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Abraham S. Fischler
College of Education & School of Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice minor provides students with an overview of the criminal justice system, including its three components-law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. In this course of study, students explore criminal law and procedure, constitutional rights of defendants, victimization, correctional theory and practice, and policing. This minor is recommended for students interested in criminology, criminal defense or prosecution, and law enforcement-related fields. This minor can be combined with any major and minor except the criminal justice major.

Criminal Justice Minor Requirements (18 credits)

Course Number

Credits

( CRJU 1100  
Introduction to Criminal Justice
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 1200
Criminal Law
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 2220
Criminology (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)

Select 9 credits from the following courses:

Course Number

Credits

(CRJU 3100
Juvenile Delinquency (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 3220
Policing (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 3300
Corrections (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 3400
Criminal Investigations (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 3500
Probation, Parole, & Community Corrections (Prereq: CRJU 3300)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 3600
Comparative Criminal Justice - Spain (Prereqs: CRJU 1100 or LGST 2500 or LEGS 1150 or INST 1500 or POLS 1200 or INB 3550)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 3700
The CSI Effect: Media and Criminal Justice (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4200
Terrorism and Homeland Security (Prereq: CRJU 1110)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4000
Victimology (Prereqs: CRJU 2220)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4400
Police Organizational Behavior and Management (Prereq: 2220)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4500
Research Methods in Criminal Justice (Prereq: CRJU 2220)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4600
Gangs in America (Prereq: CRJU 1100)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4880
Senior Seminar (Prereq: 4500)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4900
Special Topics in Criminal Justice (Prereq: CRJU 1100 and any other prereq deemed appropriate by the instructor depending on the course topic)
/Credits: 3)
(CRJU 4901
Special Topics in Criminal Justice II (Prereq: CRJU 1100 and any other prereq deemed appropriate by the instructor depending on the course topic)
/Credits: 3)

The academic program and curriculum requirements listed on this page are from the NSU Undergraduate Student Catalog. Students are bound by policies and curricula published in the catalog in effect the semester they enter the university, unless an agreement is made with appropriate NSU administration officials allowing them to abide by policies published in a later catalog.