Minor in Criminal Justice

24.0 quarter credits

Students from any major who are interested in the law, legal issues and the forensic sciences may envision a future connection with the criminal justice system. These students could enhance their career possibilities by adding a minor in criminal justice to their major field of study. The minor consists of four required courses and four criminal justice electives chosen from two categories, for a total of 24.0 credits. Students minoring in criminal justice are assumed to have already taken SOC 101, Introduction to Sociology.

Required courses
CJ 204	Criminology			3.0
CJ 206	Criminal Justice			3.0
CJ 360	Juvenile Justice			3.0
SOC 320	Deviant Behavior			3.0
Criminal Justice Elective Courses
Students select courses from the following two categories of criminal justice electives.
Category I: Students select at least one, but no more than two, courses from the following:
SOC 210	Race and Ethnic Relations			3.0
COM 345	Intercultural Communication			3.0
or
ANTH 312	Intercultural Behavior			3.0
Category II: Students select two to three courses from the following list to arrive at a minimum* of 24 .0 credits in total for the minor:
CJ 282	Community Policing			3.0
CJ 362	Gender, Crime & Justice			3.0
CJ 380	Special Topics in Criminal Justice			3.0
COM 355	Ethnography of Communication			3.0
COM 365	Journalists, the Courts, and the Law			3.0
SOC 115	Social Problems			3.0
SOC 120	Sociology of the Family			3.0
PSY 150	Introduction to Social Psychology			3.0
PSY 240 WI	Abnormal Psychology			3.0
PSY 370	Forensic Psychology			3.0