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2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Criminal Justice Minor


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Program Description


The criminal justice minor provides students with an overview of the criminal justice system that includes its three core components (police, courts, and corrections). Students also learn about the social, economic, and psychological reasons why people commit crime. This minor is especially useful for students who desire to work in the fields of law enforcement, law, social work, or psychology.

Program Highlights


Degree: N/A

Required Credits: 15

School: School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Criminal Justice

Modality: On-Ground

Locations: Main Campus (Springfield)

Additional Information: https://springfield.edu/programs/criminal-justice

Undergraduate Curriculum Overview


The Academic Advising Center provides the following repositories of sequencing and curriculum guides for all undergraduate majors and minors to assist with course planning:  

Additional Notes:

  • There may be circumstances where credit totals do not reflect coursework that is eligible to count towards Core Curriculum and Major Requirement sections of a major simultaneously.
  • Degree requirements are subject to change. 

I. Minor Requirements (15 credits)


II. Additional Notes


Traditional students are permitted to take a maximium of two online courses for this minor.  

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