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), Law & Society Concentration + Sociology (BS)
FALL - Semester 1
JUST 205 Intro to CJ Studies
SOAN 130 - New Majors Seminar
SOAN 190 - Sociological Inquiry
TRU 100: Truman Symposium
TRU 110 OR TRU 130
ENG 190: WACT
SPRING - Semester 2
JUST 307: Law & Society
SOAN 265 - Structured Inequalities/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
Arts & Hum + IC Dialogues coursework
COMM 170: Public Speaking
STEM Dialogues – Math
FALL - Semester 3
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
SOAN 260 - Social Institutions/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
STEM w/ lab Dialogues
Elementary Foreign Language
STATS Perspective
SPRING - Semester 4
JUST 305: Criminal Law
JUST 331: Criminology Theory
SOAN 360 - Sociological Theory/CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
SOAN 380: Research Design/CJST
Elective - Interdisciplinary
Elementary Foreign Language
FALL - Semester 5
JUST 4XX: Wrongful Convictions
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
SOAN 381: Data Analysis & Reporting
Level 2 SOAN course
JINS
SPRING - Semester 6
JUST 400: Constitutional Law: Limits on LE
Level 4 SOAN course
SOAN BS requirement
Arts & Hum + IC Dialogues coursework
STEM Dialogues
FALL - Semester 7
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
Level 4 SOAN course
SOAN 490: Career Preparation
SOAN BS requirement
A&H Dialogues coursework
SPRING - Semester 8
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
JUST Senior Capstone
SOAN 491: Research Presentation
Level 4 SOAN course
Elective(s) to total 120 credits
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.