Master of Science in Criminology
http://www.utdallas.edu/epps/criminology/degrees.html
Faculty
Professors: James W. Marquart (Director), Bruce Jacobs, John Worrall
Associate Professors: Thomislav Kovandzic, Lynne Vieraitis
Assistant
Professors: Denise Boots, Robert Morris
Clinical Professors: Elmer Polk
Clinical Assistant Professors: Timothy Bray, Sarah Maxwell
The
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
Prerequisites
Program of Studies Policy
Each
student admitted to a graduate program will have a specific program of studies
agreed upon in consultation with the Graduate Studies Committee or graduate
advisor for Criminology per the degree plan for the program. A complete Program
of Studies Form will be filed in and approved prior to the student’s
registration for his/her 19th semester credit hour to be counted toward a
master’s degree.
Analytical Paper Writing Requirement (MS in Criminology)
All
Doctoral track students must complete a writing requirement while enrolled in
the MS Program. Student must take a minimum of six enrollment hours of CRIM
6V98,complete an analytical research paper and present their findings in a
colloquium setting to be eligible for graduation with the MS.
Non-Writing Requirement for the MS in Criminology
MS students on a terminal track who do not wish to be
considered for admission into a doctoral program have the option of taking 6
hours of any graduate classes as electives in lieu of the writing
requirement.
Coursework and Credit Hours
15 Hours of required Criminology core classes:
EPPS
6310 Research Design I
EPPS
6313 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics *
CRIM
6300 Proseminar in Criminology
CRIM
6303 Etiology of Crime and Criminality.
CRIM
6311 Crime and Justice Policy
9
hours in Elective Criminology graduate courses, and
6 hours
in any program or school outside Criminology
6
hours of CRIM 6V96 Analytical Writing Research (for Ph.D. track students), or
6 hours
of graduate-level course electives (for students wishing to terminate at MS)
Total Hours: 36
* Doctoral-track
or doctoral students are advised to take EPPS 7313 Descriptive and Inferential
Statistics instead of EPPS 6313 and EPPS 7316 Regression and Multivariate
Analysis directly following to ensure continuity and success with the increased
rigor in the doctoral level statistics/methods sequence.