Students must complete a total of 38 semester hours distributed as follows:
Required Core Courses (4 semester hours each; 20 semester hours required)
CRJ 5010 - Seminar in Criminal Justice Policy
CRJ 5030 - Design and Analysis of Criminal Justice Research
CRJ 5050 - Seminar in Criminological Theory
CRJ 5070 - Criminal Justice Administration
CRJ 5090 - Ethics and Diversity in Criminal Justice
Electives (3 semester hours each; 12 semester hours required)
Students complete Option A or Option B:
- Option A: Students select any combination of CRJ electives and approved SWK and MBA courses, totaling 12 hours
- Option B: Students select a concentration from below (9 hours) and one additional course, totaling 12 hours
Concentration in Leadership (9 hours)
CRJ 5400 - Informational Driven Leadership
MBA 6030 - Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Any course under M.B.A. concentration in leadership (MBA 6610, MBA 6620, MBA 6630, STMBA 6810)
Concentration in Community Justice (9 hours)
CRJ 5350 - Community Justice
SWK 6370 - Social Work Practice I
Any of these courses:
- SWK 6500 - Social Work Perspectives on Psychopathology
- SWK 5740 - Family Violence: Issues and Intervention
- SWK 6381 - Social Work Practice II: Group Work; and SWK 6382 - Social Work Practice II: Community
- SWK 5750 - Substance Abuse
Criminal Justice Graduate Electives (3 semester hours each)
CRJ 5200 - Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis
CRJ 5250 - Problem Solving: Planning, Analysis and Assessment
CRJ 5350 - Community Justice
CRJ 5400 - Informational Driven Leadership
CRJ 6100 - Administrative Law
CRJ 6110 - Contemporary Legal Issues in Criminal Justice
CRJ 6150 - Juvenile Intervention Strategies
CRJ6200 - White Collar Crime
CRJ6250 - Management for Non-profit
CRJ 6300 - Proactive Police Administration
CRJ 6350 - Terrorism and Counterterrorism
CRJ6400 - Crisis Planning and Emergency Preparedness
CRJ6450 - Security Administration
CRJ6500 - Advancing Forensic Science
CRJ6600 - Seminar in Correctional Policy
CRJ 6700 - Advanced Criminal Justice Issues (special topics)
CRJ 6800 - Independent Study
Comp Exam / Policy Paper / Thesis (6 semester hours required)
Students complete one of the following options:
- Comprehensive exam plus two additional elective courses
- CRJ 6900 - Policy Paper (3 semester hours) plus one additional elective course
- CRJ 6950 - Thesis (3 semester hours) and CRJ 6951 - Thesis (3 semester hours)
- NOTE: Thesis occurs in consecutive semester enrollment through an individual faculty sponsor (thesis chair)
