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Nov 08, 2024
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Draft 2025-2026 Catalog
Criminal Justice Studies Minor
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students will have the ability to:
- Develop and apply the skills and knowledge required to critically analyze the formation of laws, crime causation, and the practice and structures that make up the American criminal justice system
- Understand the constitutional powers and limits in enforcing the criminal law, including rights for criminal suspects, defendants, and prisoners
- Understand the key elements and stages in the criminal process, from lawmaking to law enforcement, to prosecution/defense to conviction/punishment, and the political, economic and social factors shaping the incentive system of criminal justice actors
- Understand the politics, and also the pros and cons of key crime policies, such as three strikes and you’re out laws, mandatory sentencing, drug criminalization, private prisons, and law and order crusades
Minor Requirements (20 units)
Required Courses (8 units)
Complete the following:
Electives Courses (8 units)
Politics (4 units)
Complete 4 units of the following coursework:
Sociology (4 units)
Complete 4 units of the following coursework:
Field Placement (4 units)
Students complete one internship course and may choose between a law-related placement in a government agency (POLS 396 ) or in a non-governmental organization (POLS 397 or SOC 395 ).
Substitutes:
One of the following may substitute for either the politics or sociology elective requirement:
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