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  School of Criminal Justice 2006-2008 Master of Arts Program Master's Program Requirements  

Master's Program Requirements

Students must complete at least 30 credits to earn an M.A. degree from the School of Criminal Justice. Students must complete at least 15 required credits. Students will have 12 credits of electives to create a concentration. Outside the School of Criminal Justice, students can enroll in graduate concentrations with the Rutgers Business School and the women's studies department.

Master's students must complete 3 credits of fieldwork (internship) to complete the degree. The fieldwork class must be taken in conjunction with the Masters Project Seminar class (27:202:553). Both the fieldwork and the Masters Project Seminar class should be taken in the last term of the program.

All students must enroll in the Masters Project Seminar class in the last term of the program. This course is the capstone class for the M.A. program. Students will complete a comprehensive research paper as a requirement for the seminar.

Required Courses (Credits)

27:202:525            Justice, Law, and Policy (3) 

27:202:528            Problem Analysis (3)

27:202:529            Planning & Evaluation (3)

27:202:541            Foundations of Scholarship (3)

27:202:553*          Masters Project Seminar (3)

27:202:556*/**     Fieldwork (3)

Elective Courses  (12)

Total Credits  = 30

NOTE: Students entering the program without a criminal justice or related undergraduate degree should enroll in Criminology (27:202:510) within the first two terms of the program. Students will be advised during the first term if they need to enroll in the above course.


*Must be taken together

**Students wishing to make a substitution may only do so with the permission of the graduate program director or the associate dean of academic and student services.

 
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