Missouri State University

BS Four-Year Graduation Plan

Program can be completed online

Sample schedule

This is a model four-year graduation plan. Your path to graduation may vary slightly based on factors such as college credit you earned while in high school, your choice of a minor or second major, and placement in English and mathematics.

First semester (fall)

First semester courses Credit hours
ENG 110 Writing I3
SOC 150 Introduction to Society3
GEP 101 First-Year Foundations2
CIS/CSC 101 - Computers for Learning2
PLS 101 American Democracy and Citizenship3
Culture and Society/Humanities3
Total hours16

Second semester (spring)

Second semester courses Credit hours
Writing II3
COM 115 Fundamentals of Public Speaking3
Self-Understanding/Creativity and Vision3
Natural World4
HST 121 and 122 - U.S. History3
Total hours16

Third semester (fall)

Third semester courses Credit hours
MTH 130 or higher3
CRM Elective3
Self-Understanding/Social-Behavioral3
Courses for Minor3
Total hours12

Fourth semester (spring)

Fourth semester courses Credit hours
KIN 100 Fitness for Living2
CRM 210 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System3
Natural World4
Self-Understanding/Humanities3
Course for Minor3
Total hours15

Fifth semester (fall)

Fifth semester courses Credit hours
B.A. Fine Arts Course3
CRM 270 Institutional and Community-Based Corrections3
CRM 250 Policing3
CRM 260 Criminal Law and the Courts3
General Elective3
Total hours15

Sixth semester (spring)

Sixth semester courses Credit hours
CRM 345 Quantitative Analysis for Criminology and Criminal Justice3
CRM 380 Criminal Justice Organizations and Management3
CRM Elective3
CRM Elective3
General Elective3
Total hours15

Seventh semester (fall)

Seventh semester courses Credit hours
CRM 320 Criminological Theory3
CRM 340 Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice3
CRM 355 or CRM 3753
CRM Elective3
General Elective3
Total hours15

Eighth semester (spring)

Eighth semester courses Credit hours
CRM 598 Senior Seminar in Criminology3
CRM Elective3
CRM Elective3
General Elective3
General Elective3
Total hours15

GPA requirements include: minimum GPA of 2.50 in all courses counted toward the major.