The College of Arts and Sciences has introduced three new minors for academic year 2024-25: Crime Analysis and Digital Investigations, Environmental Sociology and European Studies. 

Recognizing the importance of "big" data is essential when it comes to the commission, detection and prevention of crime and the identification of those responsible for criminal acts. The Department of Criminology and Justice Studies' new minor in Crime Analysis and Digital Investigations is a course of study that focuses on the analytics of crime and data-driven investigations.  

Completing this minor will prepare students to meet the demands of the growing job market for crime, fraud and security analysts among criminal justice, defense and intelligence agencies and in the private-sector security community. Students interested in pursuing careers in public policy and regulatory affairs will also benefit from the minor in Crime Analysis and Digital Investigations, as they will become proficient with tools that allow for evidence-based solutions to issues surrounding crime, security and community safety. 

The Department of Sociology's new minor in Environmental Sociology is designed to give students a broader understanding of the social factors that contribute to environmental problems, and how social change can be mobilized to solve them. This minor helps students understand the interconnectedness of society and environment, how social inequalities give rise to environmental inequalities and how environmental problems such as climate change and the proliferation of plastic waste are created and contextualized by human practices. A minor in Environmental Sociology offers a social science focus on environmental issues that complements majors such as environmental science, finance, economics, global studies, biology, entrepreneurship or engineering. 

All Drexel students gain intercultural competence and skills when they complete a language or regional studies minor offered through the Modern Languages Program in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages. The new minor in European Studies offers an interdisciplinary look at Europe and the European Union, which holds a critically important geopolitical position in the U.S. and the world for political, economic, cultural and historical reasons. Along with content courses offered through various departments across the University, this minor also includes 12 credits of language instruction in a European language including Spanish, French, German and Italian, as available. (Note that not all languages will be offered every term.)

Students interested in adding one of these three new minors to their plan of study this fall should meet with an advisor from the College of Arts and Sciences as soon as possible.