Criminal Justice Minor

The Criminal Justice minor will provide students with a multidisciplinary understanding of crime and justice drawing primarily from the discipline of sociology. Students pursuing a minor in criminal justice will take courses covering the fundamentals of criminology as well as additional courses focusing on key areas and issues in the study of crime. The minor will help prepare students for a wide variety of careers in criminal justice such as corrections, policing, research, victim advocacy, case management, as well careers in a variety of social-service settings.

Minor Requirements

A Criminal Justice minor consists of the following courses:

SOC 305	Criminology	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

And four courses selected from the following three credit hour courses:

POL 309	Constitutional LawPolitics	3
SOC 331	Women and Crime	3
SOC 332	Media and Crime	3
SOC 333	Substance Abuse & Behavior	3
SOC 380	Juvenile Delinquency	3
SOC 430	Social Deviance	3
SOC 435	Organized Crime	3
SOC 445	Conflict and Nonviolence	3
Total Credit Hours:		12

Total Credit Hours: 15

NOTE: Sociology (SOC) credit received for the above courses may not count towards both the sociology major/minor and the criminal justice minor. Credit may be applied to the Sociology major/minor OR the Criminal Justice minor.