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