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The entire program is 40 credits or 10 courses. Learners will take two courses (8 credits) per semester. The program will be completed in 20 months. Learners can begin the program anytime.
Course List
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Course Descriptions
Criminology (MET CJ 602 OL)
This course explores criminal deviant behavior and the major methods of social and institutional control. You will evaluate the effectiveness of different methods, resultant organizational structures, and implications for policy change. Selected issues are deviant behavior, definition of deviance related to social conditions, and other topics. Instructor: Robert T. Cadigan, PhD. 4 cr
Victimology (MET CJ 625 OL)
The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the discipline of victimology, an emerging area of specialization in the field of criminology. Emphasis will focus on crime victims and their plight, the relationships between crime victims and other social groups and institutions, such as the media, business, politicians, special interest groups, and social movements. The issues of Justice and Redress from the perspective of the victim as well as general society will be stressed. An overview of victim prevention programs and victim assistance programs will be presented. Topics such as the Restorative Justice Model, Victim Repayment, and Victim/Offender Mediation will be included in the course content. While the course follows an interdisciplinary approach and is designed for general interest and appeal, it has particular relevance for students drawn from disciplinary interests in the fields of criminal justice, psychology, sociology, education, health care administration, and political science. Instructor: Daniel P. LeClair, PhD. 4 cr
Youth Crime Problems (MET CJ 631 OL)
This course is an analysis of policy issues concerning juvenile justice and youth crime. This course undertakes the scope and nature of youth crimes and the young offender. Also the Juvenile justice procedures, programs, and institutional roles will be examined. The Youth Crime Problems course considers delinquency prevention programs, violent offenders, dispositional alternatives, and crimes against youth. Instructor: Francis J. Carney, Jr. 4 cr
White Collar Crime (MET CJ 632 OL)
This course will focus on a wide variety of crimes traditionally overlooked by criminologists, law enforcement officials and criminal justice professionals. These include crimes committed by individuals, groups, institutions, organizations, and even whole societies; these crimes are committed by persons and groups of respectability and reasonably high social status, usually in the course of conducting their occupational activities. Examples of these "white-collar crimes" may include: abuse of power, restraint of trade, misrepresentation in advertising, infringement of patents and copyrights, unfair labor practices, financial fraud and violations of trust. In this course, such crimes will be presented and analyzed in contrast to the traditional "street crimes" normally spotlighted in courses in criminology and criminal justice. Instructor: Daniel P. LeClair, PhD. 4 cr
Terrorism (MET CJ 650 OL)
This course is an overview of Terrorism. Students in this course are exposed to the emergence of modern terrorism from several different areas of the world. The course provides a working knowledge and comprehension of terrorism. Students will develop an understanding of the terrorism philosophy and how the history of terrorism has influenced subsequent movements. Elements of the criminological perspective of terrorism will be explored. This course takes a critical look at terrorism from the viewpoints of various experts in the field of counter terrorism. Through research and examination of the perspectives offered, students explore terrorism and irregular warfare in the 21st century. Instructor: David B. Goldstein, PhD. 4 cr
Crime and Punishment: A Conceptual and Ethical Inquiry (MET CJ 701 OL)
Crime and Punishment: A Conceptual and Ethical Inquiry examines the myriad ways that moral and ethical considerations inform decision-making processes that comprise so much of the professional (and personal) enterprise of the criminal justice worker. Police officers, corrections officers, probation and parole officers, youth service officers, federal law enforcement agents, and court professionals are all called upon on a daily basis to make critical decisions that significantly affect the lives of those entrusted to them. It is our expectation as a society that criminal justice professionals are so ingrained with the requisite diligence to ethics and to morality that the decisions that they make will be organically ethical and moral. Students in this course will consider applications of ethical actions as they pertain to issues of social justice. Toward that end, we will forge a strong notion of our definition of just what constitutes social justice over the next six weeks. In arriving at that working definition, and in our examination of ethics and moral decision-making, we would do well to begin with a look at what our current personal belief system is regarding morality and ethics. Instructor: Thomas Nolan EdD. 4 cr
Analytical Methods (MET CJ 702 OL)
Use and analysis of quantitative data in public policy development and planning. Basic skills of organization and presentation of numerical information. Introduction to descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, computer use, and math review. Instructor: Robert T. Cadigan, PhD. 4 cr
Research Methods (MET CJ 703 OL)
This course introduces students to the practice, theory, and philosophy of social science research, with a special focus on criminal justice. It not only broadens students' knowledge of the ethical issues associated with research, but also introduces them to a variety of research techniques such as surveys, field research, and experimental designs. Research Methods will lay the foundation for students to become informed "consumers" of research, as well as "producers" of it. Instructor: Mary Ellen Mastrorilli. 4 cr
Forensic Behavioral Analysis (MET CJ 725)
This course will examine the development of individual criminality and criminal careers, social group processes in criminal activity, varieties of criminal behavior including violent, sexual and predatory crime, mental disorders, psychopathy and crime, victims and victimization, offender profiling, and forensic criminal investigation. The course will also explore the contribution of psychology to our contemporary understanding of crime and the criminal justice processes through the application of psychological theory in investigation of crime and the efficacy of the criminal justice system. Instructor: Thomas Nolan, EdD. 4 cr
Criminal Justice Administration (MET CJ 831)
The challenge of administering, managing, and leading today's criminal justice organizations is becoming increasingly complicated due to many factors, ranging from terrorism and cyber crime to politicization and privatization. This course provides students with not only a conceptual and theoretical basis on which to manage these complex entities, but also practical approaches to organizational effectiveness, integrity, and innovation. 4 cr
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Josh Tison
Corporal for York City Police Department, Pennsylvania
"There were several reasons why I chose Boston University over other Universities. Boston University offered a comprehensive 36 credit program that could be completed in 1 1/2 years. B.U.'s course schedule is fantastic!..."
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