Criminal Justice Minor Course Requirements
Note: A student majoring in criminal justice may not declare a minor in sociology.
The following requirements must be fulfilled:
Achievement of a minimum grade of C- in any course that counts toward the minor.
18 credits, including 12 credits in required courses and 6 credits in elective courses.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| SOC 1001 | Introduction to Sociology | |
| or SOC 1002 | The Sociological Imagination | |
| SOC 1003 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | |
| SOC 2136 | Criminology | |
| SOC 2145 | Criminal Law | |
| Electives | ||
| Two courses (6 credits) selected from the following; at least one course must be in Sociology (SOC). | ||
| AMST 1160 | Race, Gender, and Law | |
| ANTH 3513 | Anthropology of Human Rights | |
| or ANTH 3513W | Anthropology of Human Rights | |
| ECON 2167 | Economics of Crime | |
| FORS 2107 | Fundamentals of Forensic Science | |
| HIST 2341 | History of FBI Counterintelligence | |
| HIST 3370 | U.S. Constitutional History | |
| PSC 2213 | Judicial Politics | |
| PSC 2215 | U.S. Constitutional Law and Politics II | |
| PSYC 2011 | Abnormal Psychology | |
| PSYC 2554 | Psychology of Crime and Violence | |
| SOC 2135 | Youth and Delinquency | |
| SOC 2137 | Transnational Crime | |
| SOC 2138 | Reentry | |
| SOC 2139 | Alternatives to Imprisonment | |
| SOC 2143 | Criminal Justice System Arrest Through Appeal | |
| SOC 2146 | The Bill of Rights and Criminal Justice | |
| SOC 2164 | Sociology of the Holocaust and Genocide | |
| SOC 2177 | Sociology of the Sex Industry | |
| SOC 2167 | Sociology of Law | |
| or SOC 2167W | Sociology of Law | |
| SOC 2178 | Deviance and Control | |
| SOC 2184 | Violence and the Family | |
| SOC 2185 | Victims, Victimization, and the System | |
| SOC 2189 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice | |
Note: A student majoring in sociology may not declare a second major or a minor in criminal justice, or vice versa.
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