Plan B (Non-Thesis)
A criminal justice concentration within the master of public administration program is offered by the Criminal Justice program. Students wishing to enroll in the M.P.A. with criminal justice concentration must first be admitted into the M.P.A program. See M.P.A. program admissions requirements for specific details.
The M.P.A. with criminal justice concentration curriculum consists of 39 credits including: 24 hours of core credit; criminal justice (4) courses; and one additional approved elective course. Students may complete the degree within two years full-time or approximately three-four years part-time. Courses are offered through distance education, which allows students to complete their degree in their community while working full-time.
Students entering the M.P.A. Program are expected to possess basic computer literacy, and to have access to a computer for such purposes as communicating with professors via e-mail, receiving M.P.A. Program memos, conducting research on the Web, retrieving articles from course documents libraries, working on course projects, and for conducting interactive/ electronic class discussion.
Students must maintain a graduate GPA of 3.000.