MACJA Curriculum
The MACJA degree focuses on two primary areas. First, the program focuses on contemporary issues in criminal justice management and the challenges facing the criminal justice sector of contemporary government. Second, the program equips students with a sophisticated level of skills for use in analyzing and designing solutions to problems. In addition to criminology courses, the curriculum includes courses in public administration. The MACJA program is run as a cohort, and all students admitted to a cohort take the same courses in sequence.
Typical MACJA Sequence (33 credit hours)
CCJ 6936 – Current Issues in Law Enforcement (3 credit hours)
CCJ 6705 – Research Methods (4)
CCJ 6935 – Special Topics in Criminal Justice (3)
CCJ 6706 – Quantitative Analysis I (4)
CCJ 6406 – Theory, Practice, and Research in Law Enforcement (3)
CCJ 6605 – Theoretical Approaches to Criminal Behavior (4)
PAD 6041 – Ethics and Public Service (3)
PAD 6934 – Local Government Administration and Finance (3)
CCJ 6935 – Special Topics in Criminal Justice(3)
CCJ 6935 – Capstone Problem Solving Project Proposal (3)