The information technology graduate curriculum provided by the School of Criminal Justice builds on the School’s outstanding reputation as a center of high level quantitative research in criminal justice. The curriculum is designed to extend and expand the statistical and methodological expertise learned in the traditional sequence of the school’s methods and statistical courses. Ph.D. and M.A. students take a selection of the school’s four courses in Information Technology to graduate with a degree with a concentration in information technology in criminal justice. For the MA, these courses are ordinarily taken in lieu of an equivalent number of electives.

The M.A. concentration is composed of three courses or their approved equivalents as follows

1. CRJ692 Data Utilization in Criminal Justice (3 credits)
2. CRJ693 Geographic Information Systems in Criminal Justice I (4 credits)
3. Either CRJ696 Geographic Information Systems in Criminal Justice II (4 credits)
   Or CRJ695. Responsible Use of Criminal Justice Information. (3 credits)

The Ph.D. concentration requires:

1. CRJ692 Data Utilization in Criminal Justice (3 credits)
2. CRJ693 Geographic Information Systems in Criminal Justice I (4 credits)
3. CRJ696 Geographic Information Systems in Criminal Justice II (4 credits)
4. CRJ694 Spatial Data Analysis in Criminal Justice (4 credits) or its approved equivalent.
5. CRJ695. Responsible Use of Criminal Justice Information. (3 credits) .