Overview
The Criminology and Criminal Justice programme at California State University Long Beach aims to educate our students to be ethical leaders in practice, policy, and scholarship; to produce informative and influential research; and to promote justice, equity, and safety through service to the communities.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain, connect, differentiate, apply, and critique theories of crime, criminal behavior, law, justice, and social control within social-cultural-political-racial contexts;
- Critically analyze and critique criminal justice policy, the operation of the criminal justice system, and their effects on individuals, communities, and societies, with particular attention to Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other People of Color;
- Apply the scientific method and analytic tools to interpret research and data related to crime and the criminal justice system to assess effectiveness of theories and policies;
- Use jurisprudential and ethical theories to analyze the role of diversity, culture, power, white supremacy, and racism on national and global criminological and criminal justice issues;
- Integrate theories, methods, and statistics to construct research questions, examine literature and data, and deduce/extrapolate implications for theory, policy, and research; and
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively develop and communicate ideas and arguments through written work and oral presentations.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Criminal Justice Ethics, Values, and Diversity
- Substantive Criminal Law
- Constitutional Criminal Procedure
- Victimology
- Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Criminal Justice
- Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , International
- Apply before , National
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Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- Long Beach, United States
Disciplines
Criminal Law Criminology Criminal Justice View 112 other Masters in Criminology in United StatesWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- CV/Résumé
- Statement of Purpose
- One set of official transcripts from the university where you earned or will earn your BA/BS degree must be sent from the university electronically
- Two Letters of Recommendation
- The School of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management typically only accepts students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicants with GPAs between 2.5 and 3.0 will be considered for admission but must present a strong application to compensate for the low GPA .
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents17922 USD / year≈ 17922 USD / year -
Domestic
Applies to youIn-State8064 USD / year≈ 8064 USD / year
Additional Details
- If you are not a resident of California, you must add $444.00 for each unit of credit you take to your tuition total.
Living costs
Long Beach
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Scholarships Information
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