Criminal Justice Courses Online
Curriculum Details
33–39 total credits required
Lindenwood’s Master’s in Criminal Justice Administration program requires 9 core criminal justice courses online, including at least one capstone course. The program also requires the completion of two or three prerequisite courses, depending on your academic background.
Prerequisites (6-9 hours)
This course examines the public policy process, factors influencing policy development within the criminal justice system, and the nexus between law and public policy. A review of historic, critical issues shaping the criminal justice system provides the insight needed to better understand current criminal justice policy.
Students learn to conduct a policy analysis and to research the literature to identify support for the proposal of new policy and to compare and contrast criminal justice policies globally.
Core Courses (27 hours)
This course prepares criminal justice administrators to cultivate strategies and identify best practices for confronting challenging workplace issues, managing crises, and supervising diverse populations. Students will have the opportunity to formulate solutions to problems that leaders, managers, and administrators face in criminal justice organizations in the United States and globally.
This course examines leadership and management theories applicable to effective administrative oversight of criminal justice organizations. The course will establish a theoretical foundation to enhance criminal justice administrators’ ability to use critical thinking skills effectively when creating organizational systems, processes, and change. Students will also gain comprehensive knowledge and significance of various leadership styles.
This course is the culminating project of the Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration. Students will use the knowledge gained in the CCJ 50500 Criminal Justice Research Methods course to prepare a graduate-level written report, a scholarly project demonstrating the ability to conduct and present research and methodology orally and in writing. Students will demonstrate the ability to synthesize and analyze the literature, discuss the implications of the research in the field of criminal justice, and recommend future research.
Elective
This elective course provides students an opportunity to continue with the completion of the culminating research project for the MS in Criminal Justice Administration. Students who desire additional time and guidance with completion of the project have the option of taking Capstone II as an elective.
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