Criminology Minor
Department of Social Sciences and History
The minor in criminology enables students to examine the following as they relate to race, class, gender, and sexuality:
- Nature and causes of crime,
- Deviant and criminal behavior, and
- Aspects of the criminal justice system (e.g. police, courts, prison, etc.)
Required (3 credits)
CMLGY1306 Introduction to Crime and Criminology
Electives (12 credits)
Select from the following:
- CMLGY1201 Introduction to Sociology
- CMLGY2203 Research Methods in Criminology
- CMLGY2204 Qualitative Research Methods
- CMLGY2211 Economics of Crime
- CMLGY2300 Wrongful Convictions
- CMLGY2307 Social Deviance
- CMLGY2309 Major Works in Crime & Criminology
- CMLGY2310 Social Problems
- CMLGY2317 Probation & Parole
- CMLGY2333 Criminal Law
- CMLGY2360 Victimology
- CMLGY2431 Anthropology of Crime
- CMLGY2701 Penology
- CMLGY2990 Crime in the City
- CMLGY3005 Abnormal Psychology
- CMLGY3012 Crisis Intervention
- CMLGY3030 Surveillance and Security
- CMLGY3040 Capture & Control
- CMLGY3207 Offender Reentry & Reintegration
- CMLGY3301 Women and Crime
- CMLGY3307 Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
- CMLGY3308 Law & Society
- CMLGY3309 Policy Analysis
- CMLGY3310 Juvenile Delinquency
- CMLGY3316 Global Terrorism
- CMLGY3348 Torture, Interrogation & the State
- CMLGY3349 War & Crime
- CMLGY3360 Forensic Psychology
- CMLGY3404 International Criminal Law
- CMLGY3997 Internship in Criminology