Minor in Criminal Justice

19-21 credit hours required. Open with restrictions to Sociology majors.
 
  Criminal Justice is the study of the criminal justice system: the perpetrators, agencies and actors involved in the processing and definition of crime, and the social, political and economic phenomena impacting each   This minor – in conjunction with majors in cognate disciplines – enhances potential and background for career-entry employment in one of the subsystems of the criminal justice system, e.g., adult or juvenile corrections, law enforcement and security.
 
  All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  Credits

Required Courses

      10
SOCI 103Introduction to Criminal Justice Studies 
SOCI 345Criminology
POLS 312Crime and Justice (4 credits)

        Elective Courses

        9-11
Upper division electives selected in consultation with adviser from the following list:
ANTP 380Human Osteology 
ANTP 402Forensic Anthropology 
CHEM 315Forensic Science 
PHIL 332Philosophy of Law 
PHIL 333Philosophy of Justice 
POLS 321Politics & the Judicial Process (4 credits)
POLS 412Constitutional Law (4 credits) 
POLS 413Civil Liberties I (4 credits) 
PSYC 377Forensic Psychology 
PSYC 375Abnormal Psychology 
PSYC 424Child Maltreatment 
SOCI 376Sociology of Policing 
SOCI 380Family Violence 
SOCI 385Sociology of Troubled Youth 
SOCI 386Victimology 
SOCI 387Sociology of Policing 
SOCI 390Sociology of Mental Illness 
SOCI 435Correction and Punishment 
SOCI 450White-Collar and Organized Crime 
SOCI 455Deviance and Social Control 
SOCI 353Comparative Criminology 
SOCI 470Field Research/Practicum 
SOCI 475Senior Seminar in criminal justice topic area/criminal justice policy