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Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice Graduate Programs

The Master of Science degree areas of specialization include administration, correctional counseling, crime and delinquency, prevention and control and criminal justice planning and research.


Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Core Courses (12-21 Credit Hours) Credits
CRJU 550  Introduction to Correction Systems3
CRJU 553  Public Administration3
*CRJU 554 Graduate Survey in Criminal Justice3
CRJU 557 The Criminal Justice Function in African American Society3
CRJU 558 Social Control, Criminal Justice, and Community Relations3
*CRJU 559 Review and Evaluation of Criminal Justice Research3
*CRJU 563 Advanced Criminology3
*EDUC 582 Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences3
*EDUC 581 Statistics In Social and Behavioral Sciences
(required if student has no previous background)
3
CRJU 583  Thesis Project I (required in thesis option) 3
CRJU 584 Thesis Project II (required in thesis option)3
* Required courses

NOTE: EDUC 581  and EDUC 582  are prerequisites of CRJU 583  and/or CRJU 584 .

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Requirements for the Specialty Areas:

Criminal Justice Administration (9 Credit Hours) Credits
*CRJU 551  Administrative Theory3
*CRJU 560  Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration3
*CRJU 568  Problems in the Exercise of Institutional Authority3

Crime and Delinquency Prevention and Control (9 Credit Hours) Credits
*CRJU 501 Sociology of Crime and Delinquency3
*CRJU 562 Community Corrections3
*CRJU 566 Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Corrections3

Correctional Counseling (9 Credit Hours) Credits
*CRJU 506 Practicum in Correctional Counseling/ Education3
*REHB 516 Theories and Techniques of Counseling3
*REHB 610 Organization and Administration of Counseling and Rehabilitation Programs3

Criminal Justice Research and Planning (9 Credit Hours) Credits
*CRJU 516 Comprehensive Planning in the Criminal Justice System3
*CRJU 574 Research for Planning3
*CRJU 577 Criminal Justice program Planning and Evaluation3
* Required courses

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Recommended Electives (12 Credit Hours) Credits

To be selected from the following courses or any of the above courses which are not used to fulfill requirements.
SPED 510 Seminar in Psychology of Exceptional Individuals3
PSYC 511 Personality Disorders3
CRJU 515 Information Processing and the Criminal Justice Systems3
PSYC 613 Career Development and Occupational Choice3
SOCI 513  Group Counseling3
CRJU 514 Psychiatry and the Law3
CRJU 517 Employment Problems of the Offender3
CRJU 519 Rights of the Incarcerated3
PSYC 641 Advanced Individual Counseling, Diagnosis, and Assessment of the Addicted Client3
CRJU 564 Criminal Justice Management Issues3
CRJU 565 Field Training3
CRJU 567 Case Analysis in Prevention Programs3
CRJU 569 Case Analysis in Prevention Programs3
CRJU 573 Issues in Curriculum Construction in Correctional Education3
CRJU 575 Quantitative Research in Criminal Justice3
CRJU 588 Supervision and Administration of Correctional Education Programs3
CRJU 601 Seminar in Professional Research3
CRJU 630 Institutional Treatment and the Law3
CRJU 635 Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime3
REHB 636 Counseling Minority Groups3

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