Minor in Criminal Justice Studies
Contact Person:
Nancy Lewis, Coordinator
311-4 Satterlee, (315) 267-3713, lewishnl@potsdam.edu
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 103 | Introduction to Criminal Justice Studies | |
| SOCI 345 | Criminology | |
| SOCI 435 |
Correction and Punishment |
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| POLS 312 | Crime and Justice (4 credits) | |
| Elective Courses |
9-11 |
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| Upper division electives selected in consultation with adviser from the following list: |
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| ANTH 380 | Human Osteology | |
| ANTH 402 | Forensic Anthropology | |
| CHEM 315 | Forensic Science | |
| PHIL 332 | Philosophy of Law | |
| PHIL 333 | Philosophy of Justice | |
| POLS 321 | Politics & the Judicial Process (4 credits) | |
| POLS 412 | Constitutional Law (4 credits) | |
| POLS 413 | Civil Liberties I (4 credits) | |
| PSYC 375 | Forensic Psychology | |
| PSYC 377 | Abnormal Psychology | |
| PSYC 424 | Child Maltreatment | |
| SOCI 376 | Women and Crime |
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| SOCI 380 | Family Violence | |
| SOCI 385 | Sociology of Troubled Youth | |
| SOCI 386 | Victimology | |
| SOCI 387 | Sociology of Policing | |
| SOCI 390 | Sociology of Mental Illness | |
| SOCI 435 | Correction and Punishment | |
| SOCI 450 | White-Collar and Organized Crime | |
| SOCI 455 | Deviance and Social Control | |
| SOCI 470 | Field Placement/Practicum | |
| SOCI 475 | Senior Seminar in criminal justice topic area/criminal justice policy | |