The Master of Arts (MA) degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology provides students with a cutting edge education that will prepare them to assume leadership roles in criminal justice and related agencies as well as to pursue more advanced educational opportunities. The master's degree requires 30 hours of coursework, consisting of five required and five elective courses. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA.
The five required courses are:
Students also take five elective courses and have the flexibility, in consultation with the Graduate Program Director, to select among those offered within the Department as well as from other programs such as social work, psychology, women's studies, public policy, or sociology.
The program offers students two tracks: a thesis-only and a non-thesis option. The former is available to students who attain at least an A- in Program Evaluation and Research Methods and receive approval from the graduate committee. Students in the non-thesis option must pass a comprehensive take-home examination that assesses competency in integrating knowledge across courses.
Esperado Agosto 2023
College of Arts and Sciences
1032 W. Sheridan Road,
Sullivan Center 235,
CHICAGO,
Illinois,
60660, United States
Prerequisite Requirements: Students must have taken a research methods or statistics course in any social science field as part of their undergraduate coursework. Bachelor's degree in criminal justice is not required, but admitted students with little or no background in criminal justice may be required to complete additional coursework. Test Requirements: GRE general test is required in GPA is 3.3 or lower.
English language requirements:
For the IELTS, a minimum score of 6.5 is required.
For the TOEFL, a minimum score of 79 on the iBT or a 550 on the written test is required.
Deadlines: Fall-June 1. Fall with stipend consideration-March 1
Puede haber diferentes requisitos de IELTS en función del curso elegido.
