For Transfers

Transferring Credits

Students transferring from a community college may transfer up to 12 criminal justice credits into the major. 

Additionally, statistics courses equivalent to MAT 311 from a community college will be accepted into the major.

We accept courses equivalent to CRJ 101, CRJ 201, CRJ 202 and/or CRJ 204. The department does not acknowledge any course from a community college as upper level.

Students transferring from a four-year institution may transfer more than 12 credits into the major. The department chair will help determine which CRJ courses are transferable.

Planning to Transfer?

If you plan on transferring to the Criminal Justice Department at SUNY Buffalo State, it is highly advisable that you take an A.A. or A.S. program rather than an AAS program at a community college.

The Criminal Justice Department will take up to 12 credits of criminal justice courses from any community college into its major curriculum, regardless of how many criminal justice courses a transfer student has taken at a community college.

Police/Military Training

The department does not accept police or military training as equivalent to coursework in the major.

Major Core Classes Required for Graduation

The Criminal Justice major core classes required for graduation are:

• CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CRJ 201 Criminal Law
• CRJ 202 The Police Process
• CRJ 204 The Correctional Process
• CRJ 303 Criminal Justice theory and Ideology
• CRJ 315 Research Methods in Criminal Justice

Stastics

You must take one of the following

• CRJ 310
• ECO 305
• MAT 311
• PSY 306
• SOC 301

or an equivalent Statistics course from another college. 

Sign Up for a Major Concentration

• Policing
• Corrections
• Intelligence Analysis

CRJ 408 – Special Topics in Criminal Justice

Up to 9 credits of CRJ 408 – Special Topics in Criminal Justice may be taken as long as the class covers a different topic. Only 6 credits may be used as a Criminal Justice elective. 

Pass/Fail

No class in the major (including the Professional, Behavioral and Social Science electives) may be taken Pass/Fail.

Skills and Competencies

Writing Across the Curriculum           

• CRJ 303 Criminal Justice Theory and Ideology and
• CRJ 315 Research Methods in Criminal Justice

Critical Thinking                             

• CRJ 425 Race and the Administration of Justice or
• CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice

Information Management

• CRJ 303 Criminal Justice Theory and Ideology

Intellectual Foundation Requirements May Be Met By Criminal Justice Classes

Diversity                                         

• CRJ 425 Race and the Administration of Justice or
• CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice