The specialization is for students who want leadership positions within criminal justice administration.

Objectives:

Offers an ethical and scholarly understanding of the issues and ramifications of current and anticipated policies in criminal justice.
Developing persons capable of exercising independent, analytical thought consistent with the needs of a democratic society.
Providing a core of leaders familiar with the issues of criminal justice management and policy analysis.

The Criminal Justice Administration specialization can serve people working in all areas of criminal justice, including:

To earn a master's degree in leadership studies, students must complete 36 hours of course work.

Leadership Studies Core Courses (18 credits)

Class Name	Course Title	Credit Hours
LEDR 6000	History and Theory of Leadership and Ethics*	3 credit hours
LEDR 6005	Self-Leadership	3 credit hours
LEDR 6010	Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Team Leadership	3 credit hours
LEDR 6025	Research Methods	3 credit hours
LEDR 6015	Influence of Leadership on Behavior in Organizations --- OR ---	3 credit hours
LEDR 6020	Leaders as Worldly Citizens	3 credit hours
LEDR 6030	Qualitative Research and the Social Impact on Leaders' Decisions --- OR ---	3 credit hours
LEDR 6035	Applied Quantitative methods in Leadership Studies	3 credit hours
	*Prereq for all LEDR course work

Criminal Justice Administration Specialization Courses (12 credits)

Class Name	Course Title	Credit Hours
CJAD 6400	Critical Issues in Criminal Justice - required	3 credit hours
CJAD 6405	Criminological Theory in Public Service - required	3 credit hours
CJAD 6410	Juvenile Justice	3 credit hours
CJAD 6415	Victims and Victims Policy	3 credit hours
CJAD 6420	Correctional Management and Policy Analysis	3 credit hours
CJAD 6425	Females: Offenders, Victims, and Works in Criminal Justice System	3 credit hours
CJAD 6430	Clinical Issues in Criminal Justice	3 credit hours
CJAD 6435	Forensic Psychology in Criminal Justice	3 credit hours
CJAD 6440	Issues in Criminal Justice Policy-Making	3 credit hours
CJAD 6986	Internship in Criminal Justice	3-6 credit hours
CJAD 6995	Independent Study	1-3 credit hours
CJAD 6931	Topics in Criminal Justice	1-3 credit hours
CJAD 6510	Policies in Policing (CJAD certificate)	3 credit hours
CJAD 6511	Legal Issues in Law Enforcement (CJAD certificate)	3-6 credit hours

Six (6) credits of a professional project. This course is taken three credits at a time, preferably in two consecutive semesters. The professional project courses are generally not offered during summer.

There are basically two (2) options for a professional project.

Work independently with a faculty advisor and possibly an organization to produce a research based service or product.
Submit for publication to a peer reviewed journal the findings from a research study, which has been supervised by a faculty member.

Thirty-six (36) credits of course work followed by a comprehensive examination. Students will take: 18 required core credits, 6 required specialization credits, 6 elective specialization options, and the final 6 credits should be approved by the program advisor.