The sociology program offers a variety of courses for students interested in studying criminology to complement their major.

Criminology combines the sociological and psychological aspects of social relations to study the causes of crime and deviant behavior.

To complete a focus area in criminology, sociology majors need at least 12 semester hours of sociology courses at the 300 level or higher.

Suggested courses for a major in sociology with a criminology focus are the following:

• SOC 202 - Juvenile Delinquency
  
  
• SOC 203 - Sociology of Corrections
  
  
• SOC 208 - Police and Society
  
  
• SOC 305 - Criminology
  
  
• SOC 350 - Women and Crime
  
  
• SOC 357 - Guns and Society
  
  
• SOC 380 - Elite Deviance
  
  
• SOC 381 - Deviance and Social Control
  
  
• SOC 420 - Community Corrections: Probation and Parole
  
  
• SOC 455 - Comparative Criminal Justice
  
  
• SOC 488 - Sociology of Law