The minor will consist of 15 hours of upper-division coursework. E, H, S, and W versions of these courses may be credited to the minor. For more information, please visit the Criminal Justice Studies Program website: https://cjstudies.uga.edu/major-minor-degrees
For more information about minor course work, contact: Criminal Justice Studies Program Advising Office cjadvising@uga.edu 706-542-7079
15 hours
Select 9 hours from Group IA, IB, IC, or II. When selecting courses, two of the three subfields (IA, IB, IC) must be represented.
| AFAM(PSYC) 4500/6500 | Psychology of Prejudice | 3 |
| PSYC 3230 | Psychopathology | 3 |
| PSYC 3260 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| SOCI 3070 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOCI 3080 | Youth Subcultures | 3 |
| SOCI 3340 | Social Psychology of Race, Racism, and Discrimination | 3 |
| SOCI 3820 | Communities and Crime | 3 |
| SOCI 3830 | Violence and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 3840 | Family Violence | 3 |
| SOCI 3860 | Sociology of Alcohol and Drug Use | 3 |
| SOCI 4590 | Crime in Global Context | 3 |
| SOCI(INTL) 4700 | Global Terrorism | 3 |
| HIST 3775 | Crime, Punishment, and Human Rights | 3 |
| POLS 4105 | American Political Development | 3 |
| POLS 4690 | Religion and American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 4740 | Judicial Process and Behavior | 3 |
| POLS 4760 | Supreme Court Politics: The Institution and Its Justices | 3 |
| POLS 4770 | The Supreme Court: Cases and Controversies | 3 |
| POLS 4781 | Criminal Justice Systems in the United States and Britain | 3 |
| POLS 4900 | Law Enforcement Administration | 3 |
| PSYC 5850 | Psychopharmacology - Drugs and Behavior | 3 |
| RELI 4107/6107 | American Religious History | 3 |
| SOCI 3140 | Social Control of Crime | 3 |
| SOCI 3150 | Criminal Punishment and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 4470 | Seminar in Deviance and Social Control | 3 |
| SOCI 4750 | State Violence | 3 |
| CSCI 3030 | Computing, Ethics, and Society | 3 |
| ECON 4450/6450 | Economic Analysis of Law | 3 |
| HIST 4060/6060 | American Legal History | 3 |
| HIST 4080/6080 | Politics of Gender in United States History | 3 |
| PADP 4690 | Bureaucracy and the Law | 3 |
| PHIL 4240/6240 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| POLS 4080 | Legal Theory | 3 |
| POLS 4090 | Social Justice | 3 |
| POLS 4700 | Constitutional Law: Powers | 3 |
| POLS 4710 | Constitutional Law: Rights and Liberties | 3 |
| POLS 4720 | Criminal Procedure | 3 |
| POLS 4730 | Criminal Law | 3 |
| POLS 4750 | Gender, Law, and Politics | 3 |
| SOCI 4800 | Sociology of Morality | 3 |
| SOCI 4830 | Sociology of Law | 3 |
| AFAM(PSYC)(ECHD) 4170/6170 | Introduction to Black Psychology | 3 |
| ANTH 4265/6265 | Bioarchaeology | 3 |
| COMM 3520 | Persuasion | 3 |
| COMM 4330 | Communication Strategies in the Courtroom | 3 |
| COMM 4510/6510 | Nonverbal Communication | 3 |
| GEOG 3630 | Introduction to Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 3640 | The Geography of Human Rights | 3 |
| GEOG 4630/6630 | Advanced Urban Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 4631/6631 | Race, Inequality, and the American City | 3 |
| INTL 4410 | Terrorism | 3 |
| PADP 3000 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 |
| PADP 4630 | Politics and the Budgeting Process | 3 |
| PHIL 4210/6210 | Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
| POLS 4070 | Game Theory | 3 |
| POLS 4640 | Urban Politics | 3 |
| POLS 4641 | The Science of Cities | 3 |
| POLS 4650 | State Politics | 3 |
| POLS 4780 | Special Topics in Law and Judicial Process | 3 |
| PSYC 3100 | Special Topics in Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 3300 | Social and Personality Development | 3 |
| PSYC 4200 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| PSYC 4230 | Psychology of the Workplace | 3 |
| PSYC(WMST) 4600/6600 | Psychology of Women | 3 |
| SOCI 3270 | Personality and Social Structure | 3 |
| SOCI 3280 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOCI(AFAM) 3300 | Global Perspectives on Racism and Sexism | 3 |
| SOCI(AFAM) 3310 | Race and Culture | 3 |
| SOCI 3320 | Sociology of Urban Life | 3 |
| SOCI 3730 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOCI 3940 | Sociology of Leadership | 3 |
| SOCI 3950 | Sociology of Organizations | 3 |
| SOCI 4020S | Media and Criminal Justice | 3 |
| SOCI(AFAM) 4370 | Seminar in Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
a) At least 12 of the 15 hours are to be taken in residence. b) To preserve the interdisciplinary nature of the program of study, no more than nine hours of coursework may be drawn from the same discipline (as indicated by departmental prefix). c) POLS(SOCI) 3700 and POLS(SOCI) 4905 will not count towards the minor. d) All courses used to satisfy the minor requirements must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.0) or higher.