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Criminology Advisement Page |
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Criminology Advisement Page |
Criminology Advisement Page
Welcome to the advisement page for current and prospective Criminology (CRM) majors and minors. If you don't find what you want here, please contact a CRM faculty member or your CRM advisor.
Your Degree Audit
Your Degree Audit is one of the most useful documents you will have at MSU. It's a good practice to bring your Degree Audit with you each time you visit your advisor with a question concerning the content of the audit.
Click on the "My Information" icon below to access your Degree Audit or go to MissouriState.edu and click on "Current Students" on the left side of the page. Then click on "My Information" as found on the right of the Current Students page. You will see "Degree Audit" as one of the options you can open. Please open and print your Degree Audit.
If that doesn't work, please visit the Academic Advisement Center in University Hall (behind Cheek Hall) and pick up a copy. They are located at the corner of Florence Street and Madison Avenue across from Wells House in University Hall 109. Their hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and they can be reached at 417-836-5258.How to read a Degree Audit
Your Degree Audit outlines, in great detail, all of the courses you must take in order to graduate and keeps track of those you've taken (here or elsewhere), the number of hours they counted for, and the grade you received in them.
You should review your degree audit every semester to keep track of how you're doing and what courses you have yet to take. If you would like some assistance in reading the audit, please contact your CRM faculty advisor. Success could be thought of as feeling good about what one is doing. It results from contributing to the support of the larger group which, in turn, supports one’s self. It results from doing the best that one can do and requires constant reevaluation to determine if what one is doing could be improved.For you, beginning or concluding your college education, success may be defined as finding a life’s work in which you are interested. A kind of work from which you can derive satisfaction in pay, through helping others, and in terms of feeling good about yourself. So, what does it take to succeed, at least in terms of what you can do while you are attending Missouri State? WE would suggest that, at a minimum, the following are important things to consider:
Insist on high quality academic and vocational guidance. Never settle for less!Not all advisors are created equal. It pains me to say that, but why should we expect all university-level teachers to excel in everything? Some people in every profession are better at certain things than are other people. So, search for the best advisor you can find - and you are likely to find more than one in your chosen department.
If you are not satisfied with your advisor, talk with him or her about your needs. Clarity and courtesy may resolve the problem. If not, ask that department’s Head to assign you to a different advisor. You’re paying for this. Demand the best! Besides, it’s not an uncommon thing for a student to request.
By the way, if you need some general advice or need very specific information, the Advisement Center, located in University College Hall, has staff members who are a useful resource. Give them a visit or call them at 417-836-5258.
Regardless of whether you are in a comprehensive or non-comprehensive major, think about declaring a second major or minor.
You need a minimum of 125 hours of academic credit in order to graduate from Missouri State. If that consisted of three-hour courses, you only need to take about 41 of them and you’ll earn a college degree. And what did it cost? About four to six years of your life (if you’re in the norm) and lots of dollars.
About forty-six (46) of those credit hours will be wrapped up in general education courses including IDS 110. That leaves about 79 hours for majors and/or minors. If you are in a comprehensive major, you need not have a minor or other major. If you are in a non-comprehensive major (like CRM), then you need at least a minor in another discipline. Or you could take another major. There's no limit on the number of majors and minors a student can have.
The CRM major is another 34 hours. That, plus the 46 hours of general education courses, leaves you with about 45 hours to complete your studies at MSU (a minimum of 125 hours is needed to earn your degree).
Since most academic minors are no more than 21 hours, you could have another minor or two. And with most majors being between 36 and 40 hours, you could graduate with two majors. It's all up to you and how wisely you use your credit hours.
If none of the alternatives mentioned above are attractive to you, I urge you to consider PLANNING how you will use those hours so that they broaden your education and strengthen your marketability upon graduation. Take more courses in your major or minor, or both. Or choose a second minor which expands your understanding in an area related to your major or other minor. Or develop a secondary specialty which may or may not apply to your criminal justice career. Remember, you may lose your position in criminal justice (cut backs, etc.) or decide to leave the field. You may be able to fall back on your second major or minor. By the way, Spanish is a recommended major or minor for CRM students entering the field of criminal justice.
If you are anything other than confident about your oral communication skills and written communication skills (including the use of computers), take some courses to shore them up. And don’t forget about the good people at the Writing Center, where you can have someone review your papers and help you with grammar, syntax, organization and all those things it takes to put together a well written document.
And if you need to, remember that you can take three hours per semester, for a total of no more than 12 hours by graduation, of Pass/No Pass courses as long as they are NOT general education courses or courses counted in your major or minor.
In conclusion, we know that employers want to hire winners. They want people who can provide evidence of having chosen a goal and succeeding at it. You chose a college degree as your goal. What evidence do you have to show a potential employer that you pursued that goal well and succeeded in achieving it? Do you have a strong grade point average? Did you organize your curriculum to best strengthen and prepare yourself for a career?
Get to know your professors, and let them get to know you!
Some students find it very easy to go to their professors’ offices, introduce themselves and have a little chat. Others find this almost impossible to do. I suggest that you give it a try and be persistent about it. Do this several times each semester with each of your professors. And EVERY time you visit, introduce yourself first thing. Relieve your professors of the anxiety that develops when, and if, they have forgotten your name or couldn’t recall it quickly enough for comfort.
If you are not sure what you would say, how about asking them how they first got interested in the field in which they teach? You know that people love nothing more than to talk about themselves. Well, maybe they enjoy eating more (I do!), but you get my point. By the way, in the back of your Missouri State Undergraduate Catalog you will find a listing of the professors including where they got their degrees. Perhaps you can find something there to use as an opener for your conversation with them.
One thing will lead to another and you will each get to know one another just a little bit better. And if you are expecting to ask any of them for a letter of reference to use with potential employers when you graduate, be SURE to visit them now and then. And when you ask for that letter, bring them a resume and picture of your face so they can file them and bring you back to memory quickly and accurately when they are called upon for the reference.
So, if you're ready to set up an appointment to visit with one of your professors, click here, choose the department the faculty member is in, and email the professor directly. Have fun!
Manage Your Time Wisely
There's a time to play, a time to eat and sleep, and a time to work. You'll find lots of useful information on managing your time more effectively if you visit "The Basics of Studying Effectively."
Develop Leadership Skills
This can be achieved several ways. One is to observe people you consider to be leaders. What do they do? They need not be told what needs to be done. They take the initiative and do it! They are also able to communicate well enough with other people in order to successfully solicit their assistance. Others follow them because they exhibit intelligence, direction, a goal and are caring and enthusiastic at the same time. The next step is to start behaving this way yourself, if you aren’t already doing so.
Another way is to read and learn about developing leadership skills. Take a little time and read Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. That book has been around since I was a child. And the reason it is still around, and still used regularly by very successful people, is that it contains some important truths. Studied carefully and incorporated into your life, it will make a difference! There are plenty of similar books at bookstores and the library.
Visit campus organizations to see all the student organizations on campus. I'd suggest you join at least one related to your academic studies (like the Criminal Justice Society) and another for purely social or recreational reasons (like backpacking, etc.). Once you're in, you can work your way into leadership positions and hone this very important skill. Your potential employers will look favorably upon such activity. Just being a member of an organization means little.
Following the title of each course below I have tried to provide a reason why a student might take each course. To get a more accurate description of each course (more accurate than can be found in the Missouri State Catalog), contact the professor who teaches the course and ask for two things. First, ask for a simple description of the course as he or she teaches it.
Secondly, ask for a copy of the most recently used course syllabus. By reviewing the syllabus you may gain a better impression of what the course is about. Certainly, if you look over the table of contents of the required readings you will get a clearer idea of course content.
Maintain the highest grade point average you can muster.
Having a high grade point average is certainly not a guaranteed or necessarily accurate measure of one’s intelligence. I think your faculty, and most employers, know that. But it may be a measure of one’s willingness to work hard - and this is what most employers believe. Again, if you defined earning a college degree as an important goal for yourself and only did a mediocre job of it, why would an employer be interested in hiring you when you declare that working for him or her was your goal? If you only perform at a mediocre level, what is the advantage to the employer?
Worse, you are not competing with people who only have a high school degree. Most of your competitors will have a college degree and there may be more of them with near 4.0 GPAs than there are job vacancies! They have high grade point averages, have taken on leadership roles outside the classroom, were involved in extracurricular activities in college, write and speak beautifully and .... need I go on? YOU want to be one of THOSE competitors!
So, develop study skills, learn to take tests with ease, complete every extra credit assignment you can get your hands on, maintain an excellent attendance record and build a group of people around you who are similarly focused on succeeding. Your energies will feed off each other and you will have a greater likelihood of succeeding.
We have something for you to read that might help you get better grades in college, write better terms papers, perform better on tests and more.
Involve yourself in a high quality internship.
In your junior or senior year, or in both, enroll in an internship in your area of vocational interest. Or it might be an area in which you are thinking of doing some graduate work. An internship provides you with experience - and, when you are in a job interview, few things will show you off better than being able to speak from experience. Click here to learn more about the elective CRM internship.
An internship will teach you the vocabulary of words and motives found in a profession. The words will make it easier for you to communicate with a potential employer and he or she will soon recognize that you know what you are talking about. And a vocabulary of motives refers to those things you learn about why people in that line of work do what they do. What their values and goals are and much more. If you know and share those values and goals, you are more likely to be hired.
You may also be able to get a letter of reference from your field supervisor (the professional or practitioner in the agency with which you completed your internship - not your professor). That letter should be on agency letterhead. Ask permission to copy it so that you can send it to several different places. When you do take it to your potential employers, they will read it with special attention. After all, it is from someone just like them - a fellow professional. Of course, if your professor will write a letter of reference for you, you want that as well!
Most internships do not pay a salary. This is due to the fact that the agency for which you are an intern will spend a considerable sum paying one or more of their staff members to train, observe and supervise you. That can be very expensive! It actually costs the agency to have you as an intern.
Most agencies support an internship program because they feel an obligation to be a part of the training process. They know you, and many interns like you, are eventually going to enter the field. They want you to be good at what you will do!
Click here to contact the Internship Supervisor for the Crime and Society program, or email your academic department’s Head and ask about internships possibilities . Be sure to do arrange for your internship more than one full semester before you hope to enroll in it. The deadline date for submitting an application for a Fall semester internship is in the previous month of April and in November for Spring internships. Call the Department of Sociology and Anthropology (417-836-5650) for the exact date and to get a copy of the application form.
CAS Minors may enroll in an internship although the credit hours may not be used in the Minor. They can be used as elective hours and count towards the 125 hours needed to graduate. The grade received becomes a part of the student’s overall grade point average.
CAS Majors are required to satisfactorily complete an internship. In either case, if you’re not sure where you’d like to do your internship, please contact our Internship Supervisor.
Volunteer in at least one organization.
It doesn’t matter whether you volunteer with a religious organization, a community agency, or in something related to the university. The point is to simply give a little of yourself. Help someone. Promote a cause. It’s good for your soul (if you believe in those things) and, without doubt, you and your actions will be looked upon positively by people around you.
When a potential employer is reviewing your resume, your volunteer activities will be one more piece of evidence that you care about people, are willing to give of yourself and that you are thinking and doing something about the needs of others. If possible, obtain a letter of reference from the director or leader of the organization in which you volunteer and use it in your portfolio of letters, awards and other certificates as you apply for work following graduation or for graduate study.
Becoming engaged in the community, whether through volunteer efforts or otherwise, is part and parcel of the public affairs mission of Missouri State University. You can become engaged on your own, through a faith organization, a Service Learning experience, in an internship in the department of your academic major, or any number of ways. But get involved!
Use the Missouri State Counseling and Testing Center.
The Counseling and Testing Center has some interesting things to offer you, and you’ve already paid for them in your student fees. Among them is the Strong-Campbell-Hal Interest inventory (if it still goes by that name). Take it, and you may get a better idea of which Minors, Majors and careers you are best suited. They have other tests you may be interested in taking as well. And they aren’t really "tests." About the only way you could fail one would be to answer the questions it asks with answers you think other people want you to give. Just be yourself and answer from your heart.
The Strong-Campbell-Hall Interest Inventory allows you to indicate what your interests and abilities are. Not all things in which you have an interest are things you would like to do for a living. Similarly, not all things you are able to do are things you want to do for a living. Where most of us succeed is in doing something for a living in which we have both an interest and an ability. Strong-Campbell-Hall may help you sort all of that out. It takes about 45 minutes to complete the test and two weeks to get the results back.
When the results come back to the Counseling and Testing Center, they will contact you and ask you to come in for a consultation. (By the way, the whole thing will cost you only $10. It costs over $200 to take outside the university as a non-student!) During the consultation they will interpret the results and show you what areas of study and what occupations you seem best suited.
If you are one of my advisees, once you’ve finished with the Counseling and Testing Center, please make an appointment with me and, together, we can review the results and discuss their implications. Sometimes, because I have a little more experience in the criminal justice system than do the good folks at the Center, I can see things in the results that they don’t see.
The Counseling and Testing Center also offers counseling. If you encounter a particularly difficult time while you are attending the university, avail yourself of their counseling services. I refer here to anything from test anxiety to the loss of a loved one. The Center has a dedicated, well trained and caring staff which is there to serve you. Share those difficulties with them and perhaps they can help you help yourself to more effectively deal with whatever it is you want help. The service is free to students.
Use the Office of Career Services
The MSU Career Center is one of the most positive forces on campus. The staff in that office will do their best to facilitate your movement from student to full time employee. Among the many services they offer are one-on-one career counseling - from helping you figure out what you want to do for a living to choosing subjects to study in order to be prepared for your career. They also provide the following services:
Assistance in writing cover letters and resumes.
Informational meetings on a variety of topics including getting involved in an internship, cooperative education opportunities (where you earn academic credit while you work it the field) and career preparedness.
Opportunities to meet employers, specially through the various "Career Days" held at Missouri State throughout the academic year. Career Days gives you a chance to meet professionals in your field and you’ll be able to talk with them about job prospects as well as internships.
A library of materials to help you choose and get prepared for a career or to find a job.
Training in interview skills. You can participate in a mock interview and, when it’s over, watch yourself on video as you and your career counselor critique your strong points and things you do which would profit from improvement. By improving your interviewing skills you improve your chances for getting the job you want and succeeding in your chosen field.
Are you interested in the field of law?
Missouri State University offers students several programs in the study of law. Included is the CHPA offering of a minor called Law and Society, the Political Science Department offering of a minor in Public Law, and the College of Business Administration's minor in Legal Studies. If you're interested, Dr. Tom O'Connor has an information-packed website on law, law schools, and the study of law.
Graduating? Here's what you need to do.
The following information was updated September 7, 2007
and was prepared by Nathan Hoff, Assistant Registrar for Degree Programs, MSUWhat is “the graduation process” for undergraduate students?
- The student must file an Intent to Graduate. This is how we know to review a student’s graduation eligibility. If the student does not file an Intent to Graduate, they will not graduate. The Intent to Graduate can be filed in one of the following methods:
1) Online through “My Information”
2) In person at the Office of the Registrar (Carrington 320)
3) A printable version can be found on the University’s Commencement website, which may be mailed or faxed to the Office of the Registrar
- If filed online, the student will receive the following response message telling the student how to verify the Intent has been received and processed as well as a variety of other information.
Thank you for submitting your Intent to Graduate to the Office of the Registrar. To verify that your Intent to Graduate has transmitted correctly and has been processed, go to the My Information system and select the Advisement Folder option. Look under the General Information heading, five lines down. If the statement "Declared Sem/Year of Graduation" appears, you have filed for graduation. If the statement "Calculated Sem/Year of Graduation" appears, you have not filed for graduation.
The timetable for submitting your Intent To Graduate form is as follows:
Spring graduation = generally the last Friday in March
Summer graduation = generally the last Friday in June
Fall graduation = generally the last Friday in October
You can find the Intent to Graduate form online at: http://www.missouristate.edu/registrar/intent.html
To review that you are eligible to graduate, you should complete the following steps:
- After registering for your final semester, review your degree audit to ensure all requirements are met and/or in progress. An updated audit is automatically generated the day after you register.
- Take the General Education Assessment Exit Exam prior to the conclusion of your semester of graduation.
- Ensure that you have resolved any incomplete grades from previous semesters.
After final grades are posted, please review your record to ensure the following steps are completed:
- You passed all courses and that your degree audit shows “All Requirements Have Been Met.” This is generally available within 2 weeks of commencement.
- Your permanent address is up to date. This is where your diploma would be mailed.
- You have cleared all encumbrances. Encumbrances will prevent a diploma from being mailed.
Diplomas are mailed approximately 3-4 weeks after commencement. Please visit the Commencement website for information regarding ceremony location/date/time, how to order caps/gowns/announcements, scholastic honors eligibility requirements, and specific dates/deadlines for your semester of graduation.
If you have questions concerning your degree audit or graduation requirements, please contact the Office of the Registrar (Carrington 320). You may contact a Degree Check staff member by e-mail (Registrar@missouristate.edu) or phone (417-836-5520).
- The Office of the Registrar will review the student’s degree audit to determine if all requirements are in progress or if a graduation deficiency exists. An advising note is filed to inform the student on their graduation eligibility. This note contains a hyperlink to the University’s Commencement website. Notifications begin on the following schedule
Spring graduation-notification begins in late November
Summer graduation-notification begins in late April
Fall graduation-notification begins in late June
This notification begins at this time in order to allow student sufficient time to make changes to their schedule if necessary to allow the student to solve their graduation deficiency. It also includes additional graduation information. An example notification is given below:
The Office of the Registrar has received your Intent to Graduate for Fall 2007. A review of your degree audit shows that you are missing _____. These deficiencies must be resolved pending the completion of Fall 2007 courses in order to be eligible for graduation. If you wish to move your Intent to Graduate to a future semester, please refile your Intent to Graduate for a future semester. Please rerun your degree audit if you make any changes to your schedule or fail to complete any currently in-progress courses and/or Fall 2007 courses successfully as this could affect your graduation eligibility. Please do not forget to take the General Education Assessment Exit Exam, which is required for all Bachelor degree candidates, if you have not done so already. You can register for the exam online at http://www.missouristate.edu/assessment/. For additional commencement information, you can go online to http://www.missouristate.edu/commencement.
- In order to appear in the printed commencement program, students must have their Intent filed by the approximate timeline (specific filing dates are on the Commencement website)
Spring graduation-generally the last Friday in March
Summer graduation-generally the last Friday in June
Fall graduation-generally the last Friday in October
- All undergraduate degree candidates must take the General Education Assessment Exam. While there is not a minimum score, it is required to fulfill a state requirement. The exam takes approximately one hour and fifteen minutes and may be taken during the student’s junior or senior year. Students who do not complete this will not graduate. Students who are working on a second degree must take the exam a second time unless the previous exam date was within the last two years. For questions about the General Education Assessment Exam, please contact the Center for Assessment and Instructional Support.
- Once courses are completed, students should complete the following steps to ensure all requirements have been met:
1) Check final grades to ensure all courses were passed.
2) Run a new degree audit to ensure the audit provides the message “All Requirements Identified Below Have Been Met.” Students may generate their own degree audit beginning the Thursday after Commencement.
3) Ensure all encumbrances have been cleared. An encumbrance would prevent the mailing of the student’s diploma.
4) Ensure that his/her permanent mailing address is updated. This is where the diploma will be mailed.
What is “the graduation process” for graduate students?
- The student must file an Application to Graduate. This can be completed through the Graduate College website.
- Students with questions about their graduation eligibility should contact the Graduate College.
- In order to appear in the printed commencement program, students must have their Intent filed by the approximate timeline (specific filing dates are on the Commencement website) as found at the top of the following page:
Spring graduation-generally the last Friday in March
Summer graduation-generally the last Friday in June
Fall graduation-generally the last Friday in October
- Students should refer to the Graduate College to ensure that they meet all deadlines, such as applying for comprehensive exams.
- Once courses are completed, students should complete the following steps to ensure all requirements have been met:
1) Check final grades to ensure all courses were passed.
2) Ensure all encumbrances have been cleared. An encumbrance would prevent the mailing of the student’s diploma.
3) Ensure that his/her permanent mailing address is updated. This is where the diploma will be mailed.
Graduation Information Sometimes Overlooked By Students and Advisors
- All graduation deficiencies must be resolved no later than the mid-point of the following semester/session in order to graduate. This includes evaluation of transfer work, incomplete resolution, completion of the General Education Assessment Exam, and any other graduation deficiencies. The students receive a letter at their permanent address detailing the deficiency and specifying the date by which it must be resolved.
- Incompletes must be resolved for graduation clearance, even if the course is not required for graduation. Incompletes can be resolved by completing the coursework and receiving a grade or by taking an “F” for the course provided the student is still graduation-eligible. Even though the student has one calendar year to resolve their incomplete, the incomplete must be resolved by the previously mentioned timeline in order to stay on the graduation list.
- Students who take Intersession courses to fulfill their graduation requirements are considered to be a graduate of the semester in which the Intersession is offered. For example, a student taking a Fall Intersession course in August is not eligible for Summer graduation, regardless of how quickly the Intersession course is completed. Intersession students must wait until the end of the semester to receive their diploma and have their degree posted like any other graduate from the respective semester.
- Students are typically not allowed to walk at a commencement ceremony earlier than the semester in which they graduate. The only exceptions are students who are fulfilling their final requirement through Intersession coursework. These students may petition to be allowed to walk in the ceremony prior to their Intersession course, but they are not included in the Commencement Program and it does not change their graduation eligibility.
- If a student is deleted from a graduation list, they must refile an Intent to Graduate for their new intended semester of graduation. They are notified of this through advising notes and/or deletion letters.
- Students cannot come back and complete an additional minor only after graduation. Some students will drop their minor with the intention of finishing it a semester or two later.
- Students should be aware of the extra time required to transfer Study Away coursework back to Missouri State. It is subject to the same deadlines described above. Study Away work typically takes longer to arrive and requires additional time to process as multiple offices are involved in the evaluation of Study Away transfer work.
Scholastic Honors
- Scholastic honors eligibility for recognition at Commencement is based on the semester preceding graduation as final grades are not due at the time of the commencement ceremony. There are no exceptions to this. Signed notes from instructors to include the student’s grades from their final semester will not be factored in to eligibility for Commencement recognition. Final semester grades are considered in final scholastic honor eligibility and updates to the diploma (both upgrades and downgrades) are made.
- Students must have a minimum of 60 undergraduate hours at Missouri State to be eligible for scholastic honors. Any student wishing to appeal the minimum hours requirement would do so through the Office of the Provost. The LOWEST of either Missouri State cumulative GPA or combined (Missouri State and transfer) GPA is used to determine scholastic honors eligibility. This cannot be appealed. For further detail, see page 69 of the current undergraduate catalog under the heading “Scholastic Honors.”
Top Ten Graduation Deficiencies that are Most Often Overlooked
- Admission to the primary major, even though all of the coursework may be complete.
- Admission to an additional major/minor (most often a minor that the student intends to earn but to which he/she was never completed the paperwork to be admitted.)
- Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements (particularly courses that cannot be counted in multiple areas, such as major, general education, and Fine Arts). These requirements are not waived by an Associate of Arts degree!
- 125 minimum credit hours required for graduation.
- General Education Assessment Exit Exam.
- Major/minor residency requirement (which can be appealed through an Expedited Appeal of Major/Minor Residency Form available through the Office of the Provost).
- Unresolved incompletes from previous semesters.
- Filing an Intent to Graduate (you can verify this is complete with your advisee).
- 40 hour of Upper Division (300 level or above) coursework.
- Missing substitutions/waivers/advised course lists.
For further information about Commencement, including information on cap/gown/announcement ordering, commencement procedures, transcript information, future graduation dates, and information for guests, please visit the Missouri State University Commencement site at: http://www.missouristate.edu/commencement
MSU's Public Affairs Mission and You!
The public affairs mission at Missouri State seeks to:
- Develop an increasing awareness of the public dimension of life.
- Produce a broad literacy in the primary public issues.
- Establish a campus environment where the awareness of public questions is nurtured and their discussion is encouraged.
- Create the capacity for and the interest in doing voluntary public work.
- Provide community service learning opportunities as a significant component of disciplinary instruction.
Declaring a CRM Major or Minor
"Declaring" a major or minor in CRM is relatively easy. Your advisor can do that for you. Being "admitted" into the CRM major or minor is another matter. First, in most cases you must have already completed the following courses in your general education program:
IDS 110 Introduction to University Life. 1(0-2)F,S.
or UHC 110 - Freshman Honors Seminar. 1(0-2)F,S.CIS/CSC 101 Computers for Learning. 2(1-2)F,S.
COM 115 Fundamentals of Public Speaking. 3(3-0)F,S.
ENG 110 Writing I. 3(3-0)F,S.
WRITING II (there are many to choose from, ENG 321 is useful for learning about report writing, preparing resumes and writing cover letters for eventual employment).MTH 130 or any MTH course above MTH 130: The MTH department and our faculty recommend MTH 145 for any student who doesn't do well with algebra. Students with relatively weak math skills are advised to take MTH 130 when qualified (if they need MTH 102 and MTH 103 as prerequisites).
PED 100 Fitness for Living. 2(1-2)F,S.
If you have completed those requirements, visit the CRM faculty (in Strong 451 - the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology) and they will assist you in being admitted into the CRM major or minor. And welcome to the program!!
After a student has accumulated sixty (60) hours at MSU he or she is required to complete a Degree Application Form. If you qualify for this you can pick up the Degree Application Form in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology office located in Strong Hall 451 (fourth floor). The office is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The phone number is 417-836-5640.
Join in on Student Activities - meet some great people!
The CRM program has a student group called the Criminal Justice Society. They offer social and professionally-related programs both spring and fall semesters. The the link to their contact information.
As a student at MSU, you also have access to the dozens of student organizations campus-wide. Why not attend a meeting and see if you want to join the group. Maybe you're interested in canoeing. How about camping? Or maybe you're a history buff or enjoy art. We have groups of students who share a wide range of interests. By joining up you broaden your horizons, make new friends, and enhance your experiences while at MSU.
