group 2-5)
PSYC 3XX (Group 2-5)
PSYC 380: Quantitative Research Design and Analysis in Psychology or STAT option/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
JINS
SPRING - Semester 6
JUST 3XX - Advanced Criminology Theory
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
PSYC 367 - Social Psychology/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
PSYC 3XX-PSYC 4XX (Group 2-5)
STEM Dialogues
FALL - Semester 7
JUST Senior capstone
PSYC 366 - Psychology of Abnormal Behavior/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
PSYC 3XX-PSYC 4XX (Group 1-5 or elective)
PSYC 429: History and Systems of Psychology or PSYC 466: Psychological Research
Psych BS requirement
SPRING - Semester 8
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
PSYC 3XX-PSYC 4XX (Group 1-5 or elective)
PSYC 429: History and Systems of Psychology or PSYC 466: Psychological Research
Arts & Hum Dialogues coursework
Elective
The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence with any updates to the plan above. Rev. 4-4-23
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.