SUNY Oswego - Department of Public Justice: BA Degree

Program Requirements

Public Justice

Public Justice Major - Arts and Sciences, B.A. Degree36cr

A. Core Requirements15 cr

Pbj 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Pbj 201 - Survey of American Non-Criminal Law
Pbj 301 - Organizational Structure and Communication
Pbj 397 - Practicum in Public Justice
Pbj 401 - Seminar in Public Justice

B. Electives21 cr

To be selected under advisement from a list of courses approved by the core faculty from participating departments (Anthropology, Sociology, Chemistry, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Public Justice). The sequence of courses will be individually tailored by the advisor in relation to each student's career orientation. At least fifteen hours of major electives must be taken at the 300-level or above

C. Cognate Requirements0 cr

None

Pbj 301, 397, and 401 must be taken at Oswego.

Additionally, the following restrictions apply to the Public Justice major program:

1. Public Justice majors may transfer to SUNY Oswego a maximum of six (6) upper division elective hours in the major from an accredited four-year or upper division college.

2. Internal Transfer Policy: To declare a Public Justice major a student already enrolled at Oswego must have completed at least 30 semester hours with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0.

3. To complete the Public Justice major a student must receive a grade of C- or better in each Public Justice core course.

4. To complete the Public Justice major a student must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in the core courses.

5. To complete the Public Justice major a student must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA in the elective courses.

6. Successful completion of all previous Public Justice core courses is a prerequisite for admission to each successive core course in the required sequence.

7. Admission to core courses after Pbj 201 requires prior departmental approval.

The information below is offered by the Department. Official program requirements and course descriptions, above, are the most recent available.

Major electives include courses in other departments approved by your advisor and such Public Justice courses as:

PBJ 102 - Introduction to Human Services
PBJ 202 - Helping Skills
PBJ 300 - Topics in Public Justice
PBJ 325 - Poor and the Courts
PBJ 345 - Criminal Investigation
PBJ 347 - Crime and Society
PBJ 348 - Criminal Evidence
PBJ 350 - Proseminar in Public Justice
PBJ 351 - Report Writing in Public Justice
PBJ 360 - Discrimination in the Workplace
PBJ 361 - Family Law
PBJ 363 - Women and the Law
PBJ 365 - Introduction to Criminal Law
PBJ 367 - Women and Crime
PBJ 377 - Suicide, Assisted Suicide, & Euthenasia
PBJ 385 - Drugs and Crime
PBJ 400 - Advanced Topics in Public Justice
PBJ 425 - Comparative Justice Systems
PBJ 460 - Current Problems in American Law
PBJ 461 - Children & the Law
PBJ 463 - American Indian Law & Federal Indian Policy
PBJ 399 - 99 - Independent Study in Public Justice

(See the College Catalog for Independent Study requirements.)

Other electives will be added from time to time. Check with the Undergraduate Advisement & Advance Registration Bulletin for the semester you are registering for. Additionally, the following restrictions apply to the Public Justice major program:

Public Justice majors may transfer to SUNY Oswego [directly into the PBJ major] a maximum of six (6) upper division elective hours in the major from an accredited four-year or upper division college.
Public Justice majors may transfer to SUNY Oswego [directly into the PBJ major] a maximum of six (6) lower division elective hours in the major from an accredited two- or four-year college.
To declare a Public Justice major, a student must have completed at least 30 semester hours with a minimum cumulative grade point average determined by the annual demand for admission to the major. Students must have a cumulative average of at least 2.0 to apply.
To complete the major, the student must earn a grade of C- or better in each Public Justice core course and must maintain a minimum 2.0 average in all Public Justice major electives. This minimum 2.0 average will not be waived under any circumstances.
Students must complete all previous Public Justice courses with a grade of C- or better in order to be admitted to each successive core course in the required sequence.
Admission to Public Justice core courses after PBJ 201 requires prior departmental approval.
Repeated "D" or "E" Policy: Any student who receives a "D" or "E" grade in a Public Justice core course must repeat that course before continuing on in the required core sequence. Any student repeating a core course in which he or she received a grade of "D" or "E", and who receives a second "D" or "E" in the same course, may not repeat that course again without prior Public Justice Department approval according to the procedure outlined below:

Procedure:

The student submits a petition for approval to repeat the core course to the Public Justice Department Chairperson.
The Chairperson will appoint a committee of three Public Justice core faculty to consider the student's petition and decide whether to permit the student to repeat the core course for a third time.
The student may be consulted as to his or her choice of faculty to serve on the committee.
The committee's decision in the matter is considered final.

Any Public Justice core course that must be repeated must be taken at SUNY-Oswego.