MPA/MSCJS Dual 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 P.AD courses at the 800- or 900-level elective courses.
Students who take CJ-783 do not need to take P.AD-859 and can take an additional MPA elective.
Students with no professional public management experience must take:
Note: P.AD-859 will count as an elective.
Crime and Justice Studies Requirements: 8 courses, 24 credits
MSCJS Core Requirements (4 courses, 12 credits)
Dual degree students may take either CJ-709 Quantitative Analysis or the equivalent P.AD-715 Quantitative Analysis; students who opt to take P.AD-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 | Women, Crime, and the Media | 3 |
| CJ-731 | Youth Programming | 3 |
| CJ-734 | Youth Gangs | 3 |
| CJ-783 | Internship in Crime & Justice Studies | 3 |
| CJ-910 | Independent Study | 3 |
About the Dual Degree
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