Brad Wright
Criminal Justice Minor
I serve as one of the criminal justice minor advisors here at UConn, which means that I help students select the courses they need for the minor and sign the necessary forms when done. Here is some information that prospective CJ minors might find helpful.
How to get a CJ minor. This is pretty easy--just take the necessary six courses and apply for the minor. For a list of the courses, click on the CJ minor plan of study linked below.
You're welcome to declare the minor before you are done with it, but you do *not* need to do so. Most students take the classes and have it recognized as a minor there final semester.
Common mistakes
1) Overlap with majors. You can have one class (i.e., three credits) show up on the CJ minor form *and* count as one of your major classes. You may not have two or more. So, keep an eye on this if you're a sociology, psychology, or political science major.
2) Grades. You need to get a "C" or better in each of the six CJ minor courses. Five "A"s and one "C-" isn't good enough.
3) Psychology prerequisites. Psychology 245, Abnormal Psych, is required of all CJ minors. It has 100-level prerequisites which means that you have to take them before psych 245.
4) Waiting until the last semester. Just because you want to get a CJ minor doesn't mean that you'll be able to get into the classes you need for it. So, don't wait until the last semester to get into them. This comes up especially with Poly Sci 255.
5) Registering for the field experience. The field experience courses, listed on the CJ minor plan of study, take some time to set up. So, contact the professor who teaches them the semester before you want to take it. Do not expect to register the first week of the semester.
CJ minor plan of study. Use this to see which courses you need to take + have it filled out and signed your last semester.