A Minor in Criminal Justice is available to all undergraduates except Criminal Justice majors and Pre-Criminal Justice majors, and requires 18 approved credit hours.

All program-level Admissions and Progression Requirements are in addition to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Admission Requirements .

Admission Requirements

Current UNC Charlotte Undergraduate Students

See University Admission Requirements Minimum GPA (cumulative): 2.0
Completion of CJUS 1511 with grade of C or above, with students allowed no more than two attempts at the class (grades of D, F or W count as attempts.
Must have a declared major (cannot be Pre-Criminal Justice major or Criminal Justice major)

Minor Requirements

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

CJUS 1511 - Local Social Science: Foundations of Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 2340 - Criminological Theory (3)

Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Select four of the following courses. At least 6 of the 12 elective credit hours must be completed at the 3000- or 4000-levels.

CJUS 2320 - Introduction to Courts (3)
CJUS 2350 - Introduction to Corrections (3)
CJUS 2360 - Ethics and the Criminal Justice System (3)
CJUS 2361 - Juvenile Justice (3)
CJUS 2380 - Introduction to Law Enforcement (3)
CJUS 3000 - Topics in Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 3320 - Criminal Justice and the Law (3)
CJUS 3321 - Criminal Procedure (3)
CJUS 3322 - Juvenile Law (3)
CJUS 3323 - Correctional Law (3)
CJUS 3340 - The Juvenile Offender (3)
CJUS 3341 - The Criminal Offender (3)
CJUS 3351 - Community Corrections (3)
CJUS 3352 - Institutional Corrections (3)
CJUS 3353 - Juvenile Corrections (3)
CJUS 3354 - Punishment and Freedom (3)
CJUS 3362 - Famous Criminal Trials of the Twentieth Century (3)
CJUS 3363 - Mediation and Conflict Resolution (3)
CJUS 3364 - The Administration of Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 3365 - Interviewing in Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 3366 - Domestic Violence (3)
CJUS 3367 - Problems and Decisions in Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 3380 - Law Enforcement Behavioral Systems (3)
CJUS 3381 - Security and Loss Prevention (3)
CJUS 3382 - Community-Oriented Policing and Problem-Solving (3)
CJUS 3800 - Directed Individual Study (1 to 3)
CJUS 4000 - Topics in Criminal Justice (1 to 6)
CJUS 4320 - Evidence (3)
CJUS 4340 - Seminar on Sexual Assault (3)
CJUS 4350 - Victims and the Criminal Justice System (3)
CJUS 4351 - Violence and the Violent Offender (3)
CJUS 4352 - Serial Murder (3)
CJUS 4360 - Drugs, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System (3)
CJUS 4361 - International Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 4362 - Computer Crime (3)
CJUS 4363 - Gender, Race, and Justice (3)
CJUS 4364 - Elders and the Criminal Justice System (3)
CJUS 4370 - Data Analytics and Crime (3)
CJUS 4372 - Drug Analytics (3)
CJUS 4373 - Intelligence Analysis and Security Analytics (3)
CJUS 4374 - Geospatial Analytics and Crime (3)
CJUS 4375 - Community-Oriented Policing, Problem-Solving, and Crime Analysis (3)
CJUS 4376 - Social Network Analysis (3)
CJUS 4377 - Crime Measurement and Data Visualization (3)
CJUS 4378 - Causes and Consequences of Crime (3)
CJUS 4379 - Qualitative Research and Analysis in Criminal Justice (3)
CJUS 4400 - Research Practicum (3)
SPAN 3221 - Spanish for Criminal Justice (3)

Total = 18 Credit Hours

Progression Requirements

A GPA of at least 2.0 in CJUS courses is required to graduate, including a minimum grade of C in CJUS 1511 and CJUS 2340 .

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Admission Requirements

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Minor Requirements

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Total = 18 Credit Hours

Progression Requirements

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