Criminal Justice Studies Minor — 16 units minimum
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a GPA of 2.0 or better.
Foundation Course (4 units)
Course List | 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
Course List | 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 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
III. Legal Studies
IV. Working with Diverse Communities
Course List | 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 |
Note: 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.