Criminology Minor

Description. The Criminology minor focuses on the nature and cause of crime, the behavior of criminals and how society reacts to crime and criminals.

Coordinator. Professor Andrew Karmen, Fall 2022 (212-237.8695, [e-mail]) and David Brotherton, Spring 2023 ([e-mail])., Department of Sociology.

Advising resources.  Department of Sociology advising ([e-mail])

Requirements. Students who minor in Criminology must complete 18 credits (six courses) including SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology and five additional courses from the list of elective courses below.  One of those courses must be at the 300- or 400-level. No more than two courses may overlap with a student’s major, other minors or programs.

Part One. Required Course

SOC 101

Introduction to Sociology

3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Part Two. Elective Courses

Choose five, at least one course must be at the 300- or 400-level

SOC 203	Criminology	3
SOC 216	Probation and Parole: Theoretical and Practical Approaches	3
SOC 222	Crime, Media and Public Opinion	3
SOC 236/CRJ 236	Victimology	3
SOC 240	Social Deviance	3
SOC 275	Political Imprisonment	3
SOC 301	Penology	3
SOC 308	The Sociology of Violence	3
SOC 309	Youth, Crime and Justice	3
SOC 312	Classical Sociological Theory	3
SOC 335	Migration and Crime	3
SOC 341	International Criminology	3
SOC 351	Crime and Delinquency in Asia	3
SOC 354	Gangs and Transnationalism	3
SOC 360/ECO 360	Corporate and White-Collar Crime	3
SOC 377	Internships for Sociology	3
SOC 385	Selected Topics in Criminology	3
SOC 387	Faculty Mentored Research Experience in Sociology	3
SOC 420/CRJ 420	Women and Crime	3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Total Credit Hours: 18