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Criminal Justice Minor
The minor in Criminal Justice focuses on understanding the criminal justice system and its relationship to society as a whole. Students are reminded that they may use no more than two of their major courses toward the minor.
Criminal Justice Minor 18 S.H.
There are nine semester hours of required courses and nine semester hours of electives.
Required Courses (twelve semester hours)
Note: If both CJ/POLS 2270 and SOC 3500 are taken, one counts as Required and other as Elective.
| CJ 2000 | Introduction to Criminal Justice and | 3 cr. |
| SOC 2750 | Criminology or | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3242 | Psychology of Crime | 3 cr. |
Two of the following courses on the content and practice of criminal justice:
| CJ 2050 | Principles and Practices of Law Enforcement | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2650 | Correctional Theory and Practice | 3 cr. |
| CJ/POLS 2270 | Introduction to the Legal Process | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2651 | Ethics in Criminal Justice | 3 cr. |
Electives (six semester hours)
| CJ 2050 | Principles and Practices of Law Enforcement | 3 cr. |
| CJ/POLS 2270 | Introduction to the Legal Process | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2450 | Women in Criminal justice* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2500 | Correctional Law* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2550 | Criminal Law* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2600 | Juvenile Justice* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2650 | Correctional Theory and Practice | 3 cr. |
| CJ 2651 | Ethics in Criminal Justice | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3000 | Domestic Terrorism and Hate Crime* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3053 | Victimology* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3100 | Organized Crime and Youth Gangs* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3150 | Program Evaluation* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3200 | White Collar and Corporate Crime* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3215 | Community Policing* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3242 | Psychology of Crime | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3250 | Crime and Delinquency Prevention* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3300 | Community Based Corrections* | 3 cr. |
| CJ 3333 | Crime in the Media* | 3 cr. |
| CJ/POLS 3510 | International Terrorism | 3 cr. |
| HMSV 2400 | Crisis Intervention | 3 cr. |
| HMSV 3500 | Child Abuse and Neglect within the Family | 3 cr. |
| POLS 2550 | Sex, Race, and the Constitution | 3 cr. |
| POLS 2700 | Criminal Procedure: The Rights of the Accused | 3 cr. |
| POLS 3500 | Constitutional Law | 3 cr. |
| PSY 2350 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 cr. |
| SOC 2760 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 cr. |
| SOC 3500 | Law and Society | 3 cr. |
*Introduction to Criminal Justice is a pre-requisite for this course.
Course descriptions can be found listed within the following disciplines: Criminal Justice, Human Services, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. Please refer tot he course description section for more information.
