Minor in Criminal Justice

• Download the Criminal Justice Minor Requirements Checklist 

Core Courses 

Students must complete the following two Core Courses:  

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

Field Placement

Students must take one internship, and choose between a law-related placement in 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: Senior Honors Thesis Workshop    

Elective Courses 

Students must choose two electives, comprise of one course from EACH of the following groups:  

One Politics Elective, chosen from:

• POLS - 335: Political Power & Constitutional Law
• POLS - 336: Race, Equality & the Law
• POLS - 330: Crime, Law & the Constitution
• 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 - 225: Prisons & Punishment
• MS - 204: Media, Stereotyping, and Violence
• PSYC - 350: Perspectives: Forensic Psychology