The following are sample full-time and part-time delivery systems for Sacred Heart’s MACJ. Courses are offered both weekday evenings and online.
Admitted students will work with their assigned faculty advisor to develop an official plan of study specific to their concentration area and intended completion time.
Sample One Year Schedule
**Sacred Heart University undergraduate Criminal Justice majors may elect to take 6 credits of MACJ courses during their senior year and begin the MACJ in the fall semester.
Summer 1
- CJ 500 Foundations of Criminal Law and Procedure
Summer 2
- CJ Elective
Fall Semester
- CJ 501 Theories and Analysis of Crime Causation and Deviance
- CJ 502 Critical Issues in the Administration and Management of
the Criminal Justice System - CJ 581 Methods of Research Design and Statistical Analysis CJ Elective
- CJ Elective
Spring Semester
- CJ Elective
- CJ Elective
- CJ Elective
- CJ 650 – Criminal Justice Thesis or students not enrolling in the thesis are required to take an additional CJ elective and the Comprehensive Exam
Sacred Heart also offers courses during the May and Winter intensive semesters.
Sample Part Time Schedule
Semester 1
- CJ 501 Theories and Analysis of Crime Causation and Deviance
- CJ 502 Critical Issues in the Administration and Management of
the Criminal Justice System
Semester 2
- CJ 500 Foundations of Criminal Law and Procedure
- CJ Elective
Summer 1
- CJ Elective
Summer 2
- CJ Elective
Semester 3
- CJ 581 Methods of Research Design and Statistical Analysis
- CJ Elective
Semester 4
- CJ Elective
- CJ 650 – Criminal Justice Thesis or students not enrolling in the thesis are required to take an additional CJ elective and the Comprehensive Exam
**A thesis option is available as a substitute to the Comprehensive Exam. The thesis is appropriate for students who wish to continue their education towards a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice.