Jan 06, 2025

2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminology Minor

The minor in Criminology requires 18 hours as follows:

Minor Prerequisite

SOC 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3

Minor Requirements

SOC 302 - SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS Credit(s): 3

or one of the following courses:

PSY 215 - EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 4
PS 372 - INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
ANT 302 - ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS: DOING ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
SW 450 - SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH Credit(s): 4
COM 365 - INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS Credit(s): 3

plus:

SOC 339 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY Credit(s): 3

Minor Electives

9 hours from the following courses, 3 which must be at the 400-level:

*The subtitle for this course must directly relate to criminology.

SOC 337 - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Credit(s): 3
SOC 338 - FAMILY VIOLENCE Credit(s): 3
SOC 350 - TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 (Subtitle required) *
SOC 437 - SOCIOLOGY OF LAW Credit(s): 3
SOC 438 - CROSS-NATIONAL CRIME Credit(s): 3
SOC 439 - TOPICS IN CRIME, LAW AND DEVIANCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 (Subtitle required) *
SOC 446 - MASS INCARCERATION Credit(s): 3

To complete the 9 hours, students may take one course from the following:

COM 314 - THE DARK SIDE OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS Credit(s): 3
GWS 430 - GENDER, POWER AND VIOLENCE Credit(s): 3
PS 360 - POLITICS OF LAW AND COURTS Credit(s): 3
PS 415G - COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL POLITICS Credit(s): 3
PS 437G - DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Credit(s): 3
PS 463G - JUDICIAL POLITICS Credit(s): 3
PS 465G - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Credit(s): 3
PSY 331 - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT Credit(s): 3
PSY 333 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
PSY 534 - CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Credit(s): 3
SW 323 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOUNDATIONS Credit(s): 3
SW 505 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES Credit(s): 2 - 3 (Variable)
SW 512 - SOCIAL WORK IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Credit(s): 3
SW 571 - SOCIAL WORK AND THE LAW Credit(s): 3
SW 580 - TOPICAL SEMINAR IN SOCIAL WORK Credit(s): 1 - 4 (Variable)