Minor in Criminal Justice Studies

The Minor may be earned by students in any USF major. Students must complete five (5) courses (20 units) (which may be double-counted for major, minor and core requirements), including two Core courses, one Field Placement course, and two Elective courses (including one Politics Elective and one Sociology Elective, or one Substitute course for either the Politics or Sociology elective).

Core Courses (8 units)

Students must take both of the following courses:

• POLS - 322 Politics of American Justice
• SOC - 357 Criminology

Field Placement (4 units)

Students must choose at least one law or justice-related placement in either a government agency (Politics 396) or in some non-governmental organization (Politics 397 or Sociology 395)

• POLS - 396 Public Administration Internship
• POLS - 397 Fieldwork in Public Interest Organizations
• SOC - 395 Fieldwork in Sociology
• SOC - 410 Honors Thesis Workshop

Electives (8 units)

Students must choose two electives, comprised of one course from Politics electives and one course from Sociology electives.

One Politics elective chosen from:

• POLS - 335 Political Power and Constitutional Law
• POLS - 336 Race, Equality and the Law
• POLS - 350 International Law and Organizations
• POLS - 367 Public Policy: Drug Policy
• POLS - 368 Public Policy: Punishment

One sociology elective chosen from

• SOC - 227 Violence in Society
• SOC - 354 Sociology of Law
• SOC - 355 Deviance and Social Control
• SOC - 356 Juvenile Delinquency

As a substitute for EITHER the Politics Elective OR Sociology Elective, students may take ONE of the following courses:

• PHIL - 375 Prisons and Punishment
• MS - 204 Media, Stereotyping, and Violence
• PSYC - 350 Perspectives in Psychology