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: core (7), option-core (2) and criminal justice (4) courses. 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.
Additional Requirements
In addition to graduate coursework, M.P.A. students must complete a series of papers constituting the Plan B project. It is the purpose of POLS 5690 - Capstone in Public Management to be a framework within which students initiate and substantially complete their Plan B projects.
Following the completion of all other requirements, the M.P.A. student is required to pass a comprehensive oral examination covering the information contained within his/her program of study as well as a defense of the Plan B projects. The oral examination is also conducted within the framework of the POLS 5690 Capstone course.
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.
Students must complete the CAPP program in lieu of a program of study.