The Master of Science in Criminal Justice Program is an elective program that requires students to take four core classes, 6 electives and an Applied Project. The program is made up of 36 credit hours.
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Core Classes
All students must take all of the following three credit hour courses:
- CRJ 530 Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice Administration
- CRJ 550 Legal Issues in Criminal Justice Administration
- CRJ 560 Public Policy Making in Criminal Justice
- CRJ 565 Leadership Applications in Criminal Justice
- CRJ 590 Applied Project in Criminal Justice Administration
Elective Courses
All students must take six of the following three credit hour courses from the categories of General Course of Studies, Focus Courses or Concentration in Critical Incident Management
- CRJ 525 Criminal Justice Policy Research and Evaluation**
- CRJ 535 Management of Human Resources in Criminal Justice Agencies
- CRJ 540 Planning and Financial Management in Criminal Justice Agencies
- CRJ 545 Introduction to Forensic Science
- CRJ 546 Advanced Forensic Science (*Prerequisite CRJ 545)
- CRJ 551 Legal Issues in Criminal Justice Agencies II (*prerequisite CRJ 550)
- CRJ 555 Information Resource Management for Criminal Justice Mgt
- CRJ 570 Future Studies in Criminal Justice
- CRJ 575 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Administration
- CRJ 581 Impact of Terrorism on Homeland Security
- CRJ 582 Management of Critical Incident Operations
- CRJ 583 Risk Identification and Assessment
- CRJ 584 Psychological Aspects of Critical Incidents
- CRJ 500 Special Topic