Tailoring your psychology major

Are you interested in tailoring your psychology major with a CJS minor? Here are some course options for you:

Psychology with emphasis on adult violent offenders

CJS core classes:

  • HSS 3590 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 3850 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 3550 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 3810 Psychology and Law
  • SOC 3560 Gender and Crime
  • CJS 3040 Multiple Murderers

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 3610 Adult Psychopathology

Psychology with emphasis on behavior of children and adolescents

CJS core classes:

  • HSS 3590 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 3850 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 3550 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 3810 Psychology and Law
  • HSS 3490 Violence in Families
  • HSS 3690 Juvenile Justice

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 2100 Lifespan Human Development
  • PSY 3620 Child Psychopathology

Psychology with emphasis on the role of psychology in the courtroom setting, with respect to jury selection and eyewitness testimony

CJS core classes:

  • HSS 3590 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 3850 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 3550 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 3810 Psychology and Law

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 2300 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY 2200 Social Psychology
  • PSY 3610 Adult Psychopathology

Psychology with emphasis on understanding violent offenders with the goal of apprehending them (for example, the sort of activity performed by agents doing profiling analysis at the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI)

CJS core classes:

  • HSS 3590 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 3850 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 3550 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 3810 Psychology and Law
  • CJS 3040 Multiple Murderers
  • SOC 3420 Social Construction of Deviance

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 3640 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
  • PSY 3610 Adult Psychopathology
  • PSY 3630 Personality Psychology