Student Learning Outcomes

Master of Criminal Justice students, upon graduation, are expected to:

• Formulate administrative principles and practices like those used in criminal justice agencies.
• Assess theories relating to crime causation and criminality.
• Explain the interdisciplinary nature of the criminal justice system.
• Produce scholarly criminal justice related research.
• Evaluate criminal justice operational problems that affect the delivery of criminal justice related services.
• Employ critical thinking, advanced writing, and verbal communication skills.

MCJ Degree Requirements

• Thesis Option: The completion of 30 hours of course work, which includes CJ 699 Thesis.
  Capstone Option: The completion of 30 hours of course work, which includes CJ 693 Capstone.
• Complete all required coursework while maintaining no less than a “B” (3.0) average.
• No more than two grades of “C” in the plan of study will count for credit. If a student receives more than two grades of a “C,” the student must form a plan of completion, to include regularly scheduled performance check-ins with the MCJ Program Coordinator.
• At least 85% of the semester hours required for the degree must be earned at Washburn University.
• Maintain continuous enrollment each regular semester (fall and spring). A minimum of one (1) semester hour of graduate work will constitute continuous enrollments.
• Unless an earlier deadline is stipulated by the instructor of the course, incompletes must be completed by the end of two consecutive semesters which excludes the summer session, otherwise a grade of “F” will be recorded. Incompletes in the capstone or thesis course will remain I’s until the capstone or thesis project is completed.
• Complete all program requirements within seven (7) years of the date of entry into the MCJ degree program.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		15
CJ 600	Seminar in Criminal Justice Systems
CJ 602	Criminal Justice Research
CJ 605	Ethics in Criminal Justice
CJ 610	Corrections in the United States
or CJ 620	Role of Law Enforcement in the United States
CJ 625	Seminar In Criminological Theory
Capstone or Thesis		6
CJ 693	Capstone Experience
or CJ 699	Thesis
Electives		9
Select nine credit hours from the following:
CJ 604	Seminar in Criminal Justice Organization and Management
CJ 630	Seminar in Correctional Administration
CJ 635	Organized and White Collar Crime
CJ 640	Seminar in Legal Issues in Law Enforcement
CJ 645	Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
CJ 650	Seminar in Community Corrections
CJ 655	Seminar in Juvenile Justice And Delinquency
CJ 660	Seminar in Operational and Staff Planning
CJ 675	Problems & Practices in Judicial Administration
CJ 670	Seminar in Correctional Law
CJ 680	Seminar in Staff Development
CJ 685	Special Topics - Criminal Justice
CJ 690	Directed Readings - Criminal Justice
CJ 692	Analytical Research and Statistics
Total Hours		30