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Criminology and Criminal Justice - M.A. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

  • Corrections concentration
  • Global Security concentration
  • Policing concentration
  • Victimology concentration
I. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (24 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
JUS 56800 Intelligence and National Security 3
  66761 Law, Justice and Society 3
  66762 Proseminar in Issues in Contemporary Justice 1 3
  66763 Theories of Crime and Delinquency 3
  66768 Research Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice 3
  66770 Justice Institutions 3
  66772 Victimology 3
Choose from the following: 2 3
JUS 56705 Community Corrections  
  66766 Institutional Corrections  
II. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credit hours)
Corrections (9)  
Global Security (9)  
Policing (9)  
Victimology (9)  
TOTAL 33

1. Capstone
2. Students in the corrections concentration take both JUS 56705 and JUS 66766

 

Corrections Concentration

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
JUS 56708 Treatment Methods 3
  56709 Emerging Trends and Issues in Corrections 3
  66766 Institutional Corrections 2 3
SUBTOTAL 9

 

Global Security Concentration

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
JUS 56801 Homeland Security 3
  56802 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3
  56803 Information and Cyber Security 3
SUBTOTAL 9

Policing Concentration

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
JUS 56904 Issues in Police Work 3
  66773 Contemporary Policing 3
  66767 Justice Administration 3
SUBTOTAL 9

 

Victimology Concentration

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (9 credit hours)
Course Title Credits
JUS 57002 Human Service Agencies and the Law 3
  57003 Restorative Justice and Victim Assistance 3
  57004 Legal Perspectives and Rights in Victimization 3
SUBTOTAL 9