Master of Public Administration and Master of Science in Criminal Justice Studies

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Curriculum

Degree Requirements: 18 courses, 54 credits

This dual degree must be declared during the first year of matriculation.

Upon completion of all MPA and MSCJS requirements, students receive two degrees.

MPA Requirements: 10 courses, 30 credits

MPA Core Requirements (6 courses, 18 credits)

P.AD-711	Foundations of Public Service and Administration	3
P.AD-713	Managing Financial Resources	3
P.AD-716	Public Service Human Resource Management	3
P.AD-717	Organizational Change	3
P.AD-718	Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World	3
P.AD-890	Strategic Management	3

MPA Electives (4 courses, 12 credits)

Choose any four PAD courses at the 800- or 900-level elective courses.

Students who take CJ-783 do not need to take PAD-859 and can take an additional MPA elective.

Students with no professional public management experience must take:

P.AD-859

Public Service Internship

3

Note: PAD-859 will count as an elective.

Crime and Justice Studies Requirements: 8 courses, 24 credits

MSCJS Core Requirements (4 courses, 12 credits)

CJ-681	Crime and Communities	3
CJ-701	Seminar in Crime & Justice	3
CJ-702	Research Methods	3
CJ-709	Quantitative Analysis	3

Dual degree students may take either CJ-709 Quantitative Analysis or the equivalent PAD-715 Quantitative Analysis; students who opt to take PAD-715 must take another Crime & Justice Studies elective in order to fulfill MSCJS credit hours.

MSCJS Electives (4 courses, 12 credits)

Choose four of the following:

CJ-685	Seminar in Corrections	3
CJ-686	Seminar in Juvenile Justice	3
CJ-687	Justice & the Community Courts	3
CJ-688	Restorative Justice	3
CJ-691	Intimate Violence & Sexual Assault	3
CJ-692	Criminal Justice Policy	3
CJ-694	Critical Victimology	3
CJ-695	Special Topics	3
CJ-698	Community-Based Responses to Violence Against Women	3
CJ-704	Legal Issues in Criminal Justice System	3
CJ-705	Class, Race, Gender & Justice	3
CJ-730	Bad Girls?	3
CJ-731	Youth Programming	3
CJ-734	Youth Gangs	3
CJ-783	Internship in Crime & Justice Studies	3
CJ-910	Independent Study	3