Graduate Program

  • AJ 501/601 Research (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 502/602 Independent Study (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 503/603 Thesis (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 504/604 Cooperative Education/Internship (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 505/605 Reading and Conference (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 506/606 Projects (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 507/607 Seminar (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 508/608 Workshop (Credit to be arranged.)
  • AJ 509/609 Graduate Practicum (Credit to be arranged.)
    • A work-experience placement in a criminal justice agency with supervision and evaluation of work performance by both agency and University supervisors. Consent of instructor.
  • *AJ 515/615 Theories of Crime and Justice (4)
    • A comprehensive survey of the major theories of criminal justice. The course will overview theories from the biological, psychological, social learning, critical, labeling, social-disorganization, conflict, and culture-conflict perspectives and the philosophical discourses on justice of Hume, Mills, Kant, Rawls, and others. Prerequisite: admission to graduate program in CCJ. *Course not offered every year.
  • *AJ 520/620 Legal Perspective of Criminal Justice (4)
    • An advanced course that examines the legal environment within which the criminal and quasi-criminal justice systems function, with particular emphasis on philosophical and procedural issues related to deprivation of liberty decisions. Prerequisite: admission to graduate program in CCJ. *Course not offered every year.
  • AJ 525/625 Criminal Justice Theory (4)
    • This course introduces students to the theoretical work on criminal justice process, decision-making, and discretion using multiple disciplinary perspectives. Topics discussed include examination of the stages of the justice process and theoretical approaches to studying individual, organizational, system, and political behavior. Emphasis is placed on the practical utilaztion of theory to inform development of research problems.
  • *AJ 530/630 Economic and Political Perspective of Criminal Justice (4)
    • An advanced course that explores the political and economic influences on the formulation and administration of public policies related to criminal justice system issues. Prerequisite: admission to graduate program in CCJ. *Course not offered every year.
  • *AJ 535/635 Criminal Justice Polilcy (4)
    • An advanced course in criminal justice policy analysis. Course examines the development, implementation, and outcomes of interventions designed to impact crime and the criminal justice system. Theories of criminal justice intervention will be studied across multiple levels: indivdiual, organizational, community, and system. Emphasis is placed on the utilization of research findings to inform criminal justice policy and future research. Recommended prerequistes: AJ 515/615, AJ 525/625, and AJ 530/630
  • *AJ 538/638 Historical Perspective of Criminal Justice (4)
    • A chronological survey of significant social events and trends in Western and Eastern civilizations that have influenced crime and the development of law, the police, the courts, and corrections and have formed the interrelationships among these parts of the criminal justice system. Prerequisite: admission to graduate program in CCJ. *Course not offered every year.
  • *AJ 540/640 Legal Perspective of Criminal Justice (4)
    • An advanced course that examines the legal environment within which the criminal and quasi-criminal justice systems function, with particular emphasis on philosophical and procedural issues related to deprivation of liberty decisions. *Course not offered every year.
  • *AJ 545/645 Economic and Poliltical Perspective of Criminal Justice (4)
    • An advanced course that explores the political and economic influences on the formulation and administration of public policies related to criminal justice system issues. *Course not offered every year.
  • *AJ 550/650 Comparative Perspective of Criminal Justice (4)
    • An exploration of international criminal justice systems that compares and contrasts the general features and cultural foundations of criminal justice procedures and institutions in different countries throughout the world. Prerequisite: admission to graduate program in CCJ. *Course not offered every year.