Criminal Justice Minor

1. Criminal Justice Core Courses

• SOC 250 - Introduction to Criminology
• SOC 344 - Criminal Justice Systems
• SWK 240 - Administration of Justice

2. Law Electives:

• PSC 310 - Constitutional Law
• PSC 311 - Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
• SOC 342 - Sociology of Law
• SWK 259 - The Child, the Family, and the Law
• SWK 375 - Criminal Law

3. Elective Courses:

(A course taken as a law elective cannot also be counted as a general elective).

• ECN 350 - Economics of Crime and Punishment
• ECN 450 - Economics of Law
• PHL 341 - Philosophy of Law
• PHL 453 - Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
• PSC 310 - Constitutional Law
• PSC 311 - Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
• PSY 345 - Abnormal Psychology
• SOC 311 - Individual and Society
• SOC 341 - Juvenile Delinquency
• SOC 342 - Sociology of Law
• SOC 344 - Criminal Justice Systems
• SOC 345 - Social Control
• SOC 346 - Corporate and Governmental Deviance
• SOC 347 - Sociology of Policing
• SOC 348 - Sociology of Corrections
• SOC 349 - Women & Crime
• SOC 335 - Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime
• SOC 355 - Race, Class, and Crime
• SOC 360 - Sociology of Interpersonal Violence
• SOC 394 - Special Topics in Criminology
• SOC 491 - Criminology Internship
• SWK 259 - The Child, the Family, and the Law
• SWK 341 - Corrections: Institutional and Community-Based
• SWK 342 - Prisoner’s Rights
• SWK 371 - Constitutional Criminal Procedure
• SWK 374 - Law Enforcement in Society
• SWK 375 - Criminal Law
• SWK 470 - Problems and Issues in Criminal Justice

Note(s):

For additional information, contact the chairperson of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at 216-687-4500.

A criminal justice certificate is also available. See College Certificate information.