Disciplinary Proficiency: Students will be generally knowledgeable about criminal justice policy and criminological theory.
Contextual Knowledge: Upon completion of the M.A. graduate program, students will understand how the larger historical, social, economic, and political contexts have affected criminal justice and criminological policies, interventions, institutions, and outcomes.
Methodological Competence: Students will be competent in the basics of criminal justice and criminological research, including research design and rudimentary quantitative analysis.
Proficient Communication: Students will become capable communicators in terms of research according to professional standards in both written and oral formats.
Ph.D. Learning Outcomes
Disciplinary Proficiency: Students will be generally knowledgeable across the entire field of criminal justice and criminology
Contextual Knowledge: Upon completion of the M.A. graduate program, students will understand how the larger historical, social, economic, and political contexts have affected criminal justice and criminological policies, interventions, institutions, and outcomes.
Methodological Competence: Students will be competent in the full range research methods and analytical techniques used in the field of criminal justice and criminology.
Specialized Expertise: Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the published scholarship and contemporary research methods in a specific, defined area of study within the field of criminal justice and criminology.
Proficient Communication: Students will become proficient communicators in terms of research and pedagogy according to professional standards in both written and oral formats.