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 full-time schedule for a candidate who does not have an academic background in Criminal Justice:
Semester 1
CJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice*
CJ 200 Constitutional Law*
CJ 401 Theories and Analysis of Crime Causation and Deviance
Semester 2
CJ 402 Critical Issues in the Administration and Management of the Criminal Justice System
CJ 403 Law, Society and Ethics
CJ 404 Issues in Administration of the Adult and Juvenile Correctional Systems
Summer 1
CJ 405 Criminal Law
CJ Elective
Summer 2
CJ Elective
Semester 3
CJ 406 Methods of Research Design and Statistical Analysis
CJ Elective
CJ Elective
Comprehensive Exam**
Sample part-time schedule for a candidate who does not have an academic background in Criminal Justice:
Semester 1
CJ-101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CJ 200 Constitutional Law
Semester 2
CJ 401 Theories and Analysis of Crime Causation and Deviance
CJ 402 Critical Issues in the Administration and Management of the Criminal Justice System
Summer 1
CJ Elective
Summer 2
CJ Elective
Semester 3
CJ 403 Law, Society and Ethics
CJ Elective
Semester 4
CJ 405 Criminal Law
CJ Elective
Summer 3
CJ 404 Issues in Administration of the Adult and Juvenile Correctional Systems
Semester 5
CJ 406 Methods of Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Comprehensive Exam**
Sample full-time schedule for a candidate with an academic background in Criminal Justice:
Semester 1
CJ 401 Theories and Analysis of Crime Causation and Deviance
CJ 402 Critical Issues in the Administration and Management of the Criminal Justice System
CJ 404 Issues in Administration of the Adult and Juvenile Correctional Systems
Semester 2
CJ 403 Law, Society and Ethics
CJ 405 Criminal Law
CJ Elective
Summer 1
CJ Elective
Summer 2
CJ Elective
Semester 3
CJ 406 Methods of Research Design and Statistical Analysis
CJ Elective
Comprehensive Exam**
Sample part-time schedule for a candidate with an academic background in Criminal Justice:
Semester 1
CJ 401 Theories and Analysis of Crime Causation and Deviance
CJ 402 Critical Issues in the Administration and Management of the Criminal Justice System
Semester 2
CJ 403 Law, Society and Ethics
CJ Elective
Summer 1
CJ Elective
Summer 2
CJ Elective
Semester 3
CJ 405 Criminal Law
CJ Elective
Semester 4
CJ 404 Issues in Administration of the Adult and Juvenile Correctional Systems
Semester 5
CJ 406 Methods of Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Comprehensive Exam**
*Candidates with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice or those who have taken Introduction to Criminal Justice or Constitutional Law at the undergraduate level will be waived of the program’s pre-requisite courses. Official transcripts must be supplied as part of the admissions process.
**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 PhD in Criminal Justice.