Description
Criminal justice is both a professional and a liberal arts program. Specifically, the criminal justice minor introduces the student to three content areas: courts, policing, and corrections with additional elective course choices serving to augment the student's particular interests/career focus.
Admission to the Program
Any undergraduate student can declare this minor.
Program Requirements
An academic minor in criminal justice requires the student to complete at least 18 credits of course work in the field as specified. At least nine credits must be taken at Brockport.
Required Courses (9 credits)
- CRJ101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
- TWO of the following courses:
- CRJ 203 Police Process
- CRJ 205/PLS 320 Law and the Courts/Adjudication Process
- CRJ 207 Correction Process
Electives (9 credits)
Choose three from the Criminal Justice course options (300-499)
- CRJ 304 Investigations
- CRJ 311 Criminal Law
- CRJ 313 Constitutional Criminal procedure
- CRJ 321 Crime Patterns
- CRJ 323 White Collar Crime
- CRJ 331 Community Based Corrections
- CRJ 343 Juvenile Justice Process
- CRJ 371 Introduction to Forensic Science
- CRJ 375 Forensic Law
- CRJ 411 Organizational Leadership
- CRJ 431 Crime Prevention
- CRJ 434 Security Administration
- CRJ 451 International Criminal Justice
- CRJ 465 Terrorism
- CRJ 477 Family Violence
- CRJ 479 Victimology
- CRJ 481 Women and Criminal Justice
- CRJ 485 Issues in Juvenile Justice
- CRJ 489 Problems in Policing
- CRJ 490 Internship in Criminal Justice
- CRJ 491.01 GIS/Crime Mapping
- CRJ 491.02 Race and Crime
- CRJ 491.03 Death Penalty