Graduate
Sample Curriculum
The MACJA degree focuses on two primary areas. First, the program focuses on contemporary issues in criminal justice management and the challenges facing the criminal justice sector of contemporary government. Second, the program equips students with a sophisticated level of skills for use in analyzing and designing solutions to problems. In addition to criminology courses, the curriculum includes courses in public administration. The MACJA program is run as a cohort, and all students admitted to a cohort take the same courses in sequence.
Typical MACJA Sequence (33 credit hours):
CCJ 6936 Current Issues in Law Enforcement (3)
CCJ 6705 Research Methods (4)
CJE 6029 Advanced Seminar in Law Enforcement (3)
CCJ 6706 Quantitative Analysis I (4)
CCJ 6406 Theory, Practice, and Research in Law Enforcement (3)
CCJ 6935 Topics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3)**
PAD 6041 Ethics and Public Service (3)
PAD 6934 Local Government Administration and Finance (3)
CJE 6025 Policy Organization, Behavior, and Administration (3)
CJE 6716 CJ Graduate Capstone Seminar (3)
**Theoretical Approaches to Criminal Behavior (Proposed CCJ 6605) (4)