Undergraduate Catalog

Social Sciences Minors (Various Concentrations)

Program Requirements for Social Sciences Minors (Various Concentrations, 18 credits)

The department offers 18-credit minors in Comprehensive Social Sciences, Criminal Justice, Forensics, Forensic Accounting, History, Political Science, Pre-Law, and Sociology.

Comprehensive Social Sciences

To minor in Comprehensive Social Sciences a student must select six courses from the following:

ECON 100Basic Economics

3

HIST 100Roots of the Modern World

3

HIST 101Global History of the Twentieth Century

3

HIST 252United States History to 1865

3

HIST 253U.S. History Since 1865

3

HIST XXXDeveloping World Elective

3

PS 210American Government and Politics

3

PS 211State and Local Government

3

SOC 211Introductory Sociology

3

SOC 214Social Problems

3

Criminal Justice

To minor in Criminal Justice a student must complete:

CJ 100Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CJ 220Law Enforcement

3

CJ 303Criminology

3

CJ 351Social Research

3

CJ 433The American Prison

3

CJ XXX

3

Forensics

To minor in Forensics a student must complete:

CJ 100Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

 

CJ 105Forensic Analytical Techniques

3

Or

BIOL 105DNA Forensics

3

 

CJ 220Law Enforcement

3

CJ 224Criminal Investigation

3

CJ 322Criminalistics and the Crime Lab

3

PSYC 440Forensic Psychology

3

Forensic Accounting

To minor in Forensic Accounting a student must complete:

CJ 100Introduction to Criminal Justice

3

CJ 224Criminal Investigation

3

BUS 130Introduction to Accounting

3

BUS 331Intermediate Accounting I

3

BUS 332Intermediate Accounting II

3

BUS 433Auditing Principles and Procedures

3

History

To minor in History a student must complete:

Nine credits (9) of lower division History (HIST) courses (numbered 100 and 200 level)

Nine credits (9) of upper division History (HIST) courses (numbered 300 and up)

Political Science

To minor in Political Science a student must complete six Political Science courses, including:

PS 210American Government and Politics

3

PS 211State and Local Government

3

PS 314American Political Thought

3

PS XXX

9

Pre-Law

To minor in Pre-Law a student must complete eighteen (18) credits which include:

PL 200Introduction to Law

3

PL 210Legal Reasoning

3

PS XXX

12

Sociology

To minor in Sociology a student must complete:

SOC 211Introductory Sociology

3

SOC 214Social Problems

3

SOC 351Social Research

3

SOC XXX

9