If you wish to understand more about how societies define and address crime – its causes, its impacts and societal responses to it – you would benefit from a minor in criminal justice.
Popular Majors
Criminal justice is a minor you can complete 100% online. Specific majors that might benefit from this minor include:
- Sociology | Sociology Online Degree
- Psychology
- Political Science
- History | History Online Degree
- Anthropology (cultural anthropology emphasis)
Criminal Justice Minor (21 hours)
If you major in criminal justice, you may not also minor in criminal justice.
Criminal Justice Course Requirements (9 hours)
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice 102 Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 |
| Criminal Justice 301 Criminal Law and the Courts | 3 |
| Criminal Justice 312 Criminology | 3 |
Other Requirements in Criminal Justice (9 hours)
Complete 9 hours of CJ electives, at least 6 of which must be upper division (300 or 400 level).
Requirements in Sociology (3 hours)
Complete one of the following.
| Course | Credits |
|---|---|
| Sociology 303 Race, Ethnicity and Gender | 3 |
| Sociology 419 Sociology of Law | 3 |
| Sociology 431 Deviant Behavior | 3 |