Criminal Justice, Minor

A minor in criminal justice is available to all undergraduates except criminal justice majors. The minor requires 18 approved semester hours including: CJUS 1511/CJUS 1511, 2340, and 12 semester hours of criminal justice electives (6 of these 12 hours must be at the upper-division (3000+) level or above). A grade point average of at least 2.0 in the minor courses is required. Students must be successful in completing CJUS 1511 and 2340 with grades of C or above, with no more than two attempts (grades of D, F, or W count as attempts). Checksheet for Minors

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 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 3382 – Community-Oriented Policing and Problem-Solving (3)
CJUS 3800 – Directed Individual Study (1 to 3)
CJUS 4320 – Evidence (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 4364 – Aging and Criminal Justice: An Interdisciplinary Understanding (3)
SPAN 3221 – Spanish for Criminal Justice (3)
Total = 18 Credit Hours

Progression Requirements
A GPA (overall and CJUS-specific) of 2.0 or above must be maintained for the minor. A grade of C or above in CJUS 1511 and CJUS 2340 (each within two attempts*) is required to remain and progress in the minor. *Grades of D, F, and W all count as attempts.

Declarations for new minors: Students can begin submitting declaration applications as soon as grades are posted on transcripts. Check your transcript regularly to see when the minor appears. Students will not receive any type of notifications; therefore it is the student’s responsibility to monitor their status!

Requirements to Declare:

To become a CJ Minor, you must have a 2.0 GPA [note: a 2.0 overall GPA and at least a 2.0 GPA in CJUS courses only are both required] and have a declared Major (cannot be Criminal Justice) and have completed CJUS 1100/1511 with a grade of C or better.

If you meet the 2 requirements above, you can send an email to cjusadvisor@charlotte.edu from your UNC Charlotte EMAIL ONLY to request admission to the minor. In this email, you must include your full name, student ID number, and the following statement: “I would like to add Criminal Justice as a minor.” The subject line must read: CJUS MINOR DECLARATION. If you do not use this subject line, your request may be missed.

* If you want us to drop your current minor, include that statement as well. (For example, “I would like to add Criminal Justice as a minor and drop my current minor of ________.”) Do not include this statement if you intend to double minor.