Master of Science in Criminal Justice (Non Thesis Track)

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Curriculum Outline

CRIM 590 - Directed Reading in Criminal Justice
(Required of students lacking 9 hours of undergraduate courses in Criminal Justice)

Master of Science in Criminal Justice (Non Thesis Track) (36 hours)

Students who do not have the required nine (9) hours of undergraduate criminal justice hours must take CRIM 590 Directed Reading in Criminal Justice , thus they must complete either thirty-nine (39) hours.

Criminal Justice Core (18 hours):

CRIM 601 - Survey of the Criminal Justice System
CRIM 610 - Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice
CRIM 615 - Theories of Criminal Behavior
CRIM 620 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRIM 625 - Criminal Justice Administration
CRIM 699 - Ethics

Note

Students must earn the grade of “B” or better in all core courses.

Criminal Justice Electives (18 hours):

CRIM 533 - Juvenile Delinquency
CRIM 540 - Human Trafficking
CRIM 565 - Police Community Relationships
CRIM 595 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
CRIM 630 - Minorities and Criminal Justice
CRIM 635 - Juvenile Justice
CRIM 640 - Forensic Science
CRIM 645 - Comparative Criminal Justice
CRIM 650 - Advanced Corrections
CRIM 655 - Advanced Law Enforcement
CRIM 660 - Drugs and the Criminal Justice System
CRIM 665 - White Collar Crime
CRIM 695 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
CRIM 697 - Thesis I
CRIM 698 - Thesis II