Criminal Justice Minor

Required Courses for the Minor in Criminal Justice

Students minoring in Criminal Justice must complete 18 credits hours from the following sequence of courses with a grade of “C” or better:

• SOCI 315 - Sociology of Law 3 credits
• SOCI 305 - Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 3 credits
• SOCI 308 - Criminology 3 credits
• SOCI 310 - Social Psychology 3 credits
• SOCI 315 - Sociology of Law and Law Enforcement 3 credits.
• SOCI 330 - Sociology of Jails and Prisons 3 credits
• SOCI 331 - Community-Based Corrections 3 credits
• SOCI 401 - Forensic Anthropology 3 credits
• SOCI 332 - Law Enforcement, Policing and Society 3 credits
• SOCI 408 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology 3 credits
• SOCI 425 - Gender and Violence 3 credits
• SOCI 429 - Victimology 3 credits
• SOCI 430 - Sociology of Deviance 3 credits
• SOCI 453 - Independent Study 1 to 5 credits (3) **