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Crime, Law, and Society Minor

Phone: 843.953.8188
David Morris, Director

The Crime, Law and Society minor is intended to provide students with the knowledge and experience necessary to understand the origins of criminal behavior, the consequences of crime for society and the legal responses societies develop to combat crime. This interdisciplinary minor allows students to take courses in political science, sociology, psychology, philosophy and history as well as interdisciplinary courses on the topic. In addition to traditional coursework, students are required to complete an internship.

Minor Requirements

Credit Hours: 18

In addition to completing the requirements for this minor, students must also complete the minor requirements specified in the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

Required Courses

Course NameTerm TakenGrade
POLI 203 Criminal Justice (3)
SOCY 341 Criminology (3)

Prerequisite(s): SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102.

CRLS 400 Internship (1-6)

Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, SOCY 341, POLI 203, and permission of the program director. An internship should be arranged the semester before the student plans to complete it. Internships should be completed during the fall or spring semesters. Exceptions may be made for summer internships in extraordinary circumstances.

Electives (9 credit hours):

Three courses selected from the following. No more than six credit hours may be taken in any one discipline. Three courses designated as CRLS may be taken or repeated with the program director’s approval.

Course NameTerm TakenGrade
CRLS 200 Crime, Law and Society Field Experience (1-3)

Prerequisite(s): Students must have the prerequisites for the above co-requisite class or receive permission from the instructor.


Corequisite(s): CRLS 200 will sometimes be a corequisite to courses that are relevant to the study of crime, law and society including but not limited to POLI 203, POLI 306, POLI 321, POLI 380, POLI 292, POLI 324, PSYC 221, PSYC 223, PSYC 344, SOCY 331, SOCY 341, SOCY 342, SOCY 348, SOCY 361 and CRLS 300.

CRLS 300 Special Topics in Crime, Law, and Society (3)
CRLS 310 Policing in a Modern Society (3)
CRLS 311 Community Policing: Issues and Strategies (3)
CRLS 401 Crime, Law and Society Advanced Field Experience (1-6)

Prerequisite(s): By permission of instructor - please see the Director of the Crime, Law and Society Program for additional information

 

HIST 211 American Urban History (3)

Prerequisite(s): Either HIST 115-HIST 116 or any other combination of courses that satisfies the general education history requirement.

OR

POLI 306 Urban Policy (3)

OR

SOCY 351 Urban Sociology (3)

Prerequisite(s): SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102.

 

HIST 307 History of the United States: Cold War America, 1945 - Present (3)

Prerequisite(s): Either HIST 115-HIST 116 or any other combination of courses that satisfies the general education history requirement.

PHIL 206 Topics in Law and Morality (3)

 

PHIL 270 Philosophy of Law (3)

OR

POLI 380 Jurisprudence (3)

 

POLI 292 Topics in Gender, Theory, and Law (3)
POLI 295 Law and Society (3)
POLI 310 Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (3)
POLI 321 Civil Liberties (3)
POLI 324 The Judiciary (3)

Prerequisite(s): POLI 101 or permission of instructor

PSYC 221 Abnormal Psychology (3)

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 103

 

PSYC 223 Social Psychology (3)

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 103.

OR

SOCY 331 Society and the Individual (3)

Prerequisite(s): SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102.

 

SOCY 342 Juvenile Delinquency (3)

Prerequisite(s): SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102.

 

PSYC 344 Psychology of Substance Abuse (3)

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 103 and PSYC 221 

OR

SOCY 348 Sociology of Alcohol and Drugs (3)

Prerequisite(s): SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102.

 

SOCY 361 Child Welfare (3)

Prerequisite(s): SOCY 101 or HONS 167 or SOCY 102.

WGST 350 Gender, Violence and Prevention (3)

Notes:

  • No more than 3 credit hours from CRLS 200 may be applied towards the program requirements.
  • No more than 6 credit hours from CRLS 400 may be applied towards the program requirements.
  • No more than 6 credit hours from CRLS 401 may be applied towards the program requirements.
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