Criminal Justice/Criminology Minor

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The minor in Criminal Justice/Criminology is consistent with the B.S. major in Criminal Justice/Criminology as an intensive overview of each of the components of the criminal justice system as well as an analysis of the societal and behavioral influences of deviant behavior. It emphasized the “theory-into practice” approach upon which the criminal justice/criminology program is based.

The Criminal Justice/Criminology minor consists of fifteen (15) credit hours of coursework

The following are required classes:

CJCR 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice/Criminology (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3200 - Criminology (3) Credit Hours

Nine (9) additional hours from the following upper division courses:

CJCR 3210 - Organized Crime (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3220 - Juvenile Delinquency (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3230 - Gangs (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3300 - American Courts and Legal System (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3400 - American Police Systems (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3500 - Corrections (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3510 - Institutional Correction (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3600 - Statistics for the Social Sciences (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3700 - Criminal Procedures (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3800 - Criminal Justice Management (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 3810 - Juvenile Justice (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4120 - Race, Ethnicity and Crime (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4210 - Criminal and Deviant Behavior (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4220 - White Collar and Cybercrime (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4230 - Criminal Violence (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4240 - Victimology (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4250 - Crime Prevention (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4340 - Homeland Security and Terrorism (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4350 - Criminal Law (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4410 - Police and the Community (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4420 - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems (3) Credit Hours
CJCR 4510 - Community Based Corrections (3) Credit Hours