Mansfield University Home PageOur program breaks down into an 18 semester hour required core with a 21 semester hour electives support area. The required core courses cover the major areas of our discipline. The elective courses represent areas of particular interest (i.e.. Organized Crime, Violent Crime, Serial Murder, Criminal Law, Special Topics in Corrections, etc., as well as more in-depth coverage of major content areas, i.e.. Interrogations and Investigations.
For more information on Criminal Justice Administration, visit the undergraduate catalog.
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Program Requirements
- CIS 1103 - Introduction to Microcomputers (May also satisfy General Education requirements)
- CJA 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJA 2200 - Survey of Policing
- CJA 2201 - Survey of Corrections
- CJA 3324 - Judicial Criminal Process
- CJA 3395 - Delinquency and the Criminal Justice System
- CJA 4490 - Senior Seminar
- CJA XXXX - Criminal Justice Administration Electives Credits: 21
- PSC XXXX - Political Science Elective Credits: 3 (May also satisfy General Education Requirements)
- PSY XXXX - Psychology Elective Credits: 3 (May also satisfy General Education Requirements)
- SOC XXXX - Sociology Elective Credits: 3 (May also satisfy General Education Requirements)
Electives
- CJA 1100 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
- CJA 2200 - Survey of Policing
- CJA 2201 - Survey of Corrections
- CJA 3261 - Community Policing
- CJA 3262 - Investigration and Interrogation
- CJA 3267 - Community and Institutional Corrections
- CJA 3276 - Criminology: A Multi Disciplinary Approach
- CJA 3301 - Industrial Security
- CJA 3324 - Judicial Criminal Process
- CJA 3336 - Criminalistics
- CJA 3354 - Criminal Law
- CJA 3355 - Evidence and Criminal Procedure
- CJA 3357 - Correctional Strategies
- CJA 3359 - Juvenile Justice
- CJA 3395 - Delinquency and the Criminal Justice System
- CJA 4401 - Advanced Industrial Security
- CJA 4405 - Research Methods in Criminal Justice
- CJA 4450 - Internship in Criminal Justice Administration
- CJA 4453 - Police Organization and Administration
- CJA 4475 - Serial Murder
- CJA 4490 - Senior Seminar
- CJA 4496 - Selected Topics
- CJA 4497 - Independent Study
