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: Criminal Justice Studies (BS), Law & Society Concentration
FALL - Semester 1
JUST 205 Intro to CJ Studies
TRU 100: Truman Symposium
TRU 110 OR TRU 130
ENG 190: WACT
Social Perspective Dialogues coursework*
SPRING - Semester 2
JUST 307: Law & Society *or* CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
A&H + IC Dialogues coursework*
COMM 170: Public Speaking
STEM Dialogues – Math
Elective
FALL - Semester 3
JUST 307: Law & Society *or* CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
STEM w/ lab Dialogues
A&H Dialogues coursework
Elementary Foreign Language
SPRING - Semester 4
JUST 305: Criminal Law
JUST 331: Criminology Theory
CJST BS requirement*
A&H + IC Dialogues coursework
Elementary Foreign Language
FALL - Semester 5
JUST 4XX: Wrongful Convictions
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary*
JINS
STATS Perspective
SPRING - Semester 6
JUST 400: Constitutional Law: Limits on LE
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
CJST BS requirement*
STEM Dialogues
Elective
FALL - Semester 7
CJST Elective w/ JUST prefix
CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary or JUST*
Social Perspective Dialogues coursework*
Elective
Elective
SPRING - Semester 8
CJST Elective - Interdisciplinary or JUST
JUST Senior Capstone
Elective
Elective
Elective
* = potential for double counting depending on course selection
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.