This minor is open to all students except those pursuing the ASCJ or BSCJ degrees. A minimum GPA of 2.3 is required in courses taken specifically for the minor. At least 9 of the 18 credit hours must be taken on the IUPUI campus.

Required Courses

• SPEA J101 The American Criminal Justice System (3 cr.)
• SPEA J201 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies (3 cr.)

Criminal Justice Core Courses (2 courses, 6 credit hours, selected from the following):

• SPEA J202 Criminal Justice Data, Methods, and Resources (3 cr.)
• SPEA J301 Substantive Criminal Law (3 cr.)
• SPEA J305 Juvenile Justice (3 cr.)
• SPEA J306 The Criminal Courts (3 cr.)
• SPEA J321 American Policing (3 cr.)
• SPEA J331 Corrections (3 cr.)
• SPEA J439 Crime and Public Policy (3 cr.)

Electives (2 courses, 6 credit hours minimum):

Take two other criminal justice courses ("J" prefix). These may be drawn from the courses in the above list not used to fulfill that requirement. At least one of these two courses must be at the 300 or 400 level. Only one of the following courses may be used to meet this requirement: J370, J380, J470, J480.