Criminology Minor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

Description

The criminology minor emphasizes criminological theory and research and is an introduction to the concept of deviance and related issues of criminal behavior. The minor is grounded in sociological theory and methods and allows students flexibility in the choice of specialized criminological study such as, juvenile delinquency, sociology of law, formal institutions of social control, community and crime, and data analysis in criminology.

Requirements

The Criminology minor consists of 16 hours. Any student seeking a minor must consult with a minor adviser on a plan of work, and must file a copy of this plan with the minor adviser at least one semester before graduation.

• A 2.0 GPA is required in the minor course work.
• No courses taken for S/U credit will count toward the minor.
• A minimum of 9 hours required course work must be taken at NC State, 3 hours of which much be 400 level.
• Students completing a minor in Criminology may not also complete a minor in Sociology.
• Students completing a major in Sociology (B.A. or B.S.) may not minor in Criminology.

Required Courses (13 credit hours)

• 16 hours of the following sociology courses:

  SOC 202 Principles of Sociology (3 cr)
  SOC 206 Social Deviance (3 cr)
  SOC 306 Criminology (3 cr)
  SOC 300 Social Research Methods* (4 cr)

• One 400 level elective course as listed below** (3 cr)

*If a student successfully completes PS371 or PSY240/241 with a 'C-' or better, the SOC300 requirement will be waived, but three (3) additional hours of sociology are required at the 300 or 400 level.

Note that SOC300 has a prerequisite or co-requisite, ST311 - Introduction to Statistics.

Elective Courses (3 credit hours)

**Elective course. Students must choose 1 course (3 hours) from the following list:
SOC 425 Juvenille Delinquency
SOC 427 Sociology of Law
SOC 428 Formal Institutions of Social Control
SOC 429 Data Analysis in Criminology
SOC 430 Community and Crime
SOC (PS) 432 Violence, Terrorism, and Public Policy
SOC 445 Inequality, Ideology, and Social Justice

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
To be admitted to the program, a student must have a GPA of at least 2.0. Students may declare their intention to complete the minor by submitting the Declare a Minor form to the minor advisor. Delcaring a minor early will help ensure you have access to courses that may restrict seats to departmental majors and minors. Should students wish to transfer a course from another institution toward the minor, they should consult Jenny Rasch, advisor for the minor.

Certification
The minor should be declared as soon as the student makes the decision to pursue a minor. Minor coursework must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork to declare the minor can be found outside room 352 in the 1911 Building and should be completed no later than the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State. Students should see the person listed below for certification of the minor.

Contact Person

Jenny R. Rasch
352 1911 Building
919.515.3116
jenny_rasch@ncsu.edu

Last Updated: August 24, 2009