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The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice offers two minors: criminology and criminal justice, and forensic science.
Satisfying the requirements for the minor in criminology and criminal justice requires completing a minimum of 20 credits in the minor. Students must achieve at least a 2.0 GPA in the minor courses.
Required Course
Must be completed before acceptance into the criminology minor.
CRM 1000 | Introduction to Criminology |
Electives (choose four)
CRM 1200 | Inequality and Justice in Life and Literature |
CRM 1500 | Rural Crime |
CRM 2000 | Youth, Deviance and Crime |
CRM 2200 | Corporate and White Collar Crime |
CRM 2300 | Hate Crimes |
CRM 2500 | The Death Penalty |
CRM 2600 | Policy and Prevention in the Public Sphere |
CRM 2700 | Ethics of Criminal (In)Justice |
CRM 2800 | Search and Seizure |
CRM 2900 | Police Culture |
CRM 3000 | Society and Law |
CRM 3050/ 3050(W) | Female Deviance, Crime and Social Control |
CRM 3380/ 3380(W) | Race, Class and Crime |
CRM 3430 | Criminal Justice and Mental Health |
CRM 3500 | Domestic Violence |
CRM 3600(W) | Drugs and Society |
CRM 3700 | Forensic Criminal Investigation |
CRM 3900 | Incarceration |
CRM 4000 | Research Methods in Criminology |
CRM 4500 | Statistics in Criminology |
The minor in forensic science employs an interdisciplinary approach to the social and physical sciences by providing students with an understanding of the foundational concepts associated with the application of scientific techniques to forensic investigations and the criminal justice system.
This minor is designed to prepare students for future graduate education or additional training and certification in specialized fields within forensic science, such as criminal investigation, evidence collection, behavioral analysis and/or laboratory analysis.
The forensic science minor requires the completion of 24 credit hours, as follows:
Required Courses (complete all)
CHM 1610 | Investigations in Chemistry I |
CHM 1620 | Investigations in Chemistry II |
CHM 3610 | Forensic Chemistry and the Analysis of Evidence |
CRM1000 | Introduction to Criminology |
CRM3700 | Forensic Criminal Investigation |
Electives (choose one)
CRM 3430 | Criminal Justice and Mental Health |
CRM 3600(W) | Drugs and Society |
CRM 5002 | Forensic Behavioral Analysis |
Visit the online course catalog for more information on all majors and minors.