Minor in Criminal Justice
About the Minor
Students from any major who are interested in the law, the justice process, and how crime and crime policy relate to education, health, housing, and climate change might consider a minor in criminal justice. Such students could enhance their educational experience and their career possibilities by complementing their major with a criminal justice minor, particularly if they take one or more of our community-based learning and analytical courses, such as Crime Mapping or Justice in Our Community.
The minor consists of four required courses and four criminal justice electives chosen from two categories, for a total of 24.0 credits.
All prospective students should meet with an advisor from the College as soon as possible.
| Required Courses | ||
| CJS 101 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3.0 |
| CJS 200 | Criminology | 3.0 |
| CJS 210 | Race, Crime, and Justice | 3.0 |
| CJS 220 | Crime and the City | 3.0 |
| Criminal Justice Elective Courses | ||
| Select 12 credits from the following: | 12.0 | |
| Justice in Our Community | ||
| Prison, Society and You | ||
| Criminal Investigation | ||
| Crime Prevention Planning | ||
| Introduction to Security Studies | ||
| Surveillance, Technology, and the Law | ||
| Sex, Violence, & Crime on the Internet | ||
| Issues in Domestic Violence | ||
| Introduction to Computer Crime | ||
| Introduction to Correctional Practices | ||
| Introduction to Law Enforcement | ||
| Communities and Crime | ||
| Terrorism | ||
| Crime and Public Policy | ||
| International Field Experience | ||
| Advanced Criminological Theorizing | ||
| Comparative Justice Systems | ||
| Crime Mapping I Using Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Juvenile Justice | ||
| Gender, Crime, and Justice | ||
| Community Corrections | ||
| Computer Investigations and the Law | ||
| Technology and the Justice System | ||
| Forensic Science Survey Course | ||
| Death Penalty - An American Dilemma | ||
| Restorative Justice | ||
| Criminal Procedure | ||
| Sentencing | ||
| Intellectual Property Theft in the Digital Age | ||
| Science of Forensic Science | ||
| Forensic DNA Analysis | ||
| Program Evaluation | ||
| Special Topics in Criminology and Justice Studies | ||
| Independent Study in CJS | ||
| Total Credits | 24.0 | |
