2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin

Criminology, Minor

Description. The Criminology minor focuses on the nature and cause of crime, the behavior of criminals and how society reacts to crime and criminals.

Minor coordinator. Professor Louis Kontos, Department of Sociology (646.557.4512, lkontos@jjay.cuny.edu)

Requirements. Students who minor in Criminology must complete 18 credits (six courses) at the 200-level or above from the approved list of courses below. No more than two courses may be used to satisfy credit requirements in the student’s major, other minors or programs.

Courses

Select six

SOC 203Criminology

3

SOC 216Probation and Parole: Theoretical and Practical Approaches

3

SOC 236/CRJ 236Victimology

3

SOC 240Social Deviance

3

SOC 301Penology

3

SOC 308The Sociology of Violence

3

SOC 309Juvenile Delinquency

3

SOC 312Classical Sociological Theory

3

SOC 335Migration and Crime

3

SOC 341International Criminology

3

SOC 351Crime and Delinquency in Asia

3

SOC 360/ECO 360Corporate and White-Collar Crime

3

SOC 385Selected Topics in Criminology

3

SOC 420/CRJ 420Women and Crime

3

SOC 430-431Criminology Research Internship

3

SOC 440Senior Seminar (Criminology)

3

Total Credit Hours: 18