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Introduction to Criminology is the study of crime as a social and legal phenomenon. It looks at how crime is defined, how it is measured, why people offend, how victimization affects individuals and communities, and how different theories explain criminal behavior.
Introduction to Criminology (Criminology 150) is a 3-credit course built around attendance, quizzes, assignments, and a final exam, each weighted at 25%. The structure supports steady progress through the material on crime, victimization, and criminological theory, and successful completion creates transcript credit that University of the People recognizes as CRIM 1101 – Introduction to Criminology. That named equivalency means the course maps directly to a specific UoPeople catalog course rather than being reviewed only as general elective credit.
The course gives you a working vocabulary for discussing crime, victimization, and criminal justice policy, which is useful in jobs and settings where you need to interpret social issues carefully. At University of the People, that learning can count toward degree planning in programs such as the Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science, where CRIM 1101 – Introduction to Criminology may support progress in a structured academic path. It is especially relevant if you want a transfer course that connects to a named UoPeople requirement instead of sitting outside your program plan.
After you finish the course, your transcript is sent for evaluation and University of the People reviews it through its own transfer process. UoPeople’s registrar applies the named equivalency CRIM 1101 – Introduction to Criminology when the course matches the catalog course, which can place the credit directly into your degree plan instead of leaving it as an unspecified elective. That matters because UoPeople accepts up to 90 transfer credits, or 75% of a program, so this course can help you move forward without repeating material. UoPeople is a WASC-accredited, tuition-free online university, and its evaluation process is designed to determine how the credit fits programs such as the Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science.
This course is a good fit for students who want to bring a clearly identified criminology course into University of the People and make use of the CRIM 1101 – Introduction to Criminology equivalency. It may also suit students who are watching transfer limits closely, since UoPeople allows up to 90 credits, or 75%, to transfer. It is less useful for someone who does not need criminology in an associate or bachelor’s plan, or who already has enough transfer credit to reach the 90-credit ceiling.
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Enroll for $250 (or use a UPI Study subscription), finish in 28–30 days, and transfer 3 credits to University of the People.