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Criminal Justice Minor

To pursue a minor in criminal justice, you must have at least 30 credits and completed the Minor Application form on Self-Service and received approval from your major’s department chair as well as the criminal justice department chair. There are eight areas of focus: corrections, criminology, family violence, investigations (not available to CSI majors), juvenile justice, police management, security, and generalist. To earn the minor in criminal justice, you must achieve a grade of C or better in the courses aligned with your preferred focus area below:

    Corrections Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 200 Intro to Corrections
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & the CJ System
    CJ 300 Parole, Probation, & Community-Based Corrections
    CJ 302 The Juvenile Justice System
    CJ 334 Analysis of Sex Offenses & the Sex Offender
    CJ 400 Adv Seminar in Corrections
    LW 370 Rights, Liberty, & Justice: US Constitution
    PSY 410- Forensic Psychology

    Investigations Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 202 Intro to Law & Justice
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & the CJ System
    CJ 304 Organized Crime & the Career Criminal
    CJ 315 Laws & Rules of Evidence
    CJ 321 Terrorism & Homeland Security
    CJ 334 Analysis of Sex Offenses & the Sex Offender
    CJ 404 Criminal Investigation/Criminalistics
    FS 320 Interview and Interrogation Techniques
    LW 370 - Rights, Liberty,  Justice: US Constitution

    Juvenile Justice Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 102 Intro to Juvenile Delinquency
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & the CJ System
    CJ 302 The Juvenile Justice System
    CJ 316 Family Violence
    CJ 317 Family Violence Treatment & Prevention
    CJ 416 Advanced Issues in Family Violence
    CJ 417 Violent Phenomena
    HS 330 Violent Children
    LW 410/HS 410 Child & Family Law

    Criminology Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 105 Intro to Criminology
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & the CJ System
    CJ 302 The Juvenile Justice System
    CJ 304 Organized Crime & the Career Criminal
    CJ 307/HS 307 Gender & the CJ System
    CJ 320 Transnational Crime & Comparative CJ Systems
    CJ 334 Analysis of Sex Offenses & the Sex Offender
    CJ 417 Violent Phenomena

    Family Violence Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 204 Crime & Society
    HS 203 Intro to Counseling

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & the CJ System
    CJ 316 Family Violence
    CJ 317 Family Violence Treatment & Prevention
    CJ 334 Analysis of Sex Offenses & the Sex Offender
    CJ 416 Advanced Issues in Family Violence
    CJ 417 Violent Phenomena
    HS 300 Intro to Chemical Dependency
    HS 330 Violent Children
    LW 410/HS 410 Child & Family Law

    Police Management Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 202 Intro to Law & Justice
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

     Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 307/HS 307 Gender & the CJ System
    CJ 310 Intro to Policing/Professional Entry
    CJ 311 Police Management & Organization
    CJ 312 Police: Human Dimension
    CJ 411, Police, Politics, and Professionalism
    LW 370 - Rights, Liberty,  Justice: US Constitution

    Generalist Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 202 Intro to Law & Justice OR CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & Society
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    Any three upper-level criminal justice electives

    Security Concentration

    Required Courses: 
    CJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
    CJ 103 Intro to Security
    CJ 204 Crime & Society

    Choose Three Courses Below:
    CJ 205 Drugs, Crime & the CJ System
    CJ 303 Asset Protection
    CJ 321 Terrorism & Homeland Security
    CJ 333 Information Security
    CJ 403 Security Administration

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