Law and Criminal Justice Major, B.A.
The Law and Criminal Justice major at Hood College is a unique and distinctive program. The major offers two areas of study with separate objectives and goals.
The Law component offers students a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for law school and careers in the legal profession. The Criminal Justice component provides students with a challenging curriculum that examines the nexus between law enforcement, the judicial process, and the correctional system. Both focus areas are grounded in an interdisciplinary approach that is central to the liberal arts tradition.
An internship is recommended for the Law component and is required for Criminal Justice. Past internship sites for both areas have included the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Children's Defense Fund, Maryland State's Attorney's Office, the Public Defender's Office, Frederick County Sheriff's Office, State of Maryland Division for Parole and Probation, and private attorney offices.
Required for all majors:
Courses:
| CJ 230 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3.0 |
| LW 230 | Introduction to Law | 3.0 |
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| MATH 112 | Applied Statistics | 3.0 |
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| PSY 211 | Elementary Statistics | 3.0 |
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| PSCI 205 | Methods of Political Inquiry | 3.0 |
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| PHIL 221 | Ethics | 3.0 |
| PSCI 307 | American Constitutional Law | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15.0 |
Law:
Two courses from the following:
| CMA 305 | Communications Law | 3.0 |
| ECON 205 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3.0 |
| HON 304 | Censorship in America | 3.0 |
| LWCJ 308 | Criminal Law | 3.0 |
| REL 342 | From Abolitionism to Human Rights | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6.0 |
Criminal Justice:
| CJ 300 | Criminalistics | 3.0 |
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| CJ 399 | Internship in Criminal Justice | 3.0 - 15.0 |
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| LWCJ 401A | Pre-Law Clinic Seminar | 3.0 |
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| LWCJ 401B | Pre-Law Clinic | 3.0 |
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| CJ 470 | Sr Seminar in Criminal Justice | 3.0 |
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| PSCI 302 | 9/11 in Global Perspective | 3.0 |
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| PSCI 200 | Political Violence and Terrorism | 3.0 |
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| SOC 215 | Social Problems | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18.0 |
Two courses from the following:
| PSCI 336 | Gender and the Law | 3.0 |
| PSY 319 | Drugs & Behavior | 3.0 |
| PSY 370I | Seminar: Psychological Bases of Criminal Behavior | 3.0 |
| SOC 216 | Criminology | 3.0 |
| SOC 300 | Social Inequality | 3.0 |
| SOC 310 | Topics in Sociology | 3.0 |
| SOC 323 | Ethnicity in the United States | 3.0 |
| SOC 353 | Deviance and Social Control | 3.0 |
| SOSW 217 | Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice | 3.0 |
| SOSW 312 | Addictions | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6.0 |