Criminal Justice, MA
Program Objectives
MACJ program enables students to contribute to the criminal justice profession and fosters independent learning. Upon completion of this program, students are able to:
- Evaluate an agency’s ability to meet the safety needs of a community including corrections, law enforcement and administration of justice
- Evaluate, research and critically analyze gaps or deficiencies in criminal justice services
- Effectively and ethically lead and manage criminal justice, community services, and human/social services professionals in both public and private sectors
- Evaluate contemporary criminal justice systems and their policies and practices
- Evaluate the psychological basis, nature and causes of crime: typologies and offenders
- Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.
Courses
Prerequisites for Major Courses
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Program Outline
To receive a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice degree, students must earn 36 graduate semester credit hours. Thirty of the program hours must be completed through . Program requirements are as follows:
| Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Major Courses ( 36.0 credit hours ) | |
| Seminar in Criminal Justice ( Prerequisite course ) | 3.0 credit hours |
| Seminar in Law Enforcement | 3.0 credit hours |
| Seminar in Court Systems | 3.0 credit hours |
| Seminar in Correctional Systems | 3.0 credit hours |
| Theory in Criminology and Criminal Justice | 3.0 credit hours |
| Management and Administration of CJ | 3.0 credit hours |
| Professionalism and Ethics in CJ | 3.0 credit hours |
| Juvenile Justice | 3.0 credit hours |
| Gender, Race and Crime | 3.0 credit hours |
| Research Methods in CJ | 3.0 credit hours |
| Capstone: Criminal Justice Thesis Part I | 3.0 credit hours |
| Capstone: Criminal Justice Thesis Part II ( Taken in last term ) | 3.0 credit hours |
