Faculty
Professors: Bruce
Jacobs, James W. Marquart, John Worrall
Associate Professors: Thomislav Kovandzic, Lynne Vieraitis
Assistant Professors: Karen
Hayslett-McCall, Robert Morris, Denise Paquette-Boots
Clinical Assistant Professors: Timothy
Bray, Danielle Lavin-Loucks
Mission
The Mission of the Master of Science in
Criminology program at the University of Texas at Dallas is threefold, to:
1. Deliver high-quality education to a
diverse body of students regarding the etiology, control, and variation of
law-breaking across space and time.
2. Serve local, regional, and national
communities through professional development programs, public policy analyses
and evaluation research, program and policy design, and as a forum for new
ideas and approaches to the study of crime.
3. Advance the understanding of criminology
through a multidisciplinary mix of theoretical and applied research.
Objectives
The Master of Science in Criminology provides
students with a coherent and intellectually challenging degree that prepares
them to conduct interdisciplinary research on various aspects of criminology
and/or criminal justice, depending on their specific areas of specialty.� Students will be well prepared for analytical
and administrative posts in international and domestic research and policy
institutions, criminal justice organizations, and in the private sector.�
Facilities
Students have access to the computing
facilities in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences and the
University�s Computing Center. The School has two computing laboratories which
have over 50 computers that are network linked and equipped with major social
science software packages, including E-Views, R, Rats, SPSS and STATA. A
computerized geographic information system, the Lexis Nexis
Database, and WestLaw are also available for student
use. The University�s Computing Center provides personal computers and UNIX
Workstations. Many important data and reference materials are also available online
via the library�s and School�s memberships in numerous
organizations.
Graduate Assistantships
Graduate
teaching and research assistantships are available to the most outstanding new
applicants. Prospective students interested in receiving assistantships must
submit materials including application forms by February 1. Applications may be
obtained from Program Director�s Office.
Prerequisites
For the Master of Science in Criminology,
students with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology will have the necessary
foundation in criminology.� Students who
lack this foundation should complete the following undergraduate courses at U.T.Dallas or their equivalents at another institution:
CRIM 3303 Advanced Criminology, CRIM 3303 Advanced Criminal Justice, CRIM 3304 Research
Methods in Crime and Justice Studies, SOC 3305 Introduction to Social
Statistics.� Prospective students with
concerns about their preparation for the Criminology program are encouraged to
consult with the program coordinator.
Degree Requirements
The University�s general degree requirements
are discussed here.
Students seeking a Master of Science in Criminology
degree must complete 36 semester credit hours of coursework in the
program.� The Core curriculum involves 36
hours, including 9 hours of research methods and statistics, 21 hours in
various aspects of criminology (i.e., contemporary criminological theory, proseminar in criminology, law and social control), and six
hours of independent research to satisfy a writing requirement.� Students must achieve at least a 3.0 grade
point average in the Criminology core courses and an overall grade point average
of 3.0 to graduate.
Core Courses
CRIM
5310 Research Design I
CRIM 5313 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
CRIM 5316 Advanced Regression Analysis
CRIM 6300 Proseminar in Criminology
CRIM 6303 Etiology of Crime and Criminality�
CRIM 6305 Law and Social Control
CRIM 6307 Extent of Crime and Measurement Problems in Criminology
CRIM 6311 Crime and Justice Policy
CRIM 6324 Correlates of Crime and Justice
CRIM 7300 Advances in Criminology Theory
Research Project Requirement (6 credit hours)
CRIM 6996 Master
Thesis Research