CCJS Advisement
One of our goals is
to provide useful and
timely advising.
Last Modified: August 19, 2008
Getting Advised in CCJS
Department Requirements
SSU Advising Resources
Getting Advised in Criminology
and Criminal Justice Studies
All Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies major and minor students have an assigned
advisor. The next time you need an advisor you should bring
a copy of your transcripts and go to your assigned faculty advisor:
Assigned Advisors for CCJS Students, Fall 2008.
If your last name begins with
Your faculty advisor is
A-C
D-G
H-L
M-R
S-Z
Exceptions: Students
who already have a regular advisor can continue to be so advised, but
most students are encouraged to see their assigned advisor when they need
advisement.
Here are Faculty
office hours and contact information.
Here is contact information for our helpful office staff:
Lisa Kelley (e-mail: & phone is 664.2561) and
Katie Musick (e-mail: & phone 664.2934).
Department Requirements
Although we are formally an impacted program we do not use supplemental criteria for admission to the major at this time. Any eligible student--new or transfer--with a "C" or higher grade point average can major in CCJS.
Follow this link to core requirements for the CCJS major. These include:
- 36 units of core requirements
- 24 units of electives in support of the major.
SSU Advising Resources
SSU provides a wealth of advising resources online for you to
utilize. First, you may want to see the "Important Policies and Procedures for Students" page. There is also the web page that tells you who has priority registration and why. Moreover, the Advising Center has links to the following:
- GE
Patterns: are you in the 48 unit (click to get it in pdf) or 51 unit (click to get it in pdf) pattern?
- GPA Calculator:
need to get that G.P.A. up?
- Where
to view your transcript: Welcome to PeopleSoft!
Moreover, Admissions and Records
contains a wealth of information of direct relevance to you as you move
toward registering, declaring a minor or double major, petitioning things, applying for graduation,
and the like. For example, here are links to:
- Registration
Instructions
- Important Dates and other information
- Academic
Calendar
- Academic
Disqualification
- Forms
& Petitions
- Graduation (yippee!)
- Holds : - (
- Records
& Registration Staff
CCJS. When registering for classes for Fall 2008, the Department's name
is CCJS: Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies.
Schedule. The Fall 2008 Schedule of Classes, Searchable Schedule, is supposed to be up-to-date.
Commencement 2009:Information regarding the Spring 2009 commencement will be available at http://www.sonoma.edu/uaffAirs/commencement/index.shtml.
Grad Senior: If you are a graduating senior at the end of Fall 2008 you need to sign up for senior seminar (see below).
Freshman and Sophomore students: you should be focusing on
completing GE requirements. If you don't already have one you should print
the GE form applicable to you (either 48 unit or 51 unit GE pattern) at http://www.sonoma.edu/sas/advising/ge/gepattern.shtml and
check off GE courses as you take them. Do not duplicate GE requirements (a
common mistake). Be sure to wait on completing your 9 units of upper division
(300-400) GE units until the semester you become a junior (i.e., attain 60
units)--otherwise the units will not count toward this requirement. Try to
make one of your GE classes satisfy the Ethnic Studies requirement (identified
with an * on the form), and make one of your science classes satisfy your lab
requirement (identified with a # on the form). Note: if you came to SSU with
an AP class that satisfies the POLS 200 requirement, you have NOT yet met the
California State and Local Government requirement. Bring your GE checkoff list
to any advising appointment, along with a current copy of your transcript.
Filled classes: As CCJS classes inevitably fill up and
you are a junior (or about to be) through a first semester senior, there
are other alternatives for filling in your courseload. For example, many
students can take CCJS electives and upper or lower division GE requirements
that are required for graduation. The CCJS Internship is also available (see http://www.sonoma.edu/ccjs/intern.shtml). "Electives
chosen under advisement" include graded courses in CCJS or in the College
of Social Sciences (such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, political
science, history, womens and gender studies, environmental studies and planning,
geography, and gerontology). Don't forget to do that WEPT exam by the end
of your junior year. (See
the WEPT Schedule here.) If you don't pass it you'll then have time to
get remedial help.
During some semesters there is a listing of general education and other classes still open. See Admissions and Records.
Retaking a class. If you are retaking a class be sure to fill out the Repeat of Course Form at http://www.sonoma.edu/ar/records/forms.shtml in
advance of taking the course. Give the form to your advisor or
put it in the mailbox of the CCJS Chair for signature.
Graduation Addendum. If you are taking a different course than you thought you would be to graduate, it is time to fill out the Major-Minor Contract and Graduation Addendum form. Use the Graduation Application form if you are applying to graduate for the first time or changing the date that you want to graduate.
Reminder: Pay close attention to fees and holds. If you fail to pay fees, fines or deal with holds you might be disenrolled from classes during registration. That can cause big problems if you think you're graduating. : (
Courseload: During Fall of 2008 you may not take over
20 units, including the internship, unless you fill out the Petition
to Take More Than 20 Units and that petition is granted.
Filing and Graduation Dates (this was copied from the A & R web page on 8.12.08)
Graduation Applications must be received in the Office of Admissions and Records by the following dates:
GRADUATION DATE
PRIORITY FILING DATE*
FINAL DEADLINE**
Summer 08: August 16, 2008
February 15, 2008
April 1, 2008
Fall 08: December 19, 2008
February 15, 2008
September 15, 2008
Spring 09: May 23, 2009
September 15, 2008
February 15, 2009
*Undergraduate students who file by the Priority Filing
Date will have the benefit of receiving a Graduation Evaluation prior to
registering for their final semester. (Note: While Undergraduate students are
encouraged to file by the Priority Filing Date, please do not file
more than one year in advance of your planned graduation date.)
** The Final Deadline is the date by which students
must submit applications to be considered for graduation at the conclusion of
that term. However, no guarantee is made as to when a Graduation Evaluation
will be completed.
Note: Acceptance of applications turned in after the Final Deadline
will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but there will be NO GUARANTEE that
the student will be considered for graduation.
Note: If any filing date or deadline falls on a weekend or holiday applications will be accepted without penalty through the following regular workday.
CCJS Club
THE CCJS Club needs YOU this semester. Use your budget (given to you by Associated Students) to have a party with other CCJS students, organize a charity event, invite guest speakers to your own events or other more creative ideas. Interested students can add themselves
to a CCJS Club listserv. That's easy to do. Go to https://webmail.sonoma.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccj-club and
follow the instructions on adding yourself. Once you're on the list you can
send an e-mail to everyone on it by addressing your e-mail to ccj-club@sonoma.edu.
The fun part is figuring out what to do. All it takes is you and a couple of other people to get things going...
Jobs/Internships
Take these links to job listings and internships in CCJS.
Graduate School:
Many students are considering whether to apply for graduate school and, if so, which ones. There are many good choices so keep your options open. Apply to a minimum of three. Your department faculty are a good resource for this purpose and you should seek them out. It is important to consider your career goals and desired living locations, the subject areas that schools offer, their number of faculty, potential mentoring opportunities, if appropriate, whether or not you may want to go beyond a Master's degree, financial support available, and other factors.
There are a couple of lists of potential graduate schools around the country or in California in particular. Here are two lists that distinguish between M.A. and Ph.D. programs: list one and list two. Moreover, the Schultz Information Center has good listing of graduate catalogs.
Graduating Seniors: If you believe that you are a graduating senior, print out the Instructor Approval Form (available here in pdf), read the instructions, and hand in all the required paperwork at the designated location, including a current PeopleSoft transcript. Please do NOT email these materials. Advice: complete a major/minor form and a graduation form if you haven't already and run them by your advisor first. They're located in the vertical file in the CCJS office. Turn them in with your Instructor Approval Form, remembering your latest unofficial SSU transcript.
Important Dates.
- See the 2008 - 2009 Academic Calendar
- Classes begin August 26
- September 15 is the Final deadline to submit Graduation Applications for December 20
- September 15 is the Graduation Application priority filing date for students planning to graduate May 2009
- Sept. 22nd is the Final deadline to submit Contract Courses (internships and special studies)
- Nov. 11, Veteran's Day Observed, campus closed
- 26 - 28 Thanksgiving holiday for students - No classes the 26th; University closed 27th and 28th
- Dec.
- 1 - 5 Spring 2009 Registration
- Dec. 12 Last day of instruction
- 15 - 19 Finals Week; Finals Schedule
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If your last name begins with
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Your faculty advisor is |
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A-C
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D-G
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H-L
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M-R
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S-Z
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Here are Faculty office hours and contact information.
Here is contact information for our helpful office staff:
Lisa Kelley (e-mail: & phone is 664.2561) and
Katie Musick (e-mail: & phone 664.2934).
Department Requirements
Although we are formally an impacted program we do not use supplemental criteria for admission to the major at this time. Any eligible student--new or transfer--with a "C" or higher grade point average can major in CCJS.
Follow this link to core requirements for the CCJS major. These include:
- 36 units of core requirements
- 24 units of electives in support of the major.
SSU Advising Resources
SSU provides a wealth of advising resources online for you to
utilize. First, you may want to see the "Important Policies and Procedures for Students" page. There is also the web page that tells you who has priority registration and why. Moreover, the Advising Center has links to the following:
- GE
Patterns: are you in the 48 unit (click to get it in pdf) or 51 unit (click to get it in pdf) pattern?
- GPA Calculator:
need to get that G.P.A. up?
- Where
to view your transcript: Welcome to PeopleSoft!
Moreover, Admissions and Records
contains a wealth of information of direct relevance to you as you move
toward registering, declaring a minor or double major, petitioning things, applying for graduation,
and the like. For example, here are links to:
- Registration Instructions
- Important Dates and other information
- Academic Calendar
- Academic Disqualification
- Forms & Petitions
- Graduation (yippee!)
- Holds : - (
- Records & Registration Staff
CCJS. When registering for classes for Fall 2008, the Department's name is CCJS: Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies.
Schedule. The Fall 2008 Schedule of Classes, Searchable Schedule, is supposed to be up-to-date.
Commencement 2009:Information regarding the Spring 2009 commencement will be available at http://www.sonoma.edu/uaffAirs/commencement/index.shtml.
Grad Senior: If you are a graduating senior at the end of Fall 2008 you need to sign up for senior seminar (see below).
Freshman and Sophomore students: you should be focusing on completing GE requirements. If you don't already have one you should print the GE form applicable to you (either 48 unit or 51 unit GE pattern) at http://www.sonoma.edu/sas/advising/ge/gepattern.shtml and check off GE courses as you take them. Do not duplicate GE requirements (a common mistake). Be sure to wait on completing your 9 units of upper division (300-400) GE units until the semester you become a junior (i.e., attain 60 units)--otherwise the units will not count toward this requirement. Try to make one of your GE classes satisfy the Ethnic Studies requirement (identified with an * on the form), and make one of your science classes satisfy your lab requirement (identified with a # on the form). Note: if you came to SSU with an AP class that satisfies the POLS 200 requirement, you have NOT yet met the California State and Local Government requirement. Bring your GE checkoff list to any advising appointment, along with a current copy of your transcript.
Filled classes: As CCJS classes inevitably fill up and you are a junior (or about to be) through a first semester senior, there are other alternatives for filling in your courseload. For example, many students can take CCJS electives and upper or lower division GE requirements that are required for graduation. The CCJS Internship is also available (see http://www.sonoma.edu/ccjs/intern.shtml). "Electives chosen under advisement" include graded courses in CCJS or in the College of Social Sciences (such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, history, womens and gender studies, environmental studies and planning, geography, and gerontology). Don't forget to do that WEPT exam by the end of your junior year. (See the WEPT Schedule here.) If you don't pass it you'll then have time to get remedial help.
During some semesters there is a listing of general education and other classes still open. See Admissions and Records.
Retaking a class. If you are retaking a class be sure to fill out the Repeat of Course Form at http://www.sonoma.edu/ar/records/forms.shtml in advance of taking the course. Give the form to your advisor or put it in the mailbox of the CCJS Chair for signature.
Graduation Addendum. If you are taking a different course than you thought you would be to graduate, it is time to fill out the Major-Minor Contract and Graduation Addendum form. Use the Graduation Application form if you are applying to graduate for the first time or changing the date that you want to graduate.
Reminder: Pay close attention to fees and holds. If you fail to pay fees, fines or deal with holds you might be disenrolled from classes during registration. That can cause big problems if you think you're graduating. : (
Courseload: During Fall of 2008 you may not take over 20 units, including the internship, unless you fill out the Petition to Take More Than 20 Units and that petition is granted.
Filing and Graduation Dates (this was copied from the A & R web page on 8.12.08)
Graduation Applications must be received in the Office of Admissions and Records by the following dates:
GRADUATION DATE PRIORITY FILING DATE* FINAL DEADLINE** Summer 08: August 16, 2008 February 15, 2008 April 1, 2008 Fall 08: December 19, 2008 February 15, 2008 September 15, 2008 Spring 09: May 23, 2009 September 15, 2008 February 15, 2009 *Undergraduate students who file by the Priority Filing Date will have the benefit of receiving a Graduation Evaluation prior to registering for their final semester. (Note: While Undergraduate students are encouraged to file by the Priority Filing Date, please do not file more than one year in advance of your planned graduation date.)
** The Final Deadline is the date by which students must submit applications to be considered for graduation at the conclusion of that term. However, no guarantee is made as to when a Graduation Evaluation will be completed.
Note: Acceptance of applications turned in after the Final Deadline will be considered on a case-by-case basis, but there will be NO GUARANTEE that the student will be considered for graduation.
Note: If any filing date or deadline falls on a weekend or holiday applications will be accepted without penalty through the following regular workday.
CCJS Club
THE CCJS Club needs YOU this semester. Use your budget (given to you by Associated Students) to have a party with other CCJS students, organize a charity event, invite guest speakers to your own events or other more creative ideas. Interested students can add themselves
to a CCJS Club listserv. That's easy to do. Go to https://webmail.sonoma.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccj-club and
follow the instructions on adding yourself. Once you're on the list you can
send an e-mail to everyone on it by addressing your e-mail to ccj-club@sonoma.edu.
The fun part is figuring out what to do. All it takes is you and a couple of other people to get things going...
Jobs/Internships Take these links to job listings and internships in CCJS.
Graduate School: Many students are considering whether to apply for graduate school and, if so, which ones. There are many good choices so keep your options open. Apply to a minimum of three. Your department faculty are a good resource for this purpose and you should seek them out. It is important to consider your career goals and desired living locations, the subject areas that schools offer, their number of faculty, potential mentoring opportunities, if appropriate, whether or not you may want to go beyond a Master's degree, financial support available, and other factors.
There are a couple of lists of potential graduate schools around the country or in California in particular. Here are two lists that distinguish between M.A. and Ph.D. programs: list one and list two. Moreover, the Schultz Information Center has good listing of graduate catalogs.
Graduating Seniors: If you believe that you are a graduating senior, print out the Instructor Approval Form (available here in pdf), read the instructions, and hand in all the required paperwork at the designated location, including a current PeopleSoft transcript. Please do NOT email these materials. Advice: complete a major/minor form and a graduation form if you haven't already and run them by your advisor first. They're located in the vertical file in the CCJS office. Turn them in with your Instructor Approval Form, remembering your latest unofficial SSU transcript.
Important Dates.
- See the 2008 - 2009 Academic Calendar
- Classes begin August 26
- September 15 is the Final deadline to submit Graduation Applications for December 20
- September 15 is the Graduation Application priority filing date for students planning to graduate May 2009
- Sept. 22nd is the Final deadline to submit Contract Courses (internships and special studies)
- Nov. 11, Veteran's Day Observed, campus closed
- 26 - 28 Thanksgiving holiday for students - No classes the 26th; University closed 27th and 28th
- Dec.
- 1 - 5 Spring 2009 Registration
- Dec. 12 Last day of instruction
- 15 - 19 Finals Week; Finals Schedule