Bulletin - John Jay College Of Criminal Justice - CUNY

Certificates, Programs and Minors
The electives listed below are supplemented every semester by new
or experimental courses that are pertinent to Humanities and Justice
as identified and approved by the minor coordinator.
History Courses
History 217 Three Hundred Years of New York City: A History of
the Big Apple
History 219 Violence and Social Change in America
History 224 A History of Crime in New York City
History 252 Warfare in the Ancient Near East and Egypt
History 254 History of Ancient Greece and Rome
History 277 American Legal History
History 290 Selected Topics in History
History 320 The History of Crime and Punishment in the United
States
History 325 Criminal Justice in European Society, 1750 to the
Present
History 354 Law and Society in Ancient Athens and Rome
History 381 Social History of Catholicism in the Modern World
History 383 History of Terrorism
History 260/Latin American/Latina/o Studies 260 History of
Contemporary Cuba
History 265/Latin American and Latina/o Studies 265 Class, Race
and Family in Latin American History
Literature Courses
Literature 219 The Word as Weapon
Literature 290 Selected Topics
Literature 305 Foundations of Literature and Law
Literature 311 Literature and Ethics
Literature 313 Shakespeare
Literature 314 Shakespeare and Justice
Literature 315 American Literature and the Law
Literature 316 Gender and Identity in Western Literary Traditions
Literature 327 Crime and Punishment in Literature
Literature 342 Perspectives on Literature and Human Rights
Literature 346 Cultures in Conflict
Literature 223/African-American Studies Literature 223 African-
American Literature
Literature 340/African-American Studies Literature 340 African-
American Experience in America: Comparative Racial Perspectives
Spanish 208 The Theme of Justice in 20 th- Century Spanish Literature
Philosophy Courses
Philosophy 203 Political Philosophy
Philosophy 205 Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy 210 Ethical Theory
Philosophy 302 Philosophical Issues of Rights
Philosophy 304 Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy 310/Law 310 Ethics and Law
Philosophy 315 Philosophy of the Rule of Law
Philosophy 322 Judicial and Correctional Ethics
Philosophy 326 Topics in the History of Modern Thought
Philosophy 340 Utopian Thought
Philosophy 423/ Political Science 423 Selected Topics in Justice
JOURNALISM MINOR (Department of English)
Total: 18
Description. Asking the right questions — Condensing complex
information — Writing for an audience — these are the core skills of
a journalist. The Journalism minor will provide knowledge and
experience in these areas, while also introducing students to the
emerging tools of the journalistic trade in the 21 st century and the
media’s vital but complicated role as a public service in a democratic
society. The minor will sharpen critical thinking skills, information
literacy, and the ability to write for a public stage. It will engage
students with the news of the day, expose the inner workings of the
media and communications professions, analyze the freedoms and
limitations of the American press, allow for hands-on experiences in
new media, and provide a space where students create and publish
their own journalistic work. For students interested in graduate study
in journalism, or in a communications-focused career, the minor
provides an ideal educational and vocational foundation. For others,
it offers a chance to develop skills and insights that will serve them
well across the professional spectrum.
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