Criminal Justice M.A.

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Degree Requirements — 34 Credits

See “Department of Criminal Justice”.

Degree Requirements

Required Major Core Credits — 19 hours (+3 hours for capstone project or 6 hours for thesis option)

CRJ 531	Seminar in Law & Society	3
CRJ 550	Organization and Management of Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 560	Seminar in Criminology and Crime Policy	3
CRJ 580	Advanced Research Methods for Criminal Justice	3
CRJ 582	Statistics for Criminal Justice Research	3
CRJ 610	Criminal Justice Planning, Policy, and Change	3
CRJ 697	Capstone Project	1 - 3
CRJ 699	Thesis	1 - 6
LIB 550	Library Research in Criminal Justice	1

Elective Credits — 9-12 hours

Electives to be chosen from CRJ 500+ courses and 500+ courses offered by other programs. All electives must be pre-approved by the student’s advisor.

NOTE: Completion and presentation of a capstone project or thesis satisfies the completion of the comprehensive exam.