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Crime and Justice Minor

Effective Winter 2019

Exclusions:

A minor in C&J is not open to students pursuing a major in the Dept of Sociology with an LJSC subplan nor to students majoring in Social Theory and Practice in the RC. 

Students electing the Crime and Justice minor may not declare  a minor in History of Law and Policy.

Advising

1813 East Quadrangle

(734) 647-2745

www.lsa.umich.edu/rc

The Residential College (RC) is a four-year undergraduate liberal arts program with about 900 students and 60 faculty, situated within LSA. All RC advisors are RC faculty members and are available to meet with students to discuss RC and LSA requirements, possible majors, graduation requirements, etc. The RC Board on Academic Standing considers petitions submitted by RC students relating to requirements, deadlines, and academic circumstances. Appointments with academic advisors can be scheduled by calling the RC Academic Services Office at (734) 647-2745 or by stopping by the offices at 1813 East Quadrangle.

Students wishing to pursue an academic minor must develop a specific plan for its completion in consultation with the program's designated advisor.

RC academic minors are open to all LSA students

 

Prerequisites

None for the Academic minor per se, although individual courses elected to meet the requirements of the minor may have course prerequisites.

Requirements

Minimum Credits: 15

A minimum of five courses (at least 15 credits), to be elected from categories as stated:

  1. Core Course: SOC 368. Criminology
  2. Electives. One course from each of the following three areas (at least two of which must be at the 300-level and above).
    No more than three courses may be selected from any single department or program.
    1. Contexts and Social Perspectives on the Problems of Crime and Punishment
      • AAS 262 / HISTORY 272: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
      • AAS / SOC 303: Race and Ethnic Relations
      • AAS 322 / ENVIRON 335: Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class and Gender
      • AAS 324: Dealing with the Past : Doing Justice in Africa: South Africa, Rwanda, Sierra Leone
      • AAS / RCSSCI 330: Urban and Community Studies, I
      • AAS 334 / AMCULT 336: Popular Culture in Contemporary Black America
      • AAS 420 / ANTHRCUL 347: Race and Ethnicity
      • AAS 426 Urban Redevelopment and Social Justice
      • AAS / SOC 434: Social Organization of Black Communities
      • AAS 454 / ANTHRCUL 453 African-American Culture
      • AMCULT / SOC 304: American Immigration
      • AMCULT 336 / AAS 334: Popular Culture in Contemporary Black America
      • AMCULT 337: A Survey of American Blues Music
      • AMCULT / HISTORY 369: U.S. Mass Culture from Minstrelsy to Hip Hop
      • AMCULT / HISTORY 374: Politics and Culture of the “Sixties”
      • AMCULT 399: Race in America
      • AMCULT 421 / SOC 423: Stratification
      • ANTHRCUL 235: Anthropology of Crime, Criminalization and Punishment (only if elected Fall 2019 or later)
      • ANTHRCUL 347 / AAS 420: Race and Ethnicity
      • ANTHRCUL 453 / AAS 454 African-American Culture
      • ARCH / UP 357 Architecture, Sustainability, and the City: Ideas, Force, and People Shaping the Built Environment
      • CEE 307 / ENVIRON 407: Sustainable Cities
      • COMM / PSYCH 318: Media and Violence
      • ENVIRON 222: Introduction to Environmental Justice
      • ENVIRON 335 / AAS 322: Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class and Gender
      • ENVIRON 407 / CEE 307: Sustainable Cities
      • ENVIRON 408: Land Use Policy, Law, and the Environment
      • HISTORY 272 / AAS 262: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
      • HISTORY / AMCULT 369: U.S. Mass Culture from Minstrelsy to Hip Hop
      • HISTORY / AMCULT 374: Politics and Culture of the “Sixties”
      • HISTORY / WGS 375 (WOMENSTD 375): History of Witchcraft: The 1692 Salem Trials in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective
      • PHIL 224: Global Justice
      • PHIL 355: Contemporary Moral Problems
      • POLSCI 307: Topics in American Political Thought
      • POLSCI 319 Politics of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
      • PSYCH 318 / COMM 318: Media and Violence
      • RCSSCI / AAS 330: Urban and Community Studies, I
      • SOC / AAS 303: Race and Ethnic Relations
      • SOC / AMCULT 304: American Immigration
      • SOC 423 / AMCULT 421: Stratification
      • SOC / AAS 434: Social Organization of Black Communities
      • SOC 435: Urban Inequality and Conflict
      • UP / ARCH 357 Architecture, Sustainability, and the City: Ideas, Force, and People Shaping the Built Environment
      • WGS 375 (WOMENSTD 375) / HISTORY 375: History of Witchcraft: The 1692 Salem Trials in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective
    2. Disciplinary Studies of the Problems of Crime and Punishment
      • AAS 248: Crime, Race, and the Law
      • AAS 450 / 451: Law, Race and the Historical Process I, II
      • ANTHRCUL 333: Non-Western Legal Systems
      • ANTHRCUL / WGS 428 (WOMENSTD 428) / RCSSCI 428: Sex Panics in the U.S. and UK since 1890
      • COMM 425: Internet, Society, and the Law
      • HISTORY / JUDAIC 265: Introduction to Jewish Law: Sources, Legal History, and Legal Theory
      • HISTORY / JUDAIC 257: Law in the Pre-modern World
      • HISTORY 345 / RCSSCI 357: History and Theory of Punishment
      • HISTORY 477: Law, History, and the Dynamics of Social Change
      • HISTORY 496: History Colloquium (appropriate topics may count, with permission)
      • HISTORY 497: History Colloquium (section titled “War on Crime / War on Drugs”; other appropriate topics may count, with permission)
      • JUDAIC / HISTORY 257: Law in the Pre-modern World
      • JUDAIC / HISTORY 256: Introduction to Jewish Law: Sources, Legal History, and Legal Theory
      • PHIL 359: Law and Philosophy
      • POLSCI 364: Public International Law
      • PSYCH 488 / SOC / WGS 465 (WOMENSTD 465): Sociological Analysis of Deviance
      • RCSSCI 357 / HISTORY 345: History and Theory of Punishment
      • RCSSCI / ANTHRCUL / WGS 428 (WOMENSTD 428): Sex Panics in the U.S. and UK since 1890
      • SOC / WGS 270 (WOMENSTD 270): Gender and the Law
      • SOC 454: Law and Society
      • SOC 465 / PSYCH 488 / WGS 465 (WOMENSTD 465): Sociological Analysis of Deviance
      • WGS 270 (WOMENSTD) / SOC 270: Gender and the Law
      • WGS 428 (WOMENSTD) / ANTHRCUL / RCSSCI 428: Sex Panics in the U.S. and UK since 1890
      • WGS 465 (WOMENSTD 465) / PSYCH 488 / SOC 465: Sociological Analysis of Deviance
    3. Direct Encounters with the Problems of Crime and Punishment
      • ARTDES 312: Art Workshops in Prison
      • PSYCH 211: Project Outreach (appropriate sections)
      • RCCORE 301: Community-Based Internship – Semester in Detroit (appropriate placements)
        and
        RCCORE 302: Community-Based Internship Reflection Seminar
      • RCCORE 334: Special Topics section titled “The Atonement Project”
      • RCHUMS 334: Special Topics in the Humanities section titled “Theater and Incarceration”
      • THTREMUS 399: Topics in Drama section titled “The Atonement Project”

Crime and Justice (Minor) (Fall 2014 - Fall 2018)

Effective Fall 2014

Exclusions:

A minor in Crime and Justice is not open to students pursuing a major in the Department of Sociology nor to students majoring in Social Theory and Practice in the RC.

Students electing the Crime and Justice minor may not declare a minor in Law, Justice, and Social Change or a minor in History of Law and Policy.

Advising

134 Tyler (East Quadrangle)
(734) 763-0032
www.lsa.umich.edu/rc

The Residential College (RC) is a four-year undergraduate liberal arts program with about 900 students and 60 faculty, situated within LSA. All RC advisors are RC faculty members and are available to meet with students to discuss RC and LSA requirements, possible majors, graduation requirements, etc. The RC Board on Academic Standing considers petitions submitted by RC students relating to requirements, deadlines, and academic circumstances. Appointments with academic advisors can be scheduled by calling the RC Academic Services Office at (734) 763-0032, or by stopping by the offices at 134 Tyler.

RC academic minors are open to all LSA students

Students wishing to pursue an RC academic minor must develop a specific plan for its completion in consultation with each program's designated advisor. Appointments may be scheduled at the RC Academic Services Office, 134 Tyler, East Quad, or by calling (734) 763-0032.

Prerequisites

None for the Academic minor per se, although individual courses elected to meet the requirements of the minor may have course prerequisites.

Requirements

Minimum Credits: 15

A minimum of five courses (at least 15 credits), to be elected from categories as stated:

  1. Core Course: SOC 368. Criminology
  2. Electives. One course from each of the following three areas (at least two of which must be at the 300-level and above).
    No more than three courses may be selected from any single department or program.
    1. Contexts and Social Perspectives on the Problems of Crime and Punishment
      • AAS 262 / HISTORY 272: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
      • AAS 303 / SOC 303: Race and Ethnic Relations
      • AAS 322 / ENVIRON 335: Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class and Gender
      • AAS 324: Dealing with the Past : Doing Justice in Africa: South Africa, Rwanda, Sierra Leone
      • AAS 330 / RCSSCI 330: Urban and Community Studies, I
      • AAS 334 / AMCULT 336: Popular Culture in Contemporary Black America
      • AAS 420 / ANTHRCUL 347: Race and Ethnicity
      • AAS 426 Urban Redevelopment and Social Justice
      • AAS 434 / SOC 434: Social Organization of Black Communities
      • AAS 454 / ANTHRCUL 453 African-American Culture
      • AMCULT 304 / SOC 304: American Immigration
      • AMCULT 336 / AAS 334: Popular Culture in Contemporary Black America
      • AMCULT 337: A Survey of American Blues Music
      • AMCULT 369 / HISTORY 369: U.S. Mass Culture from Minstrelsy to Hip Hop
      • AMCULT 374 / HISTORY 374: Politics and Culture of the “Sixties”
      • AMCULT 399: Race in America
      • AMCULT 421 / SOC 423: Stratification
      • ANTHRCUL 347 / AAS 420: Race and Ethnicity
      • ANTHRCUL 453 / AAS 454 African-American Culture
      • ARCH 357 / UP 357 Architecture, Sustainability, and the City: Ideas, Force, and People Shaping the Built Environment
      • CEE 307 / ENVIRON 407: Sustainable Cities
      • COMM 318 / PSYCH 318: Media and Violence
      • ENVIRON 222: Introduction to Environmental Justice
      • ENVIRON 335 / AAS 322: Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class and Gender
      • ENVIRON 407 / CEE 307: Sustainable Cities
      • ENVIRON 408: Land Use Policy, Law, and the Environment
      • HISTORY 272 / AAS 262: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
      • HISTORY 369 / AMCULT 369: U.S. Mass Culture from Minstrelsy to Hip Hop
      • HISTORY 374 / AMCULT 374: Politics and Culture of the “Sixties”
      • HISTORY 375 / WOMENSTD 375: History of Witchcraft: The 1692 Salem Trials in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective
      • PHIL 224: Global Justice
      • PHIL 355: Contemporary Moral Problems
      • POLSCI 307: Topics in American Political Thought
      • POLSCI 319 Politics of Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
      • PSYCH 318 / COMM 318: Media and Violence
      • RCSSCI 330 / AAS 330: Urban and Community Studies, I
      • SOC 303 / AAS 303: Race and Ethnic Relations
      • SOC 304 / AMCULT 304: American Immigration
      • SOC 423 / AMCULT 421: Stratification
      • SOC 434 / AAS 434: Social Organization of Black Communities
      • SOC 435: Urban Inequality and Conflict
      • UP 357 / ARCH 357 Architecture, Sustainability, and the City: Ideas, Force, and People Shaping the Built Environment
      • WOMENSTD 375 / HISTORY 375: History of Witchcraft: The 1692 Salem Trials in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective
    2. Disciplinary Studies of the Problems of Crime and Punishment
      • AAS 248: Crime, Race, and the Law
      • AAS 450 / 451: Law, Race and the Historical Process I, II
      • ANTHRCUL 333: Non-Western Legal Systems
      • ANTHRCUL 428 / WOMENSTD 428 / RCSSCI 428: Sex Panics in the U.S. and UK since 1890
      • COMM 425: Internet, Society, and the Law
      • HISTORY 256 / JUDAIC 265: Introduction to Jewish Law: Sources, Legal History, and Legal Theory
      • HISTORY 257 / JUDAIC 257: Law in the Pre-modern World
      • HISTORY 345 / RCSSCI 357: History and Theory of Punishment
      • HISTORY 477: Law, History, and the Dynamics of Social Change
      • HISTORY 496: History Colloquium (appropriate topics may count, with permission)
      • HISTORY 497: History Colloquium (section titled “War on Crime / War on Drugs”; other appropriate topics may count, with permission)
      • JUDAIC 257 / HISTORY 257: Law in the Pre-modern World
      • JUDAIC 265 / HISTORY 256: Introduction to Jewish Law: Sources, Legal History, and Legal Theory
      • PHIL 359: Law and Philosophy
      • POLSCI 364: Public International Law
      • PSYCH 488 / SOC 465 / WOMENSTD 465: Sociological Analysis of Deviance
      • RCSSCI 357 / HISTORY 345: History and Theory of Punishment
      • RCSSCI 428 / ANTHRCUL 428 / WOMENSTD 428: Sex Panics in the U.S. and UK since 1890
      • SOC 270 / WOMENSTD 270: Gender and the Law
      • SOC 454: Law and Society
      • SOC 465 / PSYCH 488 / WOMENSTD 465: Sociological Analysis of Deviance
      • WOMENSTD 270 / SOC 270: Gender and the Law
      • WOMENSTD 428 / ANTHRCUL 428 / RCSSCI 428: Sex Panics in the U.S. and UK since 1890
      • WOMENSTD 465 / PSYCH 488 / SOC 465: Sociological Analysis of Deviance
    3. Direct Encounters with the Problems of Crime and Punishment
      • ARTDES 312: Art Workshops in Prison
      • PSYCH 211: Project Outreach (appropriate sections)
      • RCCORE 301: Community-Based Internship – Semester in Detroit (appropriate placements)
        and
        RCCORE 302: Community-Based Internship Reflection Seminar
      • RCCORE 334: Special Topics section titled “The Atonement Project”
      • RCHUMS 334: Special Topics in the Humanities section titled “Theater and Incarceration”
      • THTREMUS 399: Topics in Drama section titled “The Atonement Project”