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.

 

Credits. 18

 

Coordinators. Professor Liza Steele, Fall 2026 ([e-mail]) and Carla Barrett, Spring 2027 (212-237-8683, [e-mail]), Department of Sociology.

 

Advising Liaison. Ms. Claudia Holmguin ([e-mail]), Academic Advisement Center.

 

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: Sociological Perspectives	3
SOC 222	Crime, Media and Public Opinion	3
SOC 236/CRJ 236	Victimology	3
SOC Alternatives to Incarceration	SOC 238	3
SOC 239	Coming Home: Challenges of Re-entry & Reintegration	3
SOC 240	Deviance and Conformity	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 Theories	3
SOC 314	Theories of Social Order	3
SOC 335	Migration, Crime and Criminal Justice	3
SOC 341	International Criminology and Victimology	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 366	Drugs in U.S. Society	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