Criminal Justice Concentration within the M.P.A.

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The Master of Public Administration Program with Criminal Justice Concentration is a professional degree designed for current and future leaders in the criminal justice field.

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.

MPA Required Core Courses

Thirty-nine hours of graduate credit, to include:

PBAD 5000 - Survey of Public Administration Credits: 3
PBAD 5400 - Public Personnel Management Credits: 3
PBAD 5410 - Administrative Behavior and Theory of Organization Credits: 3
PBAD 5440 - Principles and Processes of Government Budgeting Credits: 3
PBAD 5480 - Ethics In Government Credits: 3
PBAD 5510 - Public Policy and Program Management Credits: 3
PBAD 5684 - Empirical Analysis for Public Administration Credits: 3
POLS 5690 - Capstone in Public Management Credits: 3

Criminal Justice Concentration Courses

Required Criminal Justice Concentration Courses

CRMJ 5000 - Survey of Criminal Justice Credits: 3
CRMJ 5100 - Public Policy and Crime Credits: 3

Elective Criminal Justice Concentration Courses

*Students with little or no administration and/or criminal justice professional experience must enroll in CRMJ 5500 as one of their electives.

(students must select two of the following courses)

CRMJ 5151 - Crime Causation Credits: 3
CRMJ 5280 - Comparative Criminal Justice Credits: 3
CRMJ 5500 - Internship in Criminal Justice Credits: 3 *
CRMJ 5540 - Gender and Crime Credits: 3
CRMJ 5590 - Green Criminology Credits: 3
CRMJ 5860 - Social Inequality, Crime, Criminal Justice and the Law Credits: 3

Approved Elective Credit

One additional approved MPA elective course is required. For additional options, contact the MPA director.

POLS 4052 - Federal Land Politics Credits: 3
ENGL 4075 - Writing for Non-Profits Credits: 3
CRMJ 4130 - Leadership and Management in the Criminal Justice System Credits: 3
POLS 5051 - Environmental Politics Credits: 3
CNSL 5060 - Counseling Ethics and Professional Issues Credits: 3
STAT 5220 - Advanced Design Credits: 3
POLS 5420 - Seminar In Public Administration Credits: 3
POLS 5445 - Drug War Geopolitics in the Americas Credits: 3
POLS 5450 - Administrative Regulation Credits: 3
PBAD 5460 - Public Administration and Law Credits: 3
PBAD 5465 - Survey of the Nonprofit Sector Credits: 3
PBAD 5500 - Internship in Public Administration Credits: 1
EDRE 5530 - Introduction To Research Credits: 3
POLS 5530 - USCongress Credits: 3
PBAD 5540 - Public Policy Perspectives Credits: 3
PBAD 5560 - Public Administration in Literature and Film Credits: 3
POLS 5600 - Political Violence Credits: 3
POLS 5685 - Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis Credits: 3
POLS 5710 - Topics In Political Science Credits: 1-3
POLS 5810 - Seminar in Political Philosophy Credits: 3