The Department of Criminology and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The College of New Jersey offer a minor in quantitative criminology. Five courses are required for a minor. Only one course taken as a part of the student’s major may also be counted toward the student’s minor. Note: Students will be required to receive permission from the department chairperson to participate in the minor and must submit appropriate declaration forms to the Office of Records and Registration. Students will also be required to meet with Dr. David Holleran (Criminology) to discuss course sequencing for the minor.
Requirements
Prerequisites
One semester of Calculus (MAT 125 or MAT 127)
One semester of Criminology (CRI 205)
Courses for the Minor (5 course units)
The courses for the minor are organized into two groups (Group A and Group B).
Group A:
- STA 215/Statistics
- STA 305/Regression Analysis
- STA any three courses at the 300 level/400 level
Group B:
- CRI 215/Data Management and Analysis
- CRI 217/Introduction to Crime Mapping
- CRI 306/Research Methods
- CRI 1 unit at the 300/400 level (with the exception of CRI 301)
- CRI 498/Senior Capstone in Policy Analysis
Quantitative criminology minor for statistics majors
Students will be able to double-count STA 305 since this is required in the Statistics major. They will then take four courses from the five in Group B.
Quantitative criminology minor for criminology majors
Students will be required to take the sequence MAT 125 and the requirements listed in Group A.
Quantitative criminology minor for mathematics majors
Students must choose at least two courses from Groups A and B and five courses in total.
Quantitative criminology minor for students in other majors
Selections from Groups A and B as advised by Dr. David Holleran in the Department of Criminology.