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Dual Degree Option: MA in National Security Studies/MS in Criminal Justice
Dual Degree Option: MA in National Security Studies/MS in Criminal Justice

Dual Degree Option: MA in National Security Studies/MS in Criminal Justice

  • ID:WB10033
  • Level:Dual Master’s Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements:

Signed Application Form

Undergraduate Transcripts

Objective Statement (300-500 Word)

OR Curriculum Vitae (CV)

One Letter of Recommendation

Certificate of Finance showing $ Tuition plus $16000

Copy of Passport ID Page

English Requirements:   

  • TOEFL: iBT: 80
  • TOEFL: oBT: 550
  • IELFTS: Academic: 6.5
  • Pearson: 53
  • Cambridge Academic English: 176
  • Password: 6.5
  • GTEC: 1201
  • iTEP: 3.9

Course Information

The master of science in criminal justice provides students with a multidisciplinary approach to the wider criminal justice system, with particular emphasis on enhancing technical skills, critical thinking skills, decision-making processes, and increasing analytic capabilities to provide students with the ability to explain, predict, and prevent crime and victimization.

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48 Credit Hours

Upon completion of the 48 credits, two separate diplomas are issued at the same time. The two degrees cannot be awarded separately or sequentially under this arrangement.

Required Courses

  • CRIM 5000 Ethics and Decision Making in Criminal Justice (3 hours)

  • CRIM 5100 Theories of Crime and Justice (3 hours)

  • LEGL 5480 Criminal Actions (3 hours)

  • NTSC 5000 Introduction to National Security Studies (3 hours)

  • NTSC 5100 Research Methods in National Security Studies (3 hours)

  • INTL 5590 International Security (3 hours)

  • CRIM 6000 Capstone (3 hours)
    or NTSC 6000 Capstone in National Security Studies (3 hours)
    or NTSC 6250 Thesis in National Security Studies* (6 hours) and INTL 6900 University Thesis Requirement* (0 hours)

*Students taking NTSC 6250 Thesis in National Security Studies (6 hours) must also register for INTL 6900 University Thesis Requirement (0 hours). INTL 6900 acknowledges successful completion of all thesis requirements including conforming to university and departmental guidelines, as well as depositing the thesis in the University library. The 6 credit hours for NTSC 6250 are drawn from the 3 credit hours reserved for the NTSC 6000 capstone and 3 elective credit hours in the program.

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

  • Apply theories of crime to the extent, causes, and prevention of crime, the processes of criminalization, and the practices and reforms of the criminal justice system, in the U.S. and globally.

  • Identify quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze crime and crime control systems.

  • Articulate ethical implications of decision making in the criminal justice system.

  • Explain the interdependence of institutions in the criminal justice system and broader social, legal and socioeconomic environments.

  • Articulate the ways issues of diversity affect the operation of criminal justice organizations and actors, including differences by race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sex, gender, age and so on.

  • Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills.

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Overseas Student Health Cover

Medical Insurance: $2345/year

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