Criminal Justice, M.S.

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Students pursuing the Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice must complete a minimum of 36 semester hours from among the following areas: Required core courses (18 credits), CRJU electives (12 credits), and free electives (6 credits). Full-time graduate students are required to take CRJU 600 and CRJU 655 during the fall semester of their initial enrollment and CRJU 670 and CRJU 675 during the spring semester of their initial enrollment.

Program Requirements 36 hrs.

Required Core Courses 18 hrs.

CRJU 600 - Survey of Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
CRJU 655 - Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System Credits: (3)
CRJU 670 - Criminal Justice Research Methods Credits: (3)
CRJU 671 - Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice Research Credits: (3)
CRJU 675 - Studies in Criminological Theory Credits: (3)
CRJU 691 - Public Policy and Criminal Justice Credits: (3)

Criminal Justice Electives 12 hrs.

CRJU 590 - Seminar Credits: (3)
CRJU 610 - Historical Perspectives in Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
CRJU 620 - Judicial Behavior Credits: (3)
CRJU 630 - Organizational Theory Credits: (3)
CRJU 635 - Foundations of Law Enforcement Credits: (3)
CRJU 638 - Foundations of Corrections Credits: (3)
CRJU 643 - Social Awareness Credits: (3)
CRJU 650 - Criminal Justice Ethics Credits: (3)
CRJU 660 - Issues in Criminal Justice Credits: (3)
CRJU 672 - Applications in Crime Analysis Credits: (3)
CRJU 673 - Crime Mapping Credits: (3)
CRJU 676 - Environmental Criminology Credits: (3)
CRJU 684 - Criminal Justice Graduate Internship Credits: (3)
CRJU 690 - Seminar Credits: (3)
CRJU 698 - Directed Study Credits: Variable credit, (1-4)

Free Electives 6 hrs.

Any approved graduate class may be used for completion of the Master of Science degree, including those electives listed above.

e-Portfolio

Students completing the Master of Science degree must complete an e-Portfolio as a requirement for graduation. The e-Portfolio will include one selected document from each required course, which has been approved for inclusion by the instructor. The e-Portfolio must also include a final reflection paper, which ties together all the individual submissions and required coursework from the M.S. program. The final submission must be approved by a faculty committee with interests in the selected topic. Please see the Department of Criminal Justice Graduate Student Manual for additional information about the e-Portfolio requirements.