CJ at North Dakota State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CJ coursework.

• CJ 325Applied Research Methodsopens 4 courses (4 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CJ work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 23 CJ and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 50 more CJ courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CJ, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CJ. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at CJ 410

  1. CJ 201Introduction to Criminal Justice
  2. CJ 325Applied Research Methods
  3. CJ 410Police & Society

• 2 courses deep, ending at CJ 407

  1. PSYC 111Introduction to Psychology
  2. CJ 407Deviant Behavior

• 2 courses deep, ending at CJ 430

  1. CJ 260Introduction to Forensic Science
  2. CJ 430Issues in Forensic Science

• 2 courses deep, ending at CJ 721

  1. CJ 703Advanced Criminology
  2. CJ 721Individual Theories of Crime

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CJ yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CJ yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CJ does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the NDSU campus feed.