The Department of Criminology provides undergraduate and graduate education in criminology for students planning professional careers in the criminal justice field. The program is diversified and integrated, reflecting the wide range of job opportunities in the field, including direct service and administration in law enforcement, corrections, victimology/victim services, juvenile justice, and forensic behavioral sciences. The department offers the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and a minor. The department will not accept a student with a GPA less than 2.0 as an undergraduate major.

The Department of Criminology provides undergraduate and graduate education in criminology for students planning professional careers in the criminal justice field. The program is diversified and integrated, reflecting the wide range of job opportunities in the field, including direct service and administration in law enforcement, corrections, forensic behavioral sciences, and victimology/victim services. What You Can Earn Police Patrol Officer: $51,651 (our region) Fraud Investigation Officer: $56,777 (our region) Correctional Officer: $40,838 (our region) What You Can Do: Pursue Careers In: Welfare fraud Industrial security Victim services State Police Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Alcohol Beverage Control California Youth Authority Office of Criminal Justice Planning Department of Motor Vehicles Fish and Game Department Border Patrol FBI Secret Service Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Park Service Customs and Immigration Federal prisons Children and Family Services Coroner's Office Juvenile Detention Facilities District Attorney Investigations Public Defender Investigations Probation Parole Highway Patrol Criminalistics Social Services Drug Enforcement Administration.