Criminal Justice Minor

24 credits

The goal of the Criminal Justice Administration program is to provide students with the educational background necessary to pursue careers in Criminal Justice, and/or to pursue graduate study in criminology, criminal justice, law, or other related fields.

Transfer Policy:

  1. No upper level (300 and 400 level) courses will be accepted from community or junior colleges for the Criminal Justice major or minor.
  2. For Criminal Justice minor - a minimum of 15 credits must be taken at East Stroudsburg, and 300 and 400 level courses from four-year colleges are accepted only with permission of the department.

Program Features

Required concentration courses:

SOC 341GE: Criminology

3 credits

SOC 342GE: Juvenile Delinquency

3 credits

SOC 486Field Work & Observation

1 - 15 credits

SOCJ 150Intro to Criminal Justice

3 credits

 

SOCJ 250Corrections

3 credits

OR

SOCJ 352Police & Community Relations

3 credits

 

SOCJ 350The Criminal Process

3 credits

Electives:

Three additional credits selected from the following recommended courses:

CHEM 275GN: Chemical Aspects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

3 credits

MLSP 234GN: Conversational Spanish for Social Services

3 credits

PHYS 107GE: Physics and Forensic Science

3 credits

SOCJ 151Introduction to Security

3 credits

SOCJ 251Police Organization & Admin

3 credits

SOCJ 252Organized Crime

3 credits

SOCJ 253Violence in Society

3 credits

SOCJ 351Police Investigation

3 credits

PSY 271Forensic Psychology

3 credits