Sul Ross State University
A Member of the Texas State University System

Master of Science in Criminal Justice

Web-Based Program, 2008-2010 Catalog

Core Courses

• CJ 5304, Seminar on Liability and Immunity in CJ
• CJ 5318, Seminar in Criminal Justice Theory
• CJ 5325, Graduate Seminar
• CJ 5334, Legal Research

Elective Courses

• CJ 5301, Overview and Administration of the Criminal Justice System
• CJ 5303, Program and Policy Evaluation in Criminal Justice
• CJ 5311, Advanced Law Enforcement Administration
• CJ 5313, Seminar in Policing
• CJ 5314, Seminar in Corrections
• CJ 5315, Seminar on Courts and Judiciary
• CJ 5319, Use of Force in Criminal Justice
• CJ 5321, Special Topics in Advanced Correctional Administration
• CJ 5323, Homeland Security
• CJ 5331, Topics in Criminal Justice (variable topic course)
• CJ 5332, Independent Research 
• CJ 5333, Internship
• CJ 5334, Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (variable topic course)

When permission of the department offering the course is granted, students may select the following electives from other departments:

• PS 5303, Public Administration Survey
• PS 5308, Case Studies in Public Administration
• PS 5310, Public Budgeting and Finance
• PS 5311, Intergovernmental Relations
• PS 5312, Agency Politics
• PS 5313, Public Policy Analysis
• PS 5314, Public Management
• PS 5315, Local Government Administration
• PS 5316, Civil Liberties
• GBA 5304, Management Information Systems
• MGT 5304, Seminar in Management
• ACC 5307, Accounting for Management
• HIST 5313, Special Topics
• SOC 5303, Multicultural Society

Other graduate level courses are available if upon approval of the Graduate Coordinator. A maximum of 12 sch credit hours from any other university or department at Sul Ross State University will be applied to the graduate degree plan. Undergraduate courses (4000 level) may be available for graduate credit with approval of the instructor and the Graduate Coordinator. A maximum of 6 hours may be taken for graduate credit.

Non-Thesis Option

Students are required to take 24 hours of electives - up to 12 hours of which may be from outside the CJ department - See the Graduate Coordinator to get approval for all outside electives prior to registering for them.

Students must also pass a comprehensive exam.

Thesis Option

Thesis Option (30 sch). In addition to the 12 sch required core, students selecting the thesis option must complete 6 sch hours of thesis, 3 sch of basic descriptive statistics, and 9 hours CJ electives, for a total of 30 sch. Students must pass a comprehensive exam and complete all course work with a 3.8 GPA prior to registering for thesis hours.

Additional stem work may be required at the committee’s discretion. Students considering the thesis option should therefore form a committee early in their academic career. See the Criminal Justice Graduate Student Handbook.