Program offered is a Master.

The Master of Arts in Criminal Justice (MACJ) program is a professional degree designed to provide criminal justice agency professionals with coursework in criminology and the operation of the criminal justice system.

The program also offers training in research methods and statistics, program planning and management, policy analysis, and program evaluation.

The MACJ offers working professionals the flexibility to earn a Master's degree from excellent faculty who are nationally recognized for their research and scholarship. This 33-credit hour program includes coursework in criminology and the operation of the criminal justice system, as well as training in research methods and statistics. Students are required to complete a capstone course, Theory and Practice in Criminal Justice, in which they write a comprehensive research paper that focuses on a criminal justice policy or practice.