Criminal Justice Administration prepares students for criminal justice professions by developing the leadership and administrative skills needed for the daily challenges facing law enforcement agencies, the courts, and corrections institutions. Through a social justice perspective, students in this concentration develop more just and humane responses as agents of criminal legal system.
Students in the Criminal Justice Administration Concentration will be required to register for 2 Criminology courses from the list below, one of which must be at the 300-level:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose two of the following: | 8 | |
| CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS | ||
| LAW ENFORCEMENT MANAGEMENT | ||
| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT | ||
| JUVENILE JUSTICE | ||
| FORENSIC SCIENCE | ||
| DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM | ||
| CYBERCRIME AND CYBERTERRORISM | ||
| COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| FOUNDATIONS OF JUSTICE | ||
| FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES | ||
| 21ST CENTURY POLICING | ||
| REHABILITATION, REINTEGRATION AND REENTRY | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
In addition, students in the Criminal Justice Administration Concentration will be required to choose 3 elective courses from the list below:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose three of the following: | 12 | |
| CRIME AND THE MEDIA | ||
| CRIMINOLOGY GOES TO THE MOVIES | ||
| LATINOS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | ||
| GANGS IN SOCIETY | ||
| COMMUNITIES AND CRIME | ||
| COMMUNITY NON-VIOLENCE | ||
| CRIME PREVENTION | ||
| CRIMES OF THE STATE | ||
| HATE/BIAS CRIMES | ||
| SCHOOL VIOLENCE, DISCIPLINE AND JUSTICE | ||
| WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS | ||
| US POLITICAL PRISONERS AND CRIMES OF CONSCIENCE | ||
| DRUGS AND SOCIETY | ||
| WHITE COLLAR AND CORPORATE CRIME | ||
| FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW FROM COLONIALISM TO GLOBALIZATION | ||
| LAW OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANZIATIONS, NGOS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE | ||
| PHILOSOPHY AND MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| PUBLIC POLICY AND URBAN ISSUES | ||
| PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICS | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY | ||
| LAW AND THE POLITICAL SYSTEM | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS | ||
| NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION | ||