Overview

Are you interested in crime and criminal behavior? If so, you are in good company. Countless movies and TV shows give us images of criminals, police officers, and prison yards. Nightly newscasts give us reports of murders, burglaries, and drug busts. Here at University of Oklahoma, students at the Sociology - Criminology program study why crimes occur. While their explanations include biological and psychological causes, they emphasize social forces, like our neighborhoods and peer groups, that cause or produce criminal behavior. Criminologists also study criminal and juvenile justice systems, organized crime, political violence, terrorism, and the media's representation of crime. Through coursework and individual projects with faculty, OU Criminology students learn theories of crime and how to test those theories through actual research.

Faculty members in the program have a variety of research interests, including deviance, criminal justice, gangs, violence, and white-collar crime. Students can work with professors to conduct research and develop their own research interests within the wide realm of criminology. Students can also complete a three-credit semester-long internship that can be done in a variety of settings, including police departments and correctional institutions.

The B.A. degree in criminology is excellent preparation for employment in a range of fields in both the public and private sectors. Graduates of our undergraduate program work as law enforcement officials, counselors, child welfare specialists, counselors, data analysts, leaders in the nonprofit sector, statisticians for state and U.S. governments (for example, the OSBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the US Department of Justice more broadly), and as teachers. Criminology is a concentration within the Department of Sociology, so students also complete courses in sociology, giving them broad skills that are highly marketable and useful for many careers.

Criminology and sociology students interested in applied work can participate in internships. Our undergraduates have interned with a variety of groups and organizations, including the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Crossroads Youth and Family Services, Habitat for Humanity, and Burton Law Group, PC.

Careers

Court systems

Law enforcement

Correctional institutions

Government organizations

Child protective investigator

Probation and parole officer

Physical evidence technician

Advocacy work

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Sociology

Social Statistics

Methods of Social Research

Criminology

Additional criminology courses chosen from a selection

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Norman, United States

Disciplines

Sociology Criminology Criminal Justice View 832 other Bachelors in Criminal Justice in United States

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

Submit either the OU Application, Common Application, or Coalition Application. This includes a $40, non-refundable application fee for domestic applicants.

Official high school transcript that reflects at least six semesters of work completed and includes your GPA computed on an unweighted 4.0 scale and your class rank

Official test scores to us through ACT and/or The College Board. Your test scores may also be included on your official high school transcript

Letter of recommendation

Official copies of any AP or CLEP test scores

Tuition Fees

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34414 USD / year

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23490 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

5370 USD / year

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Living costs

Norman

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

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