CRIM at Pennsylvania 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 CRIM coursework.

• CRIM 249Criminology Theory and Evidenceopens 11 courses (2.3 directly)
• CRIM 250WResearch Methods in Criminologyopens 10 courses (7.6 directly)
• CRIM 250Research Methods in Criminologyopens 4 courses (1.6 directly)
• CRIM 423Sexual and Domestic Violenceopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CRIM 453Women and the Criminal Justice Systemopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CRIMJ 423Sexual and Domestic Violenceopens 2 courses (2 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 CRIM 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 45 CRIM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more CRIM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at CRIM 422

  1. CRIMJ 422Victimization
  2. CRIM 422Victimization

• 5 courses deep, ending at CRIM 490

  1. PPOL 490Crime Policy
  2. CRIM 490Crime Policy

• 4 courses deep, ending at CRIM 395

  1. CRIM 100Introduction to Criminal Justice
  2. CRIM 249Criminology Theory and Evidence
  3. CRIM 250WResearch Methods in Criminology

• 4 courses deep, ending at CRIM 423

  1. CRIMJ 423Sexual and Domestic Violence
  2. CRIM 423Sexual and Domestic Violence

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CRIM yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CRIM yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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