Curriculum

The Master of Science in Criminal Justice is a degree program that consists of three or four curriculum areas:

• Core
• Electives
• Degree Completion 
• Concentration (optional)
  • Corrections Managements Certificate
  • Restorative Justice Certificate
  • Administrative Leadership Certificate (additional hours are required)

Degree Requirements

• 33 credit hours
  • Certificate hours breakdown: 12 core, 12 concentration, three elective, and six completion are required 
  • non-certification houser breakdown: 18 core, nine electives, and six completion
• Recommended Structure
  • Six hours fall
  • Six hours in spring
  • Three hours in summer.
• Cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
• Up to five years to complete the degree.

Criminal Justice Degree Planning Worksheet

Transfer Credits

Students can transfer credits into the master's program as long as it meets the following requirements:

• Credit hours are not previously applied towards another degree. 
• Are not more than five years old at the time of completion of the Extended Campus degree
• Grade of an A, B, or S on a 4.0 scale.
• Graduate-level courses

Criminal Justice Graduate Certificates

Graduate certificates provide an opportunity for a focused program of graduate study in a specified topic. You may complete the certificate program while enrolled in a graduate degree program, or you may be admitted directly to the certificate program. Hours taken in completion of the graduate certificate may be applicable to a graduate degree program. Certificate admission, retention, and completion GPA requirements are the same as for graduate degree programs.

Graduate Certificate in Restorative Justice Administration

Graduate Certificate in Corrections Management