School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

 

Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Criminology (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (134-137 semester credit hours)^{1, 2}

EPPS Faculty

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Professors: Denise Paquette Boots @dpb062000, Bruce A. Jacobs @baj034000, Alex R. Piquero @axp116030, Nicole Leeper Piquero @nxl112230, Robert W. Taylor @rwt092000, Lynne M. Vieraitis @lmv071000, John L. Worrall @jlw064000

Associate Professor: Tomislav Kovandzic @tvk071000

Assistant Professor: Jonathan Maskaly @jxm166430

Clinical Professor: Elmer Polk @peo091000

Associate Professor of Practice: Timothy M. Bray @tmb021000

NSM Faculty

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Professors: Rockford K. Draper @draper, Juan E. González @jgonzal, Lawrence J. Reitzer @reitzer, Stephen Spiro @sxs067400, Li Zhang @lxz075000, Michael Qiwei Zhang @mqz091000

Associate Professors: John G. Burr @burr, Jeff L. DeJong @dejong, Heng Du @hxd131030, Tae Hoon Kim @txk142630, Kelli Palmer @klp120030, Duane D. Winkler @ddw130330, Zhenyu Xuan @zxx091000

Assistant Professors: Zachary Campbell @zxc153030, Nicole De Nisco @njd160330, Nikki Delk @nad140230, Jyoti Misra @jrm190003, Faruck Morcos @afg150230

Professors Emeritus: Hans Bremer @hxb068000, Lee A. Bulla @bulla, Donald M. Gray @dongray

Associate Professors Emeritius: Gail A. M. Breen @breen, Dennis L. Miller @dmiller

Clinical Professor: David Murchison @dfm100020

Research Assistant Professors: Lan Guo @lxg132130, Li Liu @lliu

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Caitlin Braitsch @cmb170830, Ida Klang @ixk190014, Eva Sadat @exs190014, Zhuoru Wu @zxw190014

Senior Lecturers: Mehmet Candas @candas, Wen-Ju Lin @wenju, Meenakshi Maitra @mxm172731, Robert C. Marsh @rmarsh, Iti Mehta @ixm121430, Jing Pan @jxp134330, Elizabeth Pickett @eaw016100, Ruben D. Ramirez @rdr092000, Scott A. Rippel @rippel, Ilya Sapozhnikov @isapoz, Subha Sarcar @sns064000, Uma Srikanth @ukrish, Michelle Wilson @mxw084000, Wen-Ho Yu @why061000

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours³

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 I⁴

MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{4, 5, 6}

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁴

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

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^{4, 7}

CRIM 1307 Introduction to Crime and Criminology^{4, 7}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics⁴

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^{4, 5, 6}

or STAT 2332 Introductory Statistics for Life Sciences⁴

or EPPS 2302 Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Sciences⁴

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics⁴

II. Major Requirements: 77-80 semester credit hours

Biology Major Preparatory Courses: 18-21 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I

or CHEM 1115 Honors Freshman Chemistry Laboratory I

CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II

or CHEM 1116 Honors Freshman Chemistry Laboratory II

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁴

CHEM 2123 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I⁷

CHEM 2125 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II⁷

CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I⁷

CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II⁷

MATH 2413 Differential Calculus and MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{4, 5, 6}

or MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I

and STAT 2332 Introductory Statistics for Life Sciences

or EPPS 2302 Methods of Quantitative Analysis in the Social and Policy Sciences⁴

PHYS 2325 Mechanics and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I

or PHYS 2421 Honors Physics I - Mechanics and Heat⁸

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

PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves and PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

or PHYS 2422 Honors Physics II - Electromagnetism and Waves and PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

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

Biology Major Core Courses: 32 semester credit hours

BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I⁷

BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II⁷

BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory⁷

BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I⁷

BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II⁷

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

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

CRIM 1301 Introduction to Criminal Justice^{4, 7}

CRIM 1307 Introduction to Crime and Criminology^{4, 7}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics⁴

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics⁴

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 Seminar⁹

And

Distributive Justice Focus

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

CRIM 3301 Theories of Justice

ECON 4330 Law and Economics

SOC 4302 Class, Status, and Power

And

International or Comparative Focus

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

CRIM 3319 Comparative Justice Systems

ECON 4360 International Trade

PSCI 3350 Comparative Politics

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

3 semester credit hours approved upper-division BIOL elective

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. Degree is 135-138 semester credit hours if students are required to take the school related freshman seminar course.

3. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited 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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. Students who complete PHYS 2421 do not need to complete PHYS 2125.

9. To be taken upon completion of Criminology core courses.