Criminal Justice Minor

Coordinator: Benjamin Meade
Phone: (540) 568-7329
Email: meadebd@jmu.edu

The cross disciplinary minor in criminal justice is designed for students who are preparing for careers in law enforcement, corrections, judicial administration or other areas related to the study or management of crime, either directly upon graduation or after further graduate training. The requirement for a minor in criminal justice is 18 credits. Students should allow a minimum of four semesters in which to complete the minor. Students majoring in justice studies may not declare the criminal justice minor.

Required Courses

JUST 210. Crime and Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00
or
CRJU 215. Introduction to Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00
CRJU 300. Ethics in Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00

Choose four more courses with at least one course from each of the following units: 12 Credit Hours

Criminology and Criminal Behavior

JUST 212. Theories of Crime and Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00
JUST 307. Justice and Crime Credits: 3.00
JUST 309. Global Crime Credits: 3.00
JUST 311. Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00
JUST 312. Mass and Serial Murder Credits: 3.00
JUST 316. Human Development and Crime Credits: 3.00
JUST 317. Victimization of Children Credits: 3.00
JUST 318. Sex Offenders Credits: 3.00
JUST 320. Organized Crime Credits: 3.00
JUST 322. Understanding Violence and Nonviolence Credits: 3.00
JUST 326. Victimology Credits: 3.00
JUST 361. Terrorism Credits: 3.00
PSYC 250. Introduction to Abnormal Psychology Credits: 3.00 ¹
or
PSYC 335. Abnormal Psychology Credits: 3.00 ¹
SOCI 304. Social Deviance Credits: 3.00

Criminal Justice Institutions

CRJU 335. Law Enforcement Credits: 3.00
CRJU 337. Courts and the Judiciary Credits: 3.00
CRJU 340. Administration of Justice Credits: 3.00
JUST 324. Death Penalty Credits: 3.00
JUST 330. Corrections Credits: 3.00
JUST 345. Restorative Justice Credits: 3.00

Criminal Justice, Law and Procedure

CRJU 321. Criminalistics Credits: 3.00
CRJU 328. Criminal Procedure Credits: 3.00
CRJU 329. Criminal Investigation and Evidence Credits: 3.00
JUST 323. Comparative Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00
JUST 327. Criminal Law Credits: 3.00
JUST 329. Perspectives on Law Credits: 3.00
JUST 334. Media and Justice Credits: 3.00
JUST 397. Legal Research and Information Literacy Credits: 3.00

The following courses may also be used for general elective credit

CRJU 301. Advanced Level Special Topics in Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00
CRJU 401. Internship in Criminal Justice Credits: 3.00 ²

Footnotes

¹ Students majoring in this discipline may double count only one course as credit for the minor and that major.²This course may be taken only once for credit in the Criminal Justice minor.