Requirements for a Sociology Minor
Minimum of 20 quarter hours (4 courses) of sociology. Sociology: Understanding Social Life (SOCS 1810) may be counted toward the minor if it has not been used to meet University (SOCS) Requirements.
Sociology minors may enroll in the Internship Program provided they have junior or senior standing, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0, and have taken at least three sociology courses beyond Sociology: Understanding Social Life (SOCS 1810). If you choose to do an internship, you will need to complete a total of 25 hours for your minor: 15 of the 20 hours listed above, PLUS 10 for the Internship.
Pre-law and pre-social work students will find a minor in sociology especially helpful to their long-term career goals.
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Requirements for a Criminology Minor
Minimum of 20 quarter hours (4 courses) of criminology-related courses. Criminology minors must take Criminology (SOCI 2250) and a minimum of three (3) elective courses from the following list:
- Juvenile Delinquency (SOCI 2255)
- Deviance and Society (SOCI 2260)
- Seminar in Current Issues in Sociology (SOCI 2700; must be criminology-related)
- Law and Society (SOCI 2750)
- Discipline and Punishment (SOCI 2760)
- Kids and Courts (SOCI 2770)
- Women and the Law (SOCI 2780)
- Family and the Law (SOCI 2785)
- Policing Society (SOCI 2790)
- Capital Punishment (SOCI 2795)
- Drugs and Society (SOCI 2820)
- White-Collar Crime (SOCI 2830) and selected topics.
Criminology minors may enroll in the Internship Program provided they have junior or senior standing, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0, and have taken at least three sociology and/or criminology-related courses beyond Sociology: Understanding Social Life (SOCS 1810). If you choose to do an Internship, you will need to complete a total of 25 hours for your minor: the criminology course, 10 of the 15 elective hours listed above, PLUS 10 for the Internship.
Students interested in law or law-enforcement will find a minor in criminology especially helpful to their long-term career goals.