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The M.A. degree requires the successful completion of 30 credits of course work with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0. Up to six (6) credits of graduate level studies completed elsewhere may be applied toward the required 30 credits. Appropriate courses may be taken outside of the School of Criminal Justice at this University, and credits earned applied toward the M.A. degree in criminal justice; students should receive the approval of their academic advisor before enrolling in such courses.

To satisfy requirements for the M.A. degree, students must:

(1) Complete 30 credits of course work with a "B" (3.0) or better grade point average;
(2) Complete course requirements in the support sequence, Statistics I (CRJ 504), and Research Design I (CRJ 682). Two different sections normally are offered in both Statistics I and Research Design I, one for "consumers," and one for "users" of statistics and research design techniques. M.A. students will ordinarily enroll in the former sections.
(3) Satisfy area requirements by completing at least one course in three of the four substantive areas listed below:

Nature of Crime
CRJ 601 Crime, Deviation and Conformity
CRJ 603 Structural Factors in Crime
CRJ 604 Gender and Crime in American Culture
CRJ 605 Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Groups
CRJ 606 Measurement of Crime and Delinquency
CRJ 607 Theories of Crime
CRJ 608 Ideology and Crime
CRJ 609 Crime and Cities (formerly CRJ 700)
CRJ 610 Guns & Gun Control (formerly CRJ 619, 700)
CRJ 611 Race & Crime (formerly CRJ 619, 700)
CRJ 612 Homicide Research (formerly CRJ 700)
CRJ 613 Nature of Youth Gangs

Law and Social Control
CRJ 620 The Law of Deprivation of Liberty
CRJ 623 Substantive Criminal Law
CRJ 625 Principles of Punishment
CRJ 626 Law and Science in CRJ
CRJ 629 Constitutional Criminal Procedure
CRJ 630 Legal Rights of Children

Criminal Justice Process and Policy
CRJ 636 Juvenile Justice
CRJ 641 Comparative Criminal Justice
CRJ 642 Issues in Policing
CRJ 643 Community Supervision and Treatment of Convicted Persons
CRJ 645 Prison Environments
CRJ 646 Sentencing
CRJ 647 Innovations in Policing
CRJ 648 Terrorism, Public Security, and Law Enforcement
CRJ 649 Gender, Administration, and Policy
CRJ 651 Policing in America
CRJ 652 Prosecution and Adjudication
CRJ 655 Crime, Criminal Justice, and Public Policy
CRJ 662 Community Intervention and Criminal Justice
CRJ 665 Prison Reform

Planned Change
CRJ 560 Introduction to Individual and Organizational Interventions
CRJ 561 Introduction to Community Intervention
CRJ 647 Innovations in Policing
CRJ 661 Modes of Correctional Intervention
CRJ 662 Community Intervention and Criminal Justice
CRJ 665 Prison Reform
PLN 505 Comprehensive City Planning

Statute of Limitations

In compliance with the University's statute of limitations requirement, all study for which credit is applied to a Master's degree, including transfer credit for graduate courses taken elsewhere, must be completed within a period of six years.