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Criminology Minor

Minor Requirements

20 credits

Core Courses (8 credits)

ANSC-1600Criminal Justice Systems

4 credits
ENGL-3550The Prison Experience

4 credits

Criminology Electives (12 credits)

Complete 12 additional credits from the following:

ANSC-2179Madness and Civilization

4 credits
ANSC-2600Criminology

4 credits
ANSC-2905Topics in Anthropology and Sociology

2-4 credits
ANSC-3600Criminal Law and Procedure

4 credits
ANSC-3605Policing and Society

4 credits
ANSC-3610Corrections: Incarceration & Supervision

4 credits
ANSC-3680Advanced Topics in Criminology

2-4 credits
ANSC-4994Independent Study

1-4 credits
ANSC-4996Guided Research

1-4 credits
BUSN-3250Cybersecurity for Business

4 credits
COMM-3980Topics in Public Controversy

4 credits
EDUC-3000Schools and Society

2 credits
ENGL-2030Thiefmaking and Thieftaking

4 credits
ENGL-2115Prose & Cons: American Prison Literature

4 credits
ENGL-2310Introduction to Postcolonial Literature

4 credits
ENGL-3350Advanced Postcolonial Literature

4 credits
HIST-3350National Socialism and the Final Solution

4 credits
HIST-3520Drugs, Violence, and Media in Modern Lat Amer

4 credits
INTR-4997Internship

1-4 credits
POEC-2130Political Economy through The Wire

2 credits
POEC-2150Power and Policy

4 credits
PHIL-2060Human Nature

4 credits
PHIL-2220Introduction to Ethics

4 credits
PSYC-4040Abnormal Psychology

4 credits
PSYC-4070Legal Psychology

4 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this minor, students will be able to:

  1. Describe criminal legal system structures and functions, including police, courts, and corrections;
  2. Analyze criminological problems utilizing established theories; and
  3. Analyze the connections between criminal legal systems and the societies in which they operate.