Faculty: Williams (Director; Criminology), Cunningham (Criminology), Scott (History), Toxqui (History), Crawford (Sociology).

The purpose of the minor in Criminology is to provide interested students the opportunity to pursue study of crime and justice in a way that supplements their major area(s) of study. 

A minimum of fifteen hours of coursework, at least nine of which must be at the 300-level or above, is required to complete the minor. No more than six credit hours of courses from a major course of study may be used to satisfy the requirements of the Criminology minor.

Minor Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CRM 110	Introduction to the Criminal Justice System	3.0
CRM 301	Theories of Crime and Justice	3.0
Select one of the following: 1		3.0
SOC 240	Research Methods
PLS 209	Scope and Methods of Political Science
Select three of the following: 2		9.0
CRM 380	Topics in Crime, Law, and Justice (may be repeated under different topic for up to 6 hours of credit)
CRM 401	Ethics, Crime, and Criminal Justice
HIS 309	The History of U.S. Law Enforcement
SOC 331	Correctional Policies and Society
SOC 332	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 333	Sociology of Violence
SOC 334	Crime and Society
Total Hours		18

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This requirement may be waived for students who have taken HIS 350 Historical Methods Seminar, S W 260 Research Methods, PSY 206 Research Methods in Psychology, or similar research methods course in the social or behavioral sciences as part of their major area of study.

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Other courses, selected in consultation with the Chair of Criminology, may be used to fulfill this requirement.