Criminal Justice Doctorate
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| Code | Title | Credits |
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| Required Courses | ||
| Theory/Policy | 9 | |
| Advanced Criminology | ||
| Criminal Justice Policy | ||
| Introduction to College Teaching in the Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Research Skills (at least 9 of these credits must be completed at NDSU) | 15 | |
| Program Evaluation | ||
| Advanced Criminal Justice Methods | ||
| Advanced Research Design in Criminal Justice | ||
| Applied Statistics | ||
| Applied Regression and Analysis of Variance | ||
| Substantive Areas (Students must complete four courses in a substantive area of choice. Additionally, students must complete one course in each of their non-substantive areas. | 18 | |
| Criminology | ||
| Individual Theories of Crime | ||
| Structural Theories of Crime | ||
| Violence | ||
| Crime and the Life Course | ||
| Corrections | ||
| Juvenile Corrections | ||
| Issues in Institutional Corrections | ||
| Community Corrections | ||
| Correctional Rehabilitation | ||
| Punishment and Society | ||
| Policing | ||
| Police and Society | ||
| Criminal Justice Leadership and Administration | ||
| Police and Race Issues | ||
| Police Effectiveness | ||
| Classics in Policing | ||
| **Electives/Independent Study (Students should consult with their advisor as to other potentially appropriate electives. Below are example courses.) | 15 | |
| Gender and Justice | ||
| Individual Study | ||
| Experimental Methods | ||
| Experimental Social Psychology | ||
| Qualitative Methods | ||
| Applied Survey Sampling | ||
| Meta-Analysis Methods | ||
| CJ 899 | Doctoral Dissertation | 12 |
| Total Credits | 60-90 | |
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36 credits for for students entering the program with a master's degree that is not related to criminal justice/criminology
Admission and Application Requirements
- Graduate School admission and application requirements are found on the Admission Information page.
- In addition, this program requires applicants to have an approved master's degree.
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Applicants must submit their research thesis to the graduate committee for review. This committee would be charged with determining whether the research project is sufficient in scope and depth to warrant further supervised research.
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- Applicants are required to have had one course in research methods and one course in statistics.
- Applicants should have adequate background preparation or demonstrated potential in the field of criminology or criminal justice.