Core Courses
8 credits

• IIICJS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice Studies
• SOC 340 Criminology

Elective Courses
16 credits minimum

• Students must select three additional courses from the Depth Courses list and one course from the Breadth Courses list. Please note that special topics courses may be available. Please contact the Criminal Justice Studies Coordinator for a list of qualified topics courses. Furthermore, the student should be aware that some of the courses listed below have prerequisites that must be met or waived by the instructor of record before they can be registered for the course.

Depth Courses
12 credits

• Select three of the following:
  • CJS 201 Corrections
  • CJS 290 Topics in Criminal Justice Studies
  • HIST 390 Studies in History (Course must be approved by the coordinator to count toward the minor.)
  • PHIL 360 Philosophy of Law
  • POSC 316 Constitutional Law
  • PSYC 495 Seminar in Psychology (Course must be approved by the coordinator to count toward the minor.)
  • SOC 275 Deviance and Social Control
  • SOC 361 Juvenile Delinquency
  • SOC 461 White-Collar Crime
  • SAFE 301 Loss Prevention

Breadth Courses
4 credits

• Select one of the following:
  • HLSC 200 Alcohol and Other Drugs: The Fundamentals
  • HLSC 285 Health in Society
  • IHPHIL 100 Logical Argumentation
  • IHPHIL 320 Ethics
  • PHIL 313 Philosophy and the Holocaust
  • POSC 312 Public Policy Analysis
  • POSC 215 Public Administration
  • PSYC 221 Social Psychology
  • SAFE 101 Safety Awareness