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WHAT SHOULD I TAKE AND WHEN?

To plan your curriculum sequence, use this page in conjunction with guidance from your advisor.

Required Core Courses-15 credits

(All courses are required of all students.)

• CJ 7030 Criminal Justice Systems
  Usually the first course taken in the Criminal Justice Master Program.
  
  
• CJ 7130 Criminal Justice Research & Statistical Methods
  Usually taken after 9 credits of graduate courses have been completed.
  (prerequisite suggestion: undergraduate elementary statistics course)
  
  
• CJ 7230 Criminological Theory
  Can be taken whenever offered.
  
  
• CJ 7330 Law as Social Control
  Can be taken whenever offered.
  
  
• CJ 7920 Seminar Research Paper--Capstone Course
  Last course taken to complete degree requirements for Criminal Justice Master Program.

Electives-(15 credits)

• CJ 6030 Criminal Law
  
  
• CJ 6330 Criminal Procedure and Evidence
  
  
• CJ 7120 Policing in a Democratic Society
  
  
• CJ 7430 Victimology
  
  
• CJ 7520 Civil Liability in Criminal Justice Agencies
  
  
• CJ 7530 Criminal Justice Administration
  
  
• CJ 7880 Internship in Criminal Justice
  
  
• CJ 7980 Independent Study in Criminal Justice (1-4 credits)
  
  
• CJ 7990 Thesis Research
  
  
• POSC 5830 Civil Liberties
  
  
• PSYC 7430 Abnormal Psychology
  
  
• PSYC 7030 Psychology and the Criminal
  
  
• PSYC 7330 Theories of Personality in the Criminal Justice System
  
  
• PSYC 7980 Independent Study in Psychology (1-4 credits)
  
  
• BSAD 5030 Human Resource Management
  
  
• BSAD 5340 Management, Gender and Race
  
  
• BSAD 5530 Organizational Behavior

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