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 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 205 Sociology of Crimes
- 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-".
Elective Courses
- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology OR SOC 102 Global Social Problems
- SOC 107 Introduction to Criminal Justice
- 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)