Criminology Minor Program Overview
Department Mission Statement
The Criminology minor, while rooted in the liberal arts, fosters a professional orientation for competent, ethical, and moral justice personnel carrying out the essential functions necessary for individual and communal justice in a free society. Through the analysis of crime, justice, and social control, in a multiplicity of applied settings, criminology minors will develop a definition of justice that is guided by Catholic teaching and its unrivaled moral philosophy.
Aims
Students who minor in Criminology–and major in a related field like Sociology or Political Science–will be prepared for the careers in policing and law enforcement, courts and the judicial system, corrections and alternative disposition programs such as Probation and Parole, Private Sector justice, forensic service units, law and legal positions, and aligned careers in military settings, service as crime and policy analysts, or application to graduate and law school for further education.
Academic Catalog
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Alumni Profiles
Andrea Moury
Political Science
Andrea Moury is on the conferences team at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty in Grand Rapids, MI. Her role in the nonprofit involves…
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Kevin Arkoosh ’17
Political Science & History
While at Franciscan, Kevin Arkoosh, served a summer internship on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator James E. Risch (R-ID). Today, Arkoosh works full-time for Senator Risch as a legislative assistant,…
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Michelle Ginter ’16
Humanities and Catholic Culture
Michelle Ginter says her passion for sacred and ecclesiastical architecture was “a natural fruit” of her time as a double major in Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Theology and Humanities and…
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Dan Woltornist ’12
Political Science, History, & Philosophy
No one can say senior political science major Dan Woltornist doesn’t come by his conservative political philosophy honestly.The grandson of not one, but two Russian immigrants who separately fled the…
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Beyond the Classroom
Austrian Semester Abroad
Grow, develop, and be formed into a more mature student by spending a semester in Franciscan’s Austrian program. You’ll expand your major in unbelievable ways by traveling to places such as Rome and the holy sites of Christendom, and through courses taught at a 14th-century monastery that also serves as your home.
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