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 359 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 357 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 355 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 314 Psychology and Law
  • SOC 375 Gender and Crime
  • CJS 374 Multiple Murderers

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 333 Abnormal Behavior

Psychology with emphasis on behavior of children and adolescents

CJS core classes:

  • HSS 359 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 357 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 355 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 314 Psychology and Law
  • HSS 349 Violence in Families
  • HSS 369 Juvenile Justice

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 233 Lifespan Human Development
  • PSY 382 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 359 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 357 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 355 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 314 Psychology and Law
  • POL 374 Judicial Administration

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 312 Cognitive Psychology
  • PSY 323 Social Psychology
  • PSY 333 Abnormal Behavior

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 359 Criminal Justice
  • PSY 357 Criminal Behavior
  • SOC 355 Criminology

CJS electives:

  • PSY 314 Psychology and Law
  • CJS 374 Multiple Murderers
  • COR 359 Forensic Studies
  • SOC 342 Social Deviance

Psychology courses:

  • PSY 331 Psychological Testing
  • PSY 333 Abnormal Behavior
  • PSY 343 Personality and Individual Differences