The new brochure applies to students with the catalog year beginning Fall 2021. Returning students should contact their advisor if they have questions regarding if any changes affect them.​

Advising Video

Fall 2024 Class Schedule

CJ Program Brochure

Advising Instructions for Course Selections and Mandatory Advising Process

Your mandatory advising hold needs to be released prior to registering for Fall 24 courses.

*Sign up and attend a group advising session or make an individual appointment with your CJ Academic Advisor to get your hold released.
See instructions below for dates and how to sign up to attend a group advising session.

This is a general guide and may not be exactly applicable to every student.
For CJ assistance, sign up for Mandatory Group Advising, and refer to our CJ Brochure and your Academic Requirements in your Portal. (Located in the STAN Degree Progress link in your Portal)

For GE assistance, refer to the Advising and Success Center.

Not applicable for UEE students. Please contact your UEE advisor, Dr. Steve Wood if you have questions.

All CJ students have Mandatory Advising Holds and Mandatory Advising is required for Fall 2024 registration.

Criminal Justice Group Advising Sessions

Fall 2024 Advising for Winter and Spring 2025 Classes

If you have not already met with your faculty advisor for mandatory academic advising, to have your advising hold lifted (for Winter and Spring 2025 classes) you can either do an individual advising session with your advisor or attend a group advising session.  Most group advising sessions will be at the Turlock campus on the dates and times listed below (room numbers in parentheses).  You are not required to sign up for a group session.  If you would like to set up an individual advising session but don’t know who your advisor is, please contact Dr. Steven Wood (swood1@csustan.edu).

Groups Date Time Location
Law Enforcement I Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. N 201
Forensic Science I Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. B 201
Juvenile Justice I Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. DBH 104
Corrections I Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 12 - 1 p.m. B 104
Forensic Science II Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 2- 3 p.m. DBH 101
Criminal Legal Studies I Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 1 - 2 p.m. B 117
Corrections II Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024 2 - 3 p.m. DBH 103
Stockton I (for Stockton-based students in the law enforcement and juvenile justice concentrations) Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. STK A1061
Juvenile Justice II Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 3 - 4 p.m. B 108
Law Enforcement II Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 1 - 5 p.m. B 115
Criminal Legal Studies II Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. DBH 167
Law Enforcement III Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024 2 - 2:50 p.m. S 104
General Session I (for any concentration) Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 10:40 - 11:30 a.m. B 208

  1. Schedule an appointment online.
  2. Select Login on the top right corner
  3. If you don’t already have a profile, create New Profile using your CSUSTAN email and password, not through Facebook or Google. Use your FIRST AND LAST NAME when creating your profile. 
  4. Select “Book Group Advising” 
  5. Click on the group you will be attending. 
  6. Under “Choose Organizer” select Monica Pope. 
  7. Select the available time block. (There will only be one option). 
  8. Enter your student ID#, select “I agree to the cancellation policy”, select “Book” to finalize and book your advising appointment.  
  9. You should receive a confirmation email.
  10. Mark your calendar for the day and time and go to your appointment. 
  11. Sign in on sign-up sheet at advising session to verify attendance and get hold removed.

*All CJ Students have a Mandatory Advising Hold that will be removed once you attend a group or individual advising session.

Freshman / Sophomore

We assume you will pass your current prereq and advise you accordingly. If you fail 2250, 2255 or 2280, you may not move to the next course you must retake the one you failed.

  • If you are currently enrolled in CJ 2250 you must take CJ 2255. Take it with either CJ 2270 or CJ 2450, whichever you still need. Take lower GE courses as needed to reach desired units.

  • If you are currently enrolled in CJ 2255 you must take CJ 2280. Take it with any remaining Prereqs. Take lower GE courses as needed to reach desired units.

  • If you are currently enrolled in CJ 2280 you are now eligible for Upper Division CJ courses. Take at least one Core Course in the Major and at least one of your Fall Concentration courses. Work towards completing your remaining Lower Division GE or take an Upper Division GE course if you will have 60 units by the end of the Spring 2024 semester.

  • Forensic Science students who have not completed the forensics prereqs, make sure you do. CHEM 1100 and its Prereqs should be a top priority (see brochure).

Junior / Senior

  • If you are currently enrolled in Upper Division CJ courses, keep taking your Core courses in the Major, your Spring Concentration courses, your Electives and your Upper Division GE courses.  Apply for Graduation at the beginning of the semester before you are planning to graduate. Graduation Approval Forms will now be processed via email between you and Dr. Wood.

As always, select your courses now and add them to your cart so you are ready to “finish enrolling” on your scheduled day and time to enroll. Enrollment days and times are shown in your portal.

Up to 12 units on first pass, then up to 18 on second pass. Waitlists are not available until the first day of your second pass.

CJ Courses that double count for GE or Multicultural

  • CJ 2250 applies as a CJ Pre-Req and to Lower Division GE Area D2
  • CJ 3315 applies as a CJ Elective and the Multicultural Area OR
                     ​​​applies to the Social Justice Area and the Multicultural Area
  • CJ 4735 applies as a CJ Elective and the Multicultural Area OR
                     applies to the Social Justice Area and the Multicultural Area
  • CJ 4915 applies as a CJ Elective and to Upper Division GE Area D

Advising Information

Incoming freshmen this semester and freshmen in 2255 do not need to see an advisor this semester. You can contact your advisor when you are in CJ 2280 and ready to move into upper division CJ courses. Please follow the instructions above for your course selections.

Students currently enrolled in CJ 2280, moving into upper division CJ in Fall 2024 who still have questions after following the instructions above, may email their advisor for assistance.

Incoming transfer students for Spring 2024 may email their advisor for assistance if they have questions after following the instructions above.

All other upper division students, please follow the instructions above and only reach out to your advisor if you still have questions after following the instructions.

Advisor emails are listed on the Faculty webpage. If you need to email your advisor and you do not have it written down from previous semesters or you are a new transfer student, you may email Dr. Steven Wood for your advisor's name. ​​​​​​

CA Promise Advising Students

If you have not already done so, you will need to email your advisor for an individual advising appointment to get the CA Advising hold released in time for you to register.

Updated: November 18, 2024