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  • Chicago Commission on Human Relations
  • Cook County Juvenile Probation Department
  • West Suburban Action Project (PASO)
  • Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network
  • Sarah’s Inn
  • Cook County Circuit Court
  • Cook County Public Defender
  • DuPage County Housing Authority
  • Erie House
  • Maryville Academy
  •  Mayor’s Office for Education
  • Social Security Administration
  • Various Police Departments

Campus Connections

Practical experience is built into the criminology curriculum. You'll combine in-depth academic study with compassionate service to people in need.

  • Present at at our spring research expo 
  • Participate in the annual conferences of regional associations of sociologists and criminologists 
  • Community-based learning program
  • Study abroad programs on four continents

Second Majors & Minors

Many students earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in both sociology and criminology. About 50% of criminology students choose to double major. You also can select a minor from among 45 options. Among the most popular are:

  • Sociology
  • Social Justice and Civic Engagement
  • Latinx/Latin American Studies
  • Black World Studies
  • Study of Women and Gender