2024 - 2025年本科 & 研究生目录
刑事司法理学硕士
The 36-credit hour Master of Science degree in criminal justice at 大峡谷州立大学 is designed to provide graduate students with the necessary education and practical skills to become natural leaders and academicians in the field. The program mission is to develop highly ethical and capable leaders, 专家, 和学者, with an advanced and practical knowledge in 犯罪学 and criminal justice to prepare them for future work in their careers, 教室, 和/或社区. Our program also seeks to create a dynamic community of criminal justice professionals 和学者 who will work in concert to critique, 挑战, and advance the study and practice of criminal justice and the criminal legal system. Our faculty believe that professional education is best reinforced by concrete application of theoretical 概念. Graduate courses will provide students the opportunity to apply to their agencies or professional endeavors the skills, 概念, 以及他们在研究生学习中获得的知识. The result of this applied process is a bridge between theory and practice as well as between the classroom and professional field.
The criminal justice curriculum encompasses applied 概念 of ethics, 政治和社会公正, 制度和政策的历史分析, 领导与管理, 理论和研究. The curriculum also prepares students who plan to apply to a doctoral program with appropriate theoretical, 研究, 分析, 批判性的解释能力.
任务
培养具有高度道德和能力的领导者, 专家, 和学者, with an advanced and practical knowledge in 犯罪学 and criminal justice to prepare them for future work in their careers, 教室, 和/或社区.
入学
To apply for the Master of Science degree in criminal justice, 请注意以下要求:
- 本科GPA不低于3分.0对4.0 scale calculated from the last 60 hours of undergraduate work.
- If applying for student admission into the SCJ undergraduate/graduate combined degree program, 本科GPA不低于3分.25在4上.0 scale calculated from the last 60 hours of undergraduate work.
- Three letters of recommendation (at least two from current or former professors).
- A personal statement/essay detailing academic preparation, 背景经历及专业, 教育, and career goals for entry into a master's program in criminal justice, and any special topic areas that you would like to pursue at the master's level.
- The Graduate Committee reserves the right to require additional information it deems appropriate, 包括GRE考试成绩和写作样本. The committee may also require applicants to appear for an oral interview. The decisions of the Graduate Committee are final.
- 学生 who have not earned an undergraduate degree in criminal justice or 犯罪学 may be required to take supplemental undergraduate criminal justice courses at the discretion of the MCJ graduate program director. Approved courses such as introduction to criminal justice, 犯罪学, 研究方法, 统计数据是非常值得推荐的.
- Applications for fall admission should be received by June 1st; winter admission applications should be received by November 1st.
转移信用
Up to 12 hours of transfer credit may be applied to the degree program; students are required to submit a formal request for consideration of transfer credit. Such credit must meet the requirements specified in the Transfer of Credit section of this catalog, be recommended as applicable to the degree program by a graduate faculty advisor, and be approved for transfer application by the MCJ graduate program director.
程序的位置
该项目由德沃斯中心提供, 皮尤大急流城校区, 位于大急流城市中心, MI.
M的要求.S. 刑事司法
学生 must complete a minimum of 36 graduate credit hours:
- 核心课程18学分
- 12-15 credit hours of elective courses (12 credit hours if completing a thesis; 15 credit hours if completing the MCJ Capstone course)
- 三到六个小时的高潮体验.
核心课程
Core of required courses consists of 18 credit hours as follows:
- CJ 604 - Criminal Justice Policy and Program Evaluation (3 credits)
- CJ 606 - Research Methodology and Data Analysis (3 credits)
- CJ 607 -犯罪学(3学分)
- CJ 609 -刑事司法系统(3学分)
- CJ 610 - Race, Gender, and Class in the Criminal Justice System (3 credits)
- CJ 642 -受害者学(3学分)
选修课
Choose from the following courses (15 credits if completing the capstone seminar (CJ 650)或完成论文(CJ 695)):
- CJ 592 - Social Justice Issues in the American Criminal Justice System (3 credits)
- CJ 600 -定性方法论(3学分)
- CJ 601 - Criminal Justice Leadership (3 credits)
- CJ 619 - 法律 Issues 刑事司法 (3 credits)
- CJ 620 -治安与社会(3学分)
- CJ 621 -纠正和惩罚(3学分)
- CJ 622 - Juvenile Justice Systems and Issues (3 credits)
- CJ 640 -研究生实习(3学分)
- CJ 643 -犯罪受害者辩护 & 服务(2学分)
- CJ 644 - Trauma-Informed Response in the Criminal Justice System (1 credit)
- CJ 680 - Special Topics 刑事司法 and 法律 Studies (1 to 4 credits)
- CJ 699 -指导阅读(1至3学分)
最终的经历
顶石研讨会
The 顶石研讨会 option requires students to complete 33 hours of coursework. The three credit 顶石研讨会 serves as a culminating experience within the graduate program in lieu of the six-credit-hour thesis option. 学生 must complete a minimum of 18 credits before registering for the Capstone course. This class should normally be taken in the student's final semester of study.