Criminology Minor
The Department of Sociology offers formal minors to undergraduate students majoring in other fields of study.
- In order to graduate with a minor in criminology, students are required to complete SOCL 2001 & SOCL 4461 and 12 hours of electives from the course list below:
Required Courses (6 hours)
SOCL 2001 Introductory Sociology (3) or SOCL 2002 HONORS: Introductory Sociology (3)
Possible Elective Courses (12 hours)
SOCL 2301 Introduction to Crime Studies (3)
SOCL 2371 Aspects of Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement (3)
SOCL 3371 Sociology of the Criminal Justice System (3)
SOCL 3501 Sociology of Deviance (3)
SOCL 3510 Criminal Violence (3)
SOCL 4092 Topics in Criminology (1-3)
SOCL 4462 Sociology of Youth & Crime (3)
SOCL 4463 Gender and Crime (3)
SOCL 4464 Communities and Crime (3)
SOCL 4465 Drugs and Society (3)
SOCL 4468 Sociology of Gangs (3)
SOCL 4469 Race and the Criminal Legal System (3)
SOCL 4471 Sociology of Law (3)
POLI 4020 American Constitutional Law (3)
POLI 4021 The American Constitution and Civil Liberties (3)
POLI 4022 American Constitutional Law of the Criminally Accused (3)