Our Accelerated Graduate Pathway to the University of Maine School of Law allows you to complete both a Bachelor’s and a JD degree in as few as six years, rather than the usual seven. During your final year of undergraduate study, if you meet progress requirements and Law School admissions standards, you can begin taking graduate-level Law courses. These courses will satisfy credit requirements for your undergraduate program as well as the Law program. You’ll save up to 30 credits worth of undergraduate fees, tuition, and expenses.

This means that you’ll complete your undergraduate Criminology credit requirements at the University of Southern Maine in 3 years, rather than the usual 4. This involves a rigorous full-time course schedule. The sample Course Progression below illustrates what your undergraduate course schedule could look like if you major in Criminology.

Course Progression

Year 1: Fall

  • CRM 100 Introduction to Criminology (3 cr)
  • ENG 100 College Writing (3 cr)
  • Quantitative Reasoning Core Requirement (4 cr)
  • Creative Expression Core Requirement (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr)

Year 1: Spring

  • CRM 225 Crimes Against the Environment (3 cr)
  • WRI 2 Core Requirement (3 cr)
  • Culture, Power, and Equity Core Requirement (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr)

Year 2: Fall

  • CRM 216 White Collar Crime (3 cr)
  • CRM 317 Gender and Crime (3 cr)
  • CRM Elective
  • International Core Requirement (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr)

Year 2: Spring

  • CRM 310 Classical Theories of Social Order (3 cr)
  • CRM 220 Research Methods (3 cr)
  • CRM Elective (3 cr)
  • Cultural Interpretation Core Requirement (3 cr)
  • Elecitve (3 cr)

Year 3: Fall

  • CRM 365 Race and Punishment (3 cr)
  • CRM Elective (3 cr)
  • Science Exploration Core Requirement (4 cr)
  • Ethical Inquiry Core Requirement (3 cr)
  • WRI 3 Core Requirement (3 cr)

Year 3: Spring

  • CRM 402 Senior Seminar (3 cr)
  • CRM Elective (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr)
  • Elective (3 cr) 

If you’re admitted to the University of Maine School of Law:

Year 4: Fall

  • LAW 613 Civil Procedure (4 cr)
  • LAW 603 Contracts (4 cr)
  • LAW 607 Legal Research, Analysis & Communication I (3 cr)
  • LAW 611 Torts (4 cr)

Year 4: Spring

  • LAW 620 Constitutional Law (4 cr)
  • LAW 605 Criminal Law (4 cr)
  • LAW 608 Legal Research, Analysis & Communication II (3 cr)
  • LAW 610 Property (4 cr)

Read more about University of Maine School of Law First Year Courses