The Criminology minor allows students to gain a foundation in criminological research and an introduction to evidence-based interpretations of contemporary issues regarding crime.
Course Requirements
The Department of Sociology requires six courses for the minor:
- SOC 107: Introduction to Criminal Justice*
- SOC 202: Research Methods (or equivalent, PSY 350 Research Methods in Psychology, or SSS 340 and 341 Social Work Research and Statistics I and II).
- SOC 317: Criminological Theory
- Three additional electives from the list below
The above requirements apply only to non-Sociology majors. Students majoring in sociology need to take four interdisciplinary electives from outside the department.
All minors must complete the above core required curriculum with a grade of "C-".
*Students who took SOC 205 prior to the Fall 2024 semester may count SOC 205 towards the SOC 107 requirement.
Elective Courses
- SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology OR SOC 102 Global Social Problems
- SOC 204: Transnational Crime
- SOC 208: Sociology of Delinquency
- SOC 220: Social Interaction
- SOC 226: Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- SOC 230: Families and Incarceration
- SOC 270: Human Rights in a Global Society
- SOC 300: Sociology Research Practicum
- SOC 303: Public Safety Leadership
- SOC 309: Sociology of Law
- SOC 310: Police, Law and Society
- SOC 311: Victimology
- SOC 313: Criminal Investigations
- SOC 315: Crime in Urban America
- SOC 318: Domestic Terrorism Investigations: An FBI Perspective
- SOC 319: Modern Islamic Terrorism
- SOC 320: Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
- SOC 322: Military and Society
- SOC 324: Race and Ethnic Relations
- SOC 329: White Collar Crime
- SOC 331: Globalization and Social Movements
- SOC 332: Popular Culture and Crime
- SOC 335: Surveillance
- SOC 337: Crime and Corruption in Chinese Society
- SOC 339: Punishment
- SOC 341: Border Security
- SOC 354: Social Psychology of Crime
- SOC 355: National Security in American Film, Television, and Popular Culture Post- 9/11
- SOC 357: National Security and Civil Liberties
- SOC 365: Controlling America's Borders: Issues and Problems
- SOC 371: Deviance and Control
- SOC 404: Criminal Courts
- SOC 407: Pillaging, Murder, and Mayhem: A Survey of Violent Crime
- SOC 408: Religion and Terrorism
- SOC 415: Criminal Behavior in America
- SOC 424: Conflict and Conflict Resolution
- SOC 468: The FBI and Counterintelligence
- SOC 493: Independent Research
- SOC 494: Independent Study in Sociology
- SOC 495: Sociology Internship
Interdisciplinary Electives
- ANTH 204: Forensic Anthropology
- ANTH 206: Artifact Studies in Archaeology
- CHEM 202: Science Under Oath
- CSC 581 or EE 581: Cryptography and Stenography
- LSC 324: Actionable Intelligence
- MATH 114: Probability and Statistics (non-Sociology majors only) or MATH 314 Statistics II
- MDIA 308: Mafia, Politics, and Italian Society in Cinema
- MDIA 322: Media and Crime
- POL 260: Intro to American Intelligence
- POL 412A: Homeland Security
- POL 437: Countering Terrorists and Radicals
- POL 462: Moral Foundations of Intelligence
- POL 468: US Counterintelligence: Operations and Controversies
- POL 471: Issues in Contemporary U.S. Intelligence
- PSY 302: Forensic Psychology
- PSY 350: Research Methods in Psychology (for non-Sociology majors only; substitute for SOC 202)