Prerequisite Courses for all Majors
Anthropology: No prerequisites but ANT 101 is the first course in the major. You will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB): Go to
http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/cmb- bs for helpful information about chemistry and biology placement. You will need the math foundation for calculus in this major.
Computer Science and Information Security: You must have completed MAT 105 (or 141 if you tested at a higher level) as foundation for courses in this major.
CJBA: No prerequisites to the major, but you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
CJBS: POL 101 and SOC 101, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Criminal Justice Management: POL 101
Criminology: SOC 101, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Culture and Deviance Studies: ANT 101 and SOC 101, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Economics: ECO 101, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
English: ENG 201 (and
any of the following: ISP 235, ISP 236, ISP 273, LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232, LIT 233, LIT 236, LIT 237)
Fire and Emergency Service: No prerequisites
Fire Science: No prerequisites
Forensic Psychology: PSY 101, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Forensic Science: Go to
http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/forensic-science-bs for helpful information about chemistry and biology placement. You will need the math foundation for calculus in this major.
Fraud Examination: No prerequisites but requires SOC 101 and ECO 101 as early courses in the major, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Gender Studies: No prerequisites but GEN 101 is the first course in the major
Global History: No prerequisites but ENG 101 is the prerequisite for any 200 level History course.
Humanities and Justice: ENG 201, a general education history, lit, or philosophy course, a general education social science course (POL 101 would be a good idea, since it is a prereq for POL 375 later in the major).
International Criminal Justice: ECO 101, SOC 101, and POL 101, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Latin American and Latina/o Studies: No prerequisites
Law and Society: POL 101 and SOC 101
Philosophy: ENG 101 (though PHI 105, a first course in the major, may be taken with ENG 101)
Police Studies: CJBS 101 (Fall 2015 declarations and after) and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major (Fall 2015 declarations and after).
Political Science: POL 101
Public Administration: No prerequisites but PAD 140 is the first course in the major.
Security Management: ECO 101 and SOC 101
Sociology: No prerequisites but SOC 101 is the first course in the major, and you will need the math foundation for statistics in this major.
Spanish: Requires either SPA 101/102 or SPA 111/112 foundation or exemption from 100 level by placement exam.