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M.S. in Applied Criminology - Program Requirements

The M.S. in Applied Criminology is a 36 hour program consisting of 30 hours of class-based coursework and           6 hours of a Capstone project.  To facilitate student completion, the program offers four Capstone completion options, each designed to meet the need of different student populations.  The options include: thesis, exams, internship, and justice education practicum.  Each student will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors to build a program of study tailored to that student's career goals.

Program Requirements:

*  Foundation Courses - 9 credit hours

*  Focus Area - 9 credit hours

*  Elective Courses - 12 credit hours

*  Capstone Project - 6 credit hours - Thesis/Internship/Justice Education Practicum

*  Exam Capstone -  6 credit hours additional classroom coursework


                       Foundation Courses:
: CCJ 605: Criminological Theory (3 credit hours)                                                                CCJ 606 Research Methods for Criminology (3 credit hours)                                                   One of the following research tools:
CCJ 610 Qualitative Criminology or other graduate level qualitative research course approved by the Department Graduate Program Committee
CCJ 614: Statistics for Criminology, SBS 585 Social Research Lab Practicum or other graduate lever statistics course approved by the Department Graduate Program Committee

Focus Areas: Students must also select one of the following focus areas of study.

Transnational Crime and Justice - 9 credit hours from the following:

CCJ 515: World Indigenous Peoples and Justice (3 credit hours)
CCJ 616: Human Rights and Transnational Justice (3 credit hours)
CCJ 617: Issues in Transnational Crime (3 credit hours-repeatable for credit)
Possible Topics include Comparative Perspectives on Crime and Culture; Terrorism and Security; Genocide; State Crime; Transnational Crime and Globalization; Immigration, Border and National Security.

CCJ 652: Corporate Crime (3 credit hours)                                                                             CCJ 654: Inequality Crime and Justice (3 credit hours)                                                           CCJ 697: Independent Study                                                                                                Extra-departmental course (up to 3 credit hours with advisor approval)

Communities and Justice - 9 credit hours from the following:

CCJ 530: Schools, Youth and Justice                                                                                   CCJ 532: Feminist Justice                                                                                                   CCJ 545: Ethnicity, Race and Justice                                                                                    CCJ 618: Issues in Communities and Justice (repeatable for credit)                             Possible topics include: Domestic Violence; Victimology; Restorative Justice                         CCJ 620: Criminal Justice Process and Policy                                                                     CCJ 628: Youth and Justice                                                                                                 CCJ 635: Critical Issues and Policing                                                                                   CCJ 654: Inequality Crime and Justice                                                                                  CCJ 697: Independent Study                                                                                                Extra-Departmental course (up to 3 credit hours with advisor approval)
                       

Capstone Project:

In addition to 30 hours of course work, students will complete one of the following capstone projects.  Each of these capstone projects will require a theoretically grounded writing component that meets graduate level professional standards. (See Appendix A-E for specific guidelines for each of these capstone projects).

Thesis - original qualitative or quantitative research in criminology and criminal justice.

Internship - Minimum one semester full-time field placement and the completion of written                     .        of the internship project.

Comprehensive Exam - Supervised examinations of mastery over criminological theory                          
and methods and one focus area of study.

Justice Education Practicum -  Requires completion of CCJ 688 Teaching Criminology and CCJ 580 The community College (3) or CCJ 640 Curriculum Construction in Community college (3), and with approval of        CCJ 688 Instructor, one semester of supervised college-level teaching or other justice education project and the completion of a written, critical analysis of the teaching experience.

 

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