Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Criminology & Criminal Justice, Minor

About the Minor

The Criminology & Criminal Justice minor provides students with the conceptual and research knowledge necessary to think critically about issues in criminal justice. Further, the program creates and instills a set of values respecting human individuality and dignity that will guide the manner in which criminal justice tasks and responsibilities are carried out. The criminal justice minor, in conjunction with a student’s major, also builds a base of knowledge and constructs a process of evaluation and critical inquiry upon which criminal justice professional training and/or graduate-level education can readily take place.

Requirements

(24 credits)

Two core courses

CJ 160 Crime and Punishment (4 Credits)
CJ 375 Criminology (4 Credits)

Four Criminal Justice elective courses

Note: One of the elective courses may be a Sociology or Anthropology course with approval of the student’s advisor.

At least one from the following list:

CJ 248 Women and Crime (4 Credits)
CJ 280 Crimes of Power and Privilege (4 Credits)
CJ 300 Race, Crime and Justice (4 Credits)

At least one from the following list:

CJ 250 Policing and Society (4 Credits)
CJ 256 Juvenile Justice (4 Credits)
CJ 260 Prisons and Corrections (4 Credits)
CJ 275 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (4 Credits)
CJ 282 Crime Mapping (4 Credits)
CJ 290 Surveillance (4 Credits)
CJ 295 Hate Crimes (4 Credits)
ID 330 Inside Out (4 Credits)