Graduate Courses
Criminal Justice Core Courses: 12 Credits
CRJC 501 - Criminal Justice Systems
CRJC 521 - Foundations of Criminological Thought
CRJC 540 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
CRJC 550 - Statistical Applications in Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice Electives: 18 Credits or 15 Credits
Students may take CRJC 670 up to three times with different topics. Instructor permission is required for CRJC 690 and CRJC 691. May take up to 9 semester hours outside the department (of these, a maximum of 6 hours may be transferred from another university.)
CRJC 500 - History of Crime Control Policy
CRJC 510 - Criminal Justice Administration
CRJC 531 - Advanced Seminar in Criminological Theory
CRJC 570 - Race, Crime and Justice
CRJC 580 - Gender, Crime and Justice
CRJC 590 - Ethics in Criminal Justice
CRJC 600 - Corporate and Government Crime
CRJC 605 - Policing
CRJC 610 - Organizational Change in Criminal Justice
CRJC 620 - Juvenile Delinquency and Justice
CRJC 630 - Communities, Justice and Social Change
CRJC 640 - Qualitative Methods in Criminal Justice
CRJC 650 - Program Evaluation in Criminal Justice
CRJC 660 - Victimology
CRJC 670 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice
CRJC 680 - Graduate Capstone
CRJC 690 - Independent Study
CRJC 691 - Independent Study
Completion Options
For more information, please contact our graduate coordinator Dr. Xiaochen Hu.
Option One: Graduate Capstone (33 Credits)
1. Four core courses (12 Credits)
2. Six electives (18 Credits)
3. Successful completion of CRJC 680 (3 Credits)
Option Two: Thesis (33 Credits)
1. Four core courses (12 Credits)
2. Five electives (15 Credits)
3. Thesis Courses (6 Credits)
CRJC 698 - Thesis I
CRJC 699 - Thesis II
CRJC 899 - Thesis Non-Credit (if applicable)