Minor in Criminal Justice Studies
Criminal Justice Studies Minor — 16 units minimum
A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
A total of 13 units must be upper-division courses. Up to 3 transfer units in Introduction to Criminal Justice or Concepts of Criminal Law completed at a California community college may be counted towards meeting requirements for the minor. For applicable courses, go to the ASSIST website: assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html.
Foundation Course (4 units)
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| C J 300 | Criminal Justice: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective | 4 |
Electives (12–16 units)
Select four courses from the categories (I–IV) below.
I. Administration of Justice
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| C J 323 | Ethics in Criminal Justice | 3 |
| C J 340/I R 341 | Comparative Criminal Justice | 4 |
| C J 400 | Police and Public Policy | 3 |
| C J 410 | Crime Scene Investigation | 3 |
| C J 420 | Introduction to Forensic Science | 3 |
| C J 450 | Jails and Prisons | 3 |
| C J 451 | The Architecture of Incarceration | 3 |
| C J 460 | Community Corrections and Sentencing | 3 |
| C J 475 | Intervention Policies in Juvenile Justice | 3 |
| C J 480 | California Corrections System | 3 |
| C J 490 | Immigration, Criminalization, and Justice | 3 |
| C J/SOC 510 | Analysis of the Felon in Society | 3 |
| C J 525 | Global Restorative Justice and Corrections | 3 |
| C J 530 | Geographies of Social Control and Urban Diversity | 3 |
| I R/C J 360 | Intelligence and Intelligence Agencies | 4 |
| PLSI 478 | Judicial Process | 4 |
| PSY 475 | Psychology of Policing | 3 |
| SOC 455 | Punishment and Social Control | 3 |
II. Crime and Delinquency
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| C J 200 | Construction of Crime and Justice | 3 |
| C J 230 | Crime, Data, and Analysis | 3 |
| C J 320 | Literature in Criminal Justice - Crime Control, Due Process, and Class Justice | 3 |
| C J 330GW & C J 330 | Research Methods in Criminal Justice - GWAR and Research Methods in Criminal Justice Studies Activity | 4 |
| C J 401 | Criminal Profiling | 3 |
| C J 405 | Organized Crime | 3 |
| C J 470/SOC 452 | Juvenile Justice | 4 |
| C J 471 | Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice | 3 |
| C J/SOC/USP 511 | Critical Analysis of Re-entry and Housing | 3 |
| C J 515 | Extremism as Crime | 3 |
| C J 535 | Alternatives to Criminalization | 3 |
| C J 550 | School Violence and Discipline | 3 |
| C J 570 | Urban Violence | 3 |
| C J 600 | Youth Gangs in Community Context | 3 |
| C J 605 | Criminalization of Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
| COMM 571 | The Rhetoric of Terrorism | 4 |
| COMM 573 | The Rhetoric of Criminality and Punishment | 4 |
| I R 361/C J 461 | Terrorism and Covert Political Warfare | 4 |
| LTNS 430/C J 435 | Race, Crime, and Justice | 3 |
| LTNS/C J 485 | Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 378 | Philosophy of Criminal Law | 3 |
| SOC 451/C J 452 | Criminological Theory | 4 |
III. Legal Studies
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 375 | Law and the Black Community | 3 |
| AFRS 376 | Government, the Constitution, and Black Citizens | 3 |
| AIS 330 | American Indian Law | 3 |
| C J 335 | Legal Writing and Research | 4 |
| C J 501 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| C J 502 | Criminal Procedure | 3 |
| COMM 564 | Issues in Free Speech | 4 |
| COUN 630 | Legal Center Training I | 3 |
| COUN 631 | Legal Center Training II | 3 |
| GPS/PHIL 375 | Peace Law and Human Rights in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIST 470 | The U.S. Constitution to 1896 | 3 |
| HIST 471 | The U.S. Constitution Since 1896 | 3 |
| PHIL 335 | Law and Society | 3 |
| PHIL 380 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PLSI 552 | Individual Rights and the Constitution | 4 |
| PSY 472 | Introduction to Legal Psychology | 3 |
IV. Working with Diverse Communities
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AA S 595 | Asian American Communities and Public Policy | 3 |
| AIS 460 | Power and Politics in American Indian History | 3 |
| COMM 503 | Gender and Communication | 4 |
| COMM 525 | Sexualities and Communication | 4 |
| COMM 531 | Conflict Resolution | 4 |
| COMM 541 | Critical Approaches to Culture and Communication | 4 |
| COMM 543 | Dialogues Across Differences | 4 |
| HIST 465 | American Ethnic and Racial Relations II: 1890-Present | 3 |
| LTNS 415 | Latina/o Economic Empowerment | 3 |
| LTNS 470 | Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. | 3 |
| PHIL 455/SXS 569 | Sex and the Law | 3 |
| PLSI 464 | Race and American Politics | 4 |
| PLSI/USP 512 | Urban Politics and Community Power | 4 |
| PSY 547 | Social Conflict and Conflict Resolution | 3 |
| RRS/SOC 330 | Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation | 3 |
| RRS 571 | Women, Race, and Class | 3 |
| SXS 455 | Sex, Power, and Politics | 3 |
| WGS 513 | Gender, War, and Militarism | 3 |
| WGS 514 | Women and the Prison Industrial Complex | 3 |
| WGS 554 | Gender and Global Migration | 3 |