Criminal Justice Minor

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Students wishing to minor in Criminal Justice must complete three core, one law elective, and three general elective courses from the list below for a minimum of 23 semester credit hours:

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
PSC 310 - Constitutional Law
PSC 311 - Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
PSY 345 - Abnormal Psychology
SOC 311 - Individual and Society
SOC 335 - Drugs, Alcohol, and Crime
SOC 341 - Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 342 - Sociology of Law
SOC 344 - Criminal Justice Systems
SOC 345 - Social Control
SOC 347 - Sociology of Policing
SOC 348 - Sociology of Corrections
SOC 349 - Women & Crime
SOC 355 - Race, Class, and Crime
SOC 360 - Soc 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 - Prob/Issue 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.