Criminal Justice

33 credit hours required
Recommended enrollments are six hours fall and spring semesters, three hours in the summer.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is needed for graduation.

Liberal Studies core courses (18 HOURS)
LSTD 5003* Intro to Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies (three hours)
LSTD 5013* Interdisciplinary Foundations (three hours)
LSCJ 5063 Research Methods for Criminal Justice (three hours)

*LSTD 5003 and 5013 must be taken as your first courses but may be taken concurrently with other courses.

Criminal Justice core courses
LSCJ 5113 Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice (three hours)
LSCJ 5133 Criminal Justice Policy Development (three hours)
LSCJ 5153 Ethical Decision Making for Criminal Justice (three hours)

All core courses must be completed prior to taking electives.

Liberal Studies Elective Courses

Elective courses are offered on a rotational basis. Please check for specific semester availability.

• LSCJ 5203 Victimology and Restorative Justice
• LSCJ 5213 Mediation and Conflict Resolution in the Criminal Justice System
• LSCJ 5223 Community Corrections in the 21st Century
• LSCJ 5243 Community Policing
• LSCJ 5253 Juvenile Justice
• LSCJ 5263 Restorative Justice Programs for Drug Offenders
• LSCJ 5283 Human Trafficking
• LSCJ 5303 Correctional Leadership
• LSCJ 5323 Juvenile and Elderly Offenders in Prisons
• LSCJ 5343 Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
• LSCJ 5353 Women and Crime
• LSCJ 5363 Penology
• LSCJ 5383 Collateral Effects of Incarceration
• LSCJ 5413 Substance Abuse and Crime in the US
• LSCJ 5423 Global Drug Trafficking
• LSCJ 5463 Gangs in the United States
• LSCJ 5513 Studies in Police Leadership
• LSCJ 5533 Crime Analysis for Intelligence-Led Policing
• LSCJ 5583 Cyber-Forensics

Note: Other elective courses may become available that are not listed here. Please check the most current offerings.

All core courses must be completed prior to taking electives.

LSTD 5980 Thesis or six hours of Criminal Justice elective coursework and written comprehensive examination

Graduation: Check the Admissions Academic Calendar for these dates. Contact the College at least six weeks before the submission deadlines; these dates are firm and actions are required for graduation.