Students majoring in criminology widely explore the historical and societal origins and roles of deviance and crime, its effects on society as well as ?the systems established to control to investigate, deter, punish, treat, rehabilitate and generally respond to crime and deviance. The field examines the societal implications of crime & deviance and their varying effects on diverse populations. Our courses explore the field of criminology from an interdisciplinary perspective while our curriculum affords students a variety of applied and service learning ?hands on? experiences to support the development of skills necessary to meet the demand of a variety of professions in criminal justice, law, government and public and nonprofit human services.