1. The first step is usually to run  Degree Navigator to check your courses and requirements.  You should print out the results and bring them to your advisor if you wish personal help. Go to:  http://dnadvisor.rutgers.edu/.
2. Our CJ advising page for students with some pointers: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/advising-cj.htm
3. CJ major requirements: http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/major.htm#cjmaj
4. Sociology and double major requirements can be found further along on the same page.  For a double major, use the Double Major Work Sheet at http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/Double_major_Form.pdf
   
5. Degree Navigator is a help, but it is not definitive and often makesw mistakes with transfer courses even from othe Rutgers campuses.  The definitive source is the Rutgers transcript.   To see actual transcripts): https://www.acs.rutgers.edu/admgrades
6. Another useful too is Artsys (to look up transfer courses on occasion): https://www.njtransfer.org/artweb/chgri.cgi
7. Information about course availability can be found through the Registrar's Office at http://registrar.rutgers.edu/CMINDEX.HTM.  Open "class schedule" and "online schedule" for the latest information. 
   
8. To actually add courses, click on Registration-WebReg.  It is best to enroll as early in possible in order to hold a place, otherwise a course may fill.  You can easily drop through the first week. 
   
9. If a course is filled, you can try getting a "special permission number" from the Department Secretary or from the instructor 
   

For those of you who are graduating in May, please remember that the deadline for filing for a May 2008 degree is Friday, February 15. A diploma application accompanied by a Degree Navigator report (general and major requirements) which has been signed by a faculty advisor must be submitted to the Office of Academic Advising.  Approved minor forms are also turned in with the diploma application.  The Senior web page http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/seniors has additional information.

If you do not know who your advisor is, a list is available on our homepage:  http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/index.html

If for some reason you are unable to print out the Degree Navigator report, you may utilize the curriculum worksheets we used before DN was implemented. You must fill them in before you go to see your advisor for senior review.  Bring in worksheets for both your general education and major requirements.  Worksheets are available in our office, the dean's office on the second floor of Armitage or on-line at http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/RUCAM/studentaffairs/studserv_checklist.html

If you are a double major in CJ and Soc, you should definitely use the worksheet, not Degree Navigator, and fill it out before you come in for your senior review.  A link to it is available here:  http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/doublemaj.htm.  You can bring in the Degree Navigator report for your general education requirements.

Effective with the 2008-09 academic year, the department is changing the requirements for the major in criminal justice. Please read the following carefully. 

All new students entering Rutgers during the current academic year or current students who declare CJ as a major during 2008-09 or later will be governed by these new requirements.  Students who began their degree program before this year can elect to follow the new program as well.  If you wish to do so, you MUST contact me - not your adviser - so that I can officially make the change in your Degree Navigator record.  If you do opt for this, you should inform your adviser when you meet with him or her.  You can contact me after mid-August, when the Degree Navigator system should be ready for these changes.

If you have already completed the requirements under the old system or do not wish to switch, you need do nothing at this point.  Your Degree Navigator record will  continue to reflect the requirements previously in effect.

The differences between the old and new curricular requirements are as follows:

• Instead of needing 42 credits to complete the major, the new requirements call for 36 credits.
  
• The following courses are no longer required:
  
• 920:207 - Introduction to Sociology
  
• A 3-credit course in multicultural or non-western courses from among the offerings in anthropology and sociology, and political science
  
• A 3-credit course from the offerings of philosophy, political science, social work, or urban studies
• 15 credits of approved crime or criminal justice-related electives from the offerings of criminal justice or sociology are now required.  The old requirement was 12 credits.
• Students have been required to take either Race and Ethnicity (920:316) or Social Stratification (920:332).  A third option has been added: students can now satisfy this requirement by taking The Poor, Minorities and Justice (202:337).  If 202:337 is used to satisfy this requirement, it cannot also be counted towards the 15 credits of CJ electives
  

Please note that this change does not affect the total number of credits required for graduation, which remains at 120.  Also, all other requirements for the CJ major remain the same.

You will find complete information on the new requirements on our website at:  http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/major.htm.  There is also a link there to a new criminal justice major worksheet.  For those double majoring in CJ and sociology, a new double major worksheet will be available soon.

I hope that this is clear, but if you have questions about the new requirements, please contact me.  If you would like advice about whether to switch, please contact your adviser.  If you do not know who your adviser is, please check the list of assigned advisers available on our homepage:  http://sociology.camden.rutgers.edu/  If you have not been assigned an adviser, please contact Sherry Pisacano, our department secretary, who will assign one for you:  pisacano@camden.rutgers.edu or 225-6470.