Criminal Justice Minor
24 semester hours
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:
- No upper level (300 and 400 level) courses will be accepted from community or junior colleges for the Criminal Justice major or minor.
- 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 341 | GE: Criminology | 3 credits |
| SOC 342 | GE: Juvenile Delinquency | 3 credits |
| SOC 486 | Field Work & Observation | 1 - 15 credits |
| SOCJ 150 | Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 credits |
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| SOCJ 250 | Corrections | 3 credits |
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| SOCJ 352 | Police & Community Relations | 3 credits |
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| SOCJ 350 | The Criminal Process | 3 credits |
Electives:
Three additional semester hours selected from the following recommended courses:
| CHEM 275 | GE: Chemical Aspects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse | 3 credits |
| MLSP 234 | Conversational Spanish for Social Services | 3 credits |
| PHYS 107 | GE: Physics&Forensic Sc | 0 - 3 credits |
| PHYS 251 | CJA: Traffic Accdnd Invst | 3 credits |
| PHYS 252 | CJA: Adv Criminalistics | 3 credits |
| PHYS 253 | CJA: Fire/Arson Investigation | 3 credits |
| SOCJ 151 | Introduction to Security | 3 credits |
| SOCJ 251 | Police Organization & Admin | 3 credits |
| SOCJ 252 | Organized Crime | 3 credits |
| SOCJ 253 | Violence in Society | 3 credits |
| SOCJ 351 | Police Investigation | 3 credits |
| PSY 271 | Forensic Psychology | 3 credits |