Criminology Minor

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Course Requirements

Criminology Core (6 credits)

SOC 206LEC - Social Problems Credits: 3
SOC 307LEC - Criminology Credits: 3

Four Criminology Electives (12 credits)

SOC 311LEC - Drugs and Society Credits: 3
SOC 317LEC - Criminal Justice Systems Credits: 3
SOC 319LEC - Juvenile Justice Credits: 3
SOC 327LEC - Victims & Victimization Credits: 3
SOC 337LEC - Sociology of Punishment Credits: 3
SOC 339LEC - Crime & the Life Course Credits: 3
SOC 343LEC - Gender & Crime Credits: 3
SOC 345LEC - Sociology of Deviance Credits: 3
SOC 346LEC - Beyond The Walls: Reentry After Incarceration Credits: 3
SOC 347LEC - Schools & Crime Credits: 3
SOC 356LEC - Green Criminology Credits: 3
SOC 357LEC - Race, Crime, & Criminal Justice Credits: 3
SOC 366LEC - Crime & Popular Culture Credits: 3
SOC 373LEC - Law & Society Credits: 3
SOC 387LEC - Sociology of Race & Racism Credits: 3
SOC 388LEC - Communities & Crime Credits: 3
SOC 396LEC - Global Criminology Credits: 3
SOC 495TUT - Undergraduate Supervised Teaching Credits: 3
SOC 496TUT - Internship Program Credits: 1-6
SOC 499TUT - Independent Study Credits: 1-12

Notes

*May count SOC 495 once, for 3 credits, as an elective course

Total Credits Required for Minor: 18

Total Credit Hours Required represents the minimum credits needed to complete this program, and may vary based on a number of circumstances. This chart should not be used for financial aid purposes.

Academic Requirements

Minimum GPA of 2.000 overall.
At least 12 of the 18 credits in the criminology minor must be 300- to 400-level. Students may substitute one elective with a course from outside the Department of Sociology, with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
No more than two courses may be used to satisfy credit requirements in the student’s major, other minors, or programs.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Minor in Criminology, students should be able to:

Think critically and sociologically about crime and criminality;
Identify and understand the theories, methods, and findings of key research conducted by criminologists;
Understand causal theories of crime, deviance, and/or juvenile delinquency, and the issues related to defining, measuring, and explaining crime, deviance, and/or delinquency;
Identify and challenge popular misconceptions about crime and understand how and why they are perpetuated;
Understand how social inequality, including class, race, and gender inequalities, relate to crime and criminality;
Understand how criminological theories are applied in everyday social life, especially in law and social policy;
Know how to acquire and evaluate data associated with crime and justice issues, and acquire the skills needed to assess the validity and reliability of such data.