Curriculum Guide for MA in Criminal Justice (course descriptions here)

Name:_________________________________________________

Required courses:
____ 202:500 Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice (offered in Fall, not recommended for new students)

____ 202:515 Introduction to Public Budgeting & Finance (offered in Fall and Spring, with greater availability in the Spring)

____ 202:525 Principles of Public Management (offered in Fall and Spring, with greater availability in the Spring)

____ 202:600 Research Methods in Criminal Justice (offered in Fall, recommended for new students)

____ 202:601 Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (offered in Spring, recommended for new students who have had an undergraduate stats course) 

Five electives (15 credits). At least one must be taken from faculty housed within criminal justice. NOTE: Only one course from Social Work may be applied to the MA in Criminal Justice degree.

____ 202:501 Foundations of Policy Analysis (MPA)

____ 202:502 Human Behavior and the Social Environment (Social Work)

____ 202:503 Law and Public Policy (MPA)

____ 202: 504 Social Welfare Policy and Services I (Social Work)

____ 202:505 Organizational Behavior (MPA)

____ 202:506 Diversity, Oppression, and the Legal Environment of Social Work (Social Work)

____ 202:507 Psychopathology (Social Work)

____ 202:510 Criminal Justice Issues and Trends (CJ)

____ 202:513 Criminology (CJ)

____ 202:521 Social Inequities in the Criminal Justice System (CJ)

____ 202:522 Juvenile Justice (CJ)

____ 202:529 Law and Society (CJ)

____ 202:536 Public Information Systems (MPA)

____ 202:538 Law and Social Work (Social Work)

____ 202:540 Victimology (CJ)

____ 202:541 Studies of Cultural Diversity (Liberal Studies)

____ 202:552 Community Corrections (CJ)

____ 202:553 Financial Management of Public Programs (MPA)

____ 202:557 Human Resource Management (MPA)

____ 202:558 Executive Leadership and Communication Skills (MPA)

____ 202:566 Family Violence (Social Work)

____ 202:567 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (Social Work 571)

____ 202:570 Labor-Management Relations (MPA)

____ 202:571 American Legal History I (History)

____ 202:572 American Legal History II (History)

____ 202:573 Violent Crime (CJ)

____ 202:590 Race and American Law (Law)

____ 202:602 Proseminar in Criminal Justice (CJ)

____ 202:605 Gender, Crime and Justice (CJ)

____ 202:624 Sex Discrimination and the Law (Law)

____ 202:631 Employment Law (Law)

____ 202:655 Criminal Procedure: Investigations (Law)

____ 202:691 Evidence (Law)

____ 202:695 Labor Law (Law)
____ ________________________________[other course(s) approved by the director, such as Special Topics]

____ ________________________________[other course(s) approved by the director, such as Special Topics]

last updated: February 15, 2009