Major: Criminal Justice
Degree: MS in Criminal Justice
Prerequisites (6 credits)
Prerequisites must be completed within the first 9 hours of graduate course work.
CCJ3014 3 Criminological Theory
SELECT 1 FROM THE FOLLOWING*:
- SYA 3300 Logic of Inquiry
- STA 2014 Elementary Statistics for Health and Social Sciences
* Taking both is strongly recommended.
Corequisites (3 credits)
CJL5120 3 Crim Law In Crim Just Systems
Major Requirements (18 credits)
CCJ6059 3 Advanced Criminological Theory
CJE6209 3 Law/Deviance/Social Control
CCJ6705 3 Adv Methds Criminological Rsch
CCJ6706 3 Quantitative Research Methods
CCJ6709 3 Qualitative Research Methods
CCJ6050 3 Criminal Justice Systems
Major Electives (12 credits)
SELECT 4 FROM THE FOLLOWING:
- CCJ 5692 Women & Crime
- CJE 6268 Minorities & Crime
- CCJ 5646 Organized Crime
- CCJ 5743 Graduate Supervised Research Experience in Criminal Justice
- CCJ 5684 Family Violence
- CJL 5120 Criminal Law & Procedure in the Criminal Justice System
- CJC 5020 History & Philosophy of Corrections
- CJC 5420 Counseling Applications in Criminal Justice
- CCJ 5346 Crisis Intervention & Collective Behavior
- CCJ 5456 Criminal Justice Administration Theory & Practice
- CCJ 5475 Criminal Justice Planning & Evaluation
- CJJ 5586 Working with Juveniles & Youthful Offenders
- CCJ 5635 Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
- CCJ 5665 Victimology
- CCJ 5668 Elite Crime
- CCJ 6705 Advanced Methods of Criminological Research
- CCJ 6906 Directed Independent Study
- CCJ 5930 Issues in Modern Criminal Justice
- CCJ 5934 ST: Criminal Justice
- SYP 6668 Analysis of Subcultural Perspectives
Exit Requirement (6 credits)
SELECT THESIS OR NON-THESIS OPTION
A. Thesis Option (must take 6 hours) - CCJ 6974 Thesis/Demonstration Project
Or
B. Non-thesis Option
two additional graduate courses
