Criminal Justice Minor
The criminal justice minor consists of 22 total credits and is designed for students who are interested in the broad field of criminal justice and includes core courses that allow for depth of study in the field. The criminal justice minor is intended for students who are pursuing majors in other disciplines, or an individualized degree, and who wish to develop a minor within their program. The minor's required courses (see below) are supported by three courses (9 semester credits) of electives.
Prerequisites (6 credits)
Required Courses (16 credits)
CJS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice and CJS 200 Literature in Criminal Justice are prerequisites for all law enforcement and criminal justice courses.
- CJS 300 Corrections
- CJS 320 Applied Criminology
- Directed Electives (9 semester credits, three class minimum). Law Enforcement required core courses cannot be used as directed electives for the criminal justice minor.





