Criminology and Delinquency Minor
Coordinator: Jolene Sanders
This interdisciplinary minor is designed for students whose career plans include working with, or advocating for, people within the criminal or juvenile justice systems: counseling juvenile or adult offenders or victims; serving as consultants or expert witnesses regarding mental health, child custody, domestic violence, and other issues; advocating for reforms within the prison system; or working in settings such as substance abuse programs, community-based agencies serving ex-offenders, parole and probation agencies, and state and federal correctional facilities. The minor complements a number of different majors, including social work, sociology, psychology, law and criminal justice, and political science. Students are encouraged to complete an internship in a criminal or juvenile justice setting and/or to conduct independent research on a topic of interest related to the minor.
Requirements for the Minor
Required:
| SOC 101 | Principles of Sociology | 3.0 |
| SOC 216 | Criminology | 3.0 |
| SOSW 217 | Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice | 3.0 |
| SOWK 201 | Introduction to Social Work and the Human Services | 4.0 |
| SOWK 302 | Forensic Social Work | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16.0 |
Electives (choose at least one):
| CJ 230 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3.0 |
| LWPS 230 | Introduction to Law | 3.0 |
| PSCI 308 | Criminal Law | 3.0 |
| PSY 203 | Survey of Clinical, Community and Counseling Psychology | 3.0 |
| PSY 319 | Drugs & Behavior | 3.0 |
| PSY 370I | Seminar: Psychological Bases of Criminal Behavior | 3.0 |
| PSY 431 | Abnormal Psychology | 3.0 |
| SOC 300 | Social Inequality | 3.0 |
| SOC 310B | Topics in Sociology: Gender and Crime | 3.0 |
| SOC 323 | Ethnicity in the United States | 3.0 |
| SOC 353 | Deviance and Social Control | 3.0 |
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| SOC 375 | Independent Study | 1.0 - 3.0 |
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| SOWK 375 | Independent Study | 1.0 - 3.0 |
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| SOC 399 | Internship | 3.0 - 15.0 |
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| SOWK 214 | Child Welfare: Policies and Services | 3.0 |
| SOWK 330 | Social Work with Families | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3.0-4.0 |
Total Credit Hours: 19.0-20.0