GRADUATE SPECIALIZATIONS
Graduate specializations allow students to focus their elective coursework on a specific topical area.
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
Students must complete all of the preceding requirements in addition to research and theory courses, and a final policy paper, all of which will total thirty (30) credit hours. Students will be able to complete Criminal Justice graduate level courses online.
In addition to applying to the School of Criminal Justice , students must also apply for acceptance into the MSU Graduate School . Applicants are required to take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) unless she/he has completed another masters degree or maintained an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.2. General test scores from an exam taken within the last five years are acceptable. You may find test preparation material and information about test dates at www.gre.com . When scheduling the exam, note that it may take four to six weeks for your scores to be forwarded to the university and this program. The institution code for Michigan State University is 1465 and the department code is 2202.
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SECURITY MANAGEMENT
To obtain a graduate specialization in security management, an on-campus student must complete 18 credits* as follows:
| CJ 801 Crime Causation, Prevention and Control | |
| CJ 811 Design and Analysis in Criminal Justice Research | |
| CJ 812 Criminal Justice Management Seminar | |
| CJ 885 Security Management | |
| CJ 886 Security Administration | |
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| LIR 823 Organizational Behavior in Labor and Industrial Relations | |
| MGT 824 Management and Organizational Behavior | |
| PLS 810 Proseminar in Public Administration | |
| PSY 860 Industrial and Organizational Psychology | |
The specialization, which is administered by the School of Criminal Justice, is available as an elective to students enrolled in Masters degree programs at Michigan State University. The specialization should be of particular interest to students who are enrolled in certain programs in the Eli Broad College of Business and the College of Social Science.
The specialization in security management is designed to help students to understand:
- The business and technical aspects of protecting private and government assets.
- The administrative, management, technical, and legal problems of asset protection and loss prevention.
- Concepts related to protecting personal and personnel rights, proprietary information, facilities, and other assets of an organization.
- Security's relationship to the value of freedom and democratic principles in our society.
* Students enrolled in the Criminal Justice Masters program will note that CJ 801, CJ 811, and CJ 812 are core courses applicable to Masters program requirements.