Criminal Justice Minor

General Academic Requirements for Minors

• Student must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or better at UHD to be approved to pursue a minor.
• Student must have a 2.0 GPA or better in courses in the minor to be certified at graduation.
• No field experience course may be applied to a minor program.
• The minor field elected must be different from the major.
• A student must complete all course work required for the minor in addition to all course work required for the degree prior to graduation certification.

Students should note that in some instances courses listed as requirements or options for the minor program may have prerequisites that are not listed as part of the program. The procedures for declaring a minor are available from the College of Public Service Advising Office, Suite C420.

Required Courses

• CJ 1301 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
• CJ 2301 - The Police System
• CJ 2302 - The Criminal Court System
• CJ 2303 - The Correctional System
• CJ 3301 - Criminology
• 3 hours of upper-level Criminal Justice courses

Total: (18 hours minimum)