Criminal Justice Minor
Goal 1: Criminal justice majors will demonstrate comprehension of the discipline, including the causes of crime and society’s responses to it.
Outcome 1.1: Students can understand the broader societal context that creates criminogenic conditions and evaluate the criminal justice system as a key social institution.
Goal 2: Criminal justice majors will develop knowledge of social scientific research methods.
Outcome 2.1: Students can critically assess research studies and explain why various methodological decisions were made.
Goal 3: Criminal justice majors will understand the operation of the criminal justice system within the larger social structure.
Outcome 3.1: Students can describe the significance of race, class, gender, and age in how crime is constructed and responded to, and thus critically assess the justice system.
The minor in criminal justice requires completion of the following:
Code | Title | Hours |
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SOC 102 | Social Problems | 3 |
SOC 206 | Theories of Crime | 3 |
SOC 207 | Juvenile Justice | 3 |
SOC 225 | Intro to American CJ | 3 |
SOC 312 | Research Methods | 3 |
or SOC 313 | Data Analysis | |
Select one additional 200+ course with a Criminal Justice attribute. | 3 | |
Total Hours | 18 |