Courses: Master of Science in Criminal Justice Administration (MSCJ)

College of Social Sciences

MSCJ 701 Crime and Organizational Theory into Practice

This course introduces student to the critical theories that help explain or give context to both criminal behavior and how organizations function. Particular emphasis is placed on applying the theoretical frameworks to policy formation and analysis.

MSCJ 702 Crisis Management and Media Relations

This course begins with the conceptual frameworks that explain how the modern 24/7 ‘mediated’ world impacts the way organizations, agencies, and firms function or relate to citizens and customers. Importantly, the class will show how agency leaders can avoid making problems or the perceptions of problems worse by mishandling or communicating. Case studies will be utilized to show students how to handle specific types of crisis management situations.

MSCJ 703 Budget Analysis

This class will teach students the core skills associated with the development and management of budgets for agencies or functional departments. Students will synthesize and apply budgeting concepts using Microsoft Excel through real-world examples and case studies

MSCJ 704 Assessing Organizational Performance

This course will build-off of previous coursework and learn more refined approaches to assessing the outcomes and methods organizations employ to meet their goals. This course will look at a broad range of topics and case studies from critical incidents to human resource issues.

MSCJ 705 Applied Data Analysis and Decision-Making

This class will teach students how to empirically analyze and present data for informed decision-making. Students will use Excel analyze macro level trend issues such as crime rates as well as micro level inter-departmental problems. This course is designed to ensure that students are informed consumers of administration statistics and prepare them for the advanced quantitative electives offered later in the curriculum.

MSCJ 706 Ethics and the Administration of Justice

The course will provide students with an overview of ethics and ethical dilemmas which practitioners will face in the course of their profession. Using both classical and modern models students will develop skills necessary to identify and evaluate ethical and moral challenges in policing, bioethics, and corporate practices.

MSCJ 811 Survey of Justice Administration

MSCJ 812 Bureau Pathology in Justice Administration

MSCJ 813 Critical Problems in Forensic Administration

MSCJ 814 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation

MSCJ 815 Special Topics in Justice Administration

MSCJ 815 Applied Situational Crime Prevention

MSCJ 816 The Evolution of American Prevention

MSCJ 817 Responses to Crime Victimization

MSCJ 818 Predictive Policing

MSCJ 821 Corporate Risk Administration and Management

MSCJ 822 Premises Liability and Crime Foreseeability

MSCJ 823 Law for Private Sector Security Professionals

MSCJ 824 Security and Loss Prevention

MSCJ 825 Emerging Trends in Security Technology

MSCJ 826 International Risk Analysis

MSCJ 831 Inspector General Administration

MSCJ 832 Forensic Interviewing and Interrogation

MSCJ 833 Financial Fraud Investigations

MSCJ 834 An Academic Approach to Investigative Technique and Management

MSCJ 835 Specialized Investigations: Retail Fraud

MSCJ 836 Organized Retail Crime

MSCJ 841 Homeland Security and Emergency Management Anchor Course

MSCJ 842 Operations Research

MSCJ 843 Critical Incident Analysis

MSCJ 844 Fundamentals of Emergency Management

MSCJ 845 Bureau Pathology in Emergency Management

MSCJ 846 Data Mining for Intelligence Analysis

MSCJ 847 Emergency Crisis and Victim Response

MSCJ 851 Information and Cyber Data Intelligence

MSCJ 852 Cyber Surveillance Law and Governance

MSCJ 853 Forensic Management of Digital Evidence

MSCJ 854 Geo-Spatial and Crime Mapping Analysis

MSCJ 855 Cyber Criminology

MSCJ 856 Cybercrime and Digital Law Enforcement

MSCJ 861 Forensic Administration from Crime Scene to Court Room

MSCJ 862 Quality Assurance in the Crime Laboratory

MSCJ 863 Special Topics in Forensic Science

MSCJ 864 Crime Laboratory Management: Utilizing Science for Justice