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criminal justice minor

College of Letters and Science Criminal Justice Minor Degree

Minor

The Criminal Justice minor will prepare students for work in the criminal justice field. It is designed to provide students with the courses needed for a successful career in criminal justice agencies and for graduate work in criminology and criminal justice. A minor in Criminal Justice is useful preparation for a career in police work, corrections, probation/parole, youth justice/programming, counseling, and social services. This minor is administered by the Department of Sociology and Social Work and is offered on the Stevens Point and Wausau campuses. 

The Criminal Justice minor has 22-23 credits

Criminal Justice Minor Required Classes – 9 credits

  • SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.) or SOC 102 Social Problems (3 cr.) and
  • SOC 230 Criminology (3 cr.) and
  • SOC 334 Race, Crime, and Criminal Justice (3 cr.)

Criminal Justice Minor Electives select 3 classes – 9 credits

  • NRES 392 Environmental Law Enforcement Theory and Principles (3 cr.)
  • NRES 494 Conservation Law Enforcement Investigations (3 cr.)
  • PHIL 315 Philosophy of Law (3 cr.)
  • POLI 210 Politics of Crime and Punishment (3 cr.)
  • POLI 212 Law and Legal Systems (3 cr.)
  • POLI 335 Law and Society (3 cr.)
  • POLI 386 Politics of Terrorism (3 cr.)
  • PSYC 290 Psychoactive Drugs and Behavior (3 cr.)
  • PSYC 351 Abnormal Behavior (3 cr.)
  • SOC 263 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions (3 cr.) or SW 263 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions (3 cr.)
  • SOC 270 Race and Ethnicity (3 cr.)
  • SOC 306 Social Aspects of Substance Abuse (3 cr.)
  • SOC 327 Social Inequality (3 cr.)
  • SOC 329 Gender and Crime (3 cr.)
  • SOC 330 Victimology (3 cr.)
  • SOC 332 Juvenile Delinquency (3 cr.)
  • SOC 333 Corrections (3 cr.)
  • SOC 335 Deviance (3 cr.)
  • SOC 344 Interpersonal Violence (3 cr.)
  • SOC 345 Community Corrections (3 cr.)
  • SOC 368 Sociology of Mental Health (3 cr.)
  • SOC 396 Special topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3 cr.)
  • SW 383 Substance Abuse Disorders: Assessment and Interventions (3 cr.)
  • SW 385 Social Work and Mental Health (3 cr.)

Select one of the Applied Requirement options – 4-15 credits

NRES 393 Law Enforcement Recruit School, 15 cr. or
SOC 393 Police Academy or
SOC 492 Applied Sociology Practicum, 3-6 cr. and
SOC 493 Applied Sociology Seminar, 1 cr. or
SW 494 Applied Social Work Practicum, 8 cr. and
SW 495 Applied Social Work Practicum Seminar, 1 cr.

For more information

Contact:

Dorothy R. De Boer

Criminal Justice Coordinator, Professor of Sociology
dorothy.deboer@uwsp.edu
715-346-3069