School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Criminology and Biology (Double Major) (BA)

Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Biology (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (134-139 semester credit hours)¹

EPPS Faculty

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Professors: Bruce A. Jacobs @baj034000, Alex R. Piquero @axp116030, Nicole Leeper Piquero @nxl112230, John L. Worrall @jlw064000

Associate Professors: Denise Paquette Boots @dpb062000, Tomislav Kovandzic @tvk071000, Lynne M. Vieraitis @lmv071000

Clinical Professor: Elmer Polk @peo091000

Assistant Professors: Nadine Connell @nmc110030, Jonathan Maskaly @jxm166430, Andrew Wheeler @axw161530

Clinical Assistant Professor: Timothy M. Bray @tmb021000

Senior Lecturer: Galia Cohen @gxc097120

NSM Faculty

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Professors: Bruce A. Jacobs @baj034000, Alex R. Piquero @axp116030, Nicole Leeper Piquero @nxl112230, John L. Worrall @jlw064000

Professors Emeritus: Hans Bremer @hxb068000, Donald M. Gray @dongray, Claud S. Rupert @csr062000

Associate Professors: Denise Paquette Boots @dpb062000, Tomislav Kovandzic @tvk071000, Lynne M. Vieraitis @lmv071000

Assistant Professors: Nikki Delk @nad140230, Heng Du @hxd131030, Jung-whan (Jay) Kim @jxk132330, Faruck Morcos @afg150230, Kelli Palmer @klp120030, Duane D. Winkler @ddw130330, Zhenyu Xuan @zxx091000, Hyuntae Yoo @hxy103120

Research Assistant Professors: Monique Duncan @mxd127830, Lan Guo @lxg132130

Senior Lecturers: Irina Borovkov @ixb053000, Mehmet Candas @candas, Vincent P. Cirillo @cirillo, Brenna Hill @brh140230, Wen-Ju Lin @wenju, Robert C. Marsh @rmarsh, David Murchison @dfm100020, Jing Pan @jxp134330, Elizabeth Pickett @eaw016100, Ruben D. Ramirez @rdr092000, Scott A. Rippel @rippel, Elizabeth L. Rugg @elr120030, Ilya Sapozhnikov @isapoz, Uma Srikanth @ukrish, Michelle Wilson @mxw084000, Wen-Ho Yu @why061000

Clinical Professor: Elmer Polk @peo091000

Assistant Professor: Nadine Connell @nmc110030

Clinical Assistant Professor: Timothy M. Bray @tmb021000

Senior Lecturer: Galia Cohen @gxc097120

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours²

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication

RHET 1302 Rhetoric

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one course from the following:

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I³

MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{3, 4, 5}

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I³

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II³

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy, and Culture core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

HIST 1301 U.S. History Survey to Civil War

HIST 1302 U.S. History Survey from Civil War

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from American history core courses (see advisor)

Government / Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one course from the following:

CRIM 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice^{3, 6}

CRIM 1307 Introduction to Crime and Criminology^{3, 6}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics³

SOC 1301 Introduction to Sociology

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences core courses (see advisor)

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{3, 4, 5}

or STAT 2332 Introductory Statistics for Life Sciences³

or EPPS 2302 Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Sciences³

or EPPS 2303 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics for the Social and Policy Sciences³

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics³

II. Major Requirements: 77-82 semester credit hours

Criminology Major Preparatory Courses: 3-6 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

CRIM 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice^{3, 6}

CRIM 1307 Introduction to Crime and Criminology^{3, 6}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics³

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics³

Criminology Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours

CRIM 3300 Crime and Civil Liberties

CRIM 3302 Advanced Criminology

CRIM 3303 Advanced Criminal Justice

CRIM 3310 Youth Crime and Justice

CRIM 4311 Crime and Justice Policy

CRIM 4322 Senior Research Seminar⁷

And

Distributive Justice Focus

Choose one course from the following (3 semester credit hours):

CRIM 3301 Theories of Justice

SOC 4302 Class, Status and Power

SOC 4369 Public Health and Society

SOC 3325 Race, Ethnicity, and Community

ECON 4333 Environmental Economics

And

International or Comparative Focus

Choose one course from the following (3 semester credit hours):

CRIM 3319 Comparative Justice Systems

ECON 3369 Political Economy of Terrorism

SOC 3336 Culture Regions

SOC 4387 Religion in International Development

Biology Major Preparatory Courses: 18-20 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I

CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I³

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II³

CHEM 2123 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I⁶

CHEM 2125 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II⁶

CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I⁶

CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II⁶

MATH 2413 Differential Calculus and MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{3, 4, 5}

or MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I and either STAT 2332 Introductory Statistics for Life Sciences or EPPS 2302 Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Sciences³

PHYS 2325 Mechanics and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I

or PHYS 1301 College Physics I and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory II

PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves and PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

or PHYS 1302 College Physics II and PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

EPPS 1110 Freshman Seminar or NATS 1101 Natural Sciences and Mathematics Freshman Seminar⁸

UNIV 1010 Freshman Seminar

Biology Major Core Courses: 32 semester credit hours

BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I⁶

BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II⁶

BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory⁶

BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I⁶

BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II⁶

BIOL 3101 Classical and Molecular Genetics Workshop

BIOL 3102 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology Workshop

BIOL 3161 Biochemistry Workshop I

BIOL 3162 Biochemistry Workshop II

BIOL 3301 Classical and Molecular Genetics

BIOL 3302 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology

BIOL 3318 Forensic Biology

BIOL 3361 Biochemistry I

BIOL 3362 Biochemistry II

or BIOL 3335 Microbial Physiology

BIOL 3380 Biochemistry Laboratory

III. Elective Requirements: 15 semester credit hours

Guided Electives: 15 semester credit hours

Biology (6 semester credit hours):

BIOL 4380 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory

Criminology Related Electives: 9 semester credit hours

All students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to graduate.

1. Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.

2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

3. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

4. Six semester credit hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core and Component Area Option Core, and 2 semester credit hours of Calculus are counted as Major Preparatory Courses.

5. Students may substitute MATH 2413 and MATH 2414 by taking MATH 2417 and MATH 2419.

6. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

7. To be taken upon completion of Criminology major core courses.

8. The double major of Criminology and Biology's total degree semester credit hours will be 135-140 if incoming freshmen take EPPS 1110 or NATS 1101.