2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Minor in Criminal Justice

The Minor in Criminal Justice (CJUG) offered by the Department of Sociology will give students an operational knowledge of the three branches of the criminal justice system: policing, the courts, and corrections/rehabilitation.  The students will be engaged in empirical projects grounded in criminology theory.  The minor will also expose them to the major demographic forces that shape the criminal justice system in the United States and beyond.

Program Requirements:

CJS 200Introduction to Criminal Justice3
SOC 344Methods of Social Research (or PSY POS INT Methods course)3
CJS 310Criminology3
CJS 225Law Enforcement3
or CJS 230 Introduction to Corrections
CJS 313American Ct Systems Honors (Or any 300 or 400 level CJS course)6
Cybercrime
Sociology of Drug Usage
Socio-Cybersecurity
Environmental Crime & Justice
Women in the Criminal Justice System
Juvenile Delinquency (Or CJS-320 Juvenile Delinquency)
Topics in Criminal Justice
Total Credits18