Graduate Degree Requirements

(note: proposed changes to the curriculum are not final until they have been approved through the appropriate channels which is expected Fall 05)

Students entering the program, with the exception of those admitted to the J.D./Ph.D. specialization, will be required to complete a minimum of 60 credit hours in the doctoral program.

All students will be required to complete 9 semester hours of criminological theory and 15 semester hours of doctoral level research methods and analysis coursework and to successfully complete and defend a dissertation, upon which 18 additional credits hours will be awarded. In consultation with the student's Graduate Student Advisory Committee students not admitted to the J.D./Ph.D. specialization will be required to complete an additional 18 credit hours of electives leading to substantive specialization in one or more fields of criminal justice. A minimum of 9 elective credits must be taken in criminal justice courses not previously taken for graduate credit. Up to 9 elective credits, not previously taken for graduate credit, may also be selected from any courses approved for graduate credit at either the University of North Dakota or Minot State University.

All students will be required to successfully complete comprehensive examinations in criminological theory and research methods/ analysis prior to submission and approval of their dissertation prospectus. Students not admitted under the J.D./Ph.D. specialization will also be required to successfully complete a comprehensive exam in one area of substantive concentration to be determined in consultation with the Student's Advisory Committee.

 

The Curriculum:

Theory
UND CJ 510 Historical Perspectives in Criminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 511 Contemporary Perspectives in Criminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 515 Human Nature and Crime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits

Methods/Statistics
UND CJ 520 Topics in Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 525 Advanced Quantitative Methods/Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 526 Special Topics in Quantitative Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND EFR 520 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 690 Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits

Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 credits
Of which a minimum of 9 credits* must be taken from:
UND CJ 535 or
MiSU CJ 635 Seminar in Juvenile Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 540 or
MiSU CJ 640 Seminar in Criminal Justice Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 545 or
MiSU CJ 645 Seminar in Rural Justice Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 555 or
MiSU CJ 630 Seminar in Tribal Justice Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 520 Criminal Justice Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 540 Criminal Justice Policy Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 530 Women and Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 550 Law and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 580 Occupational/Organized Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 516 Theories of Punishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
UND CJ 565 Victimology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
MiSU CJ 592 Special Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 credits
*(In consultation with the student's Advisory Committee, up to 9 elective credits, not previously taken during studies leading to an M.A. or M.S. degree, may be selected from any courses approved for graduate credit at either the University of North Dakota or Minot State University.)

J.D./Ph.D. SPECIALIZATION
Students who have successfully completed all requirements for, and have been awarded, a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree may complete the Ph.D. in Criminal Justice through meeting all requirements of the Theory and Methods/Statistics components of the doctoral program and successful defense of a dissertation.
OR
Students currently enrolled in an accredited law school, and who successfully complete the course of instruction leading to a Juris Doctorate, and successfully complete the Theory and Methods/Statistics components of the doctoral program, and upon successful defense of a dissertation, may be awarded a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice.

Dissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 cr.

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 cr.