Total hours: 36
The online master’s in criminal justice administration and management (MSOM) is a cooperative program between Chadron State (CSC), Peru State (PSC), and Wayne State College (WSC) in Nebraska. This means you can take the core courses of the program through any of these three institutions, then take classes for the criminal justice focus area through Wayne State.
MSOM core courses: 18 hours
PED 622 Statistical Applications and Data Analysis
One of the following courses:
- CNA 665 Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (3)
- EDU 603 Introduction to Educational Research and Design (3)
- PED 650 Research Design (3)
One course from each of the following four areas (12 hours):
Leadership
- BUS 627 Ethics in Leadership (3)
- BUS 665 Leadership Seminar (3)
- CNA 661 Case Studies in Organizational Leadership (3)
Note: If a student would like to emphasize leadership in their program of study they may, with special permission from their advisor, take two leadership courses from the above area as part of their 12 hours.
Communication
- BUS 620 Managerial Communication (3)
- CNA 675 Legal Topics in Media and Communications (3)
Organizational behavior
- BUS 690 Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3)
- CNA 648 Advanced Organizational Communication (3)
Conflict management and organizational psychology
- BUS 628 Dispute Resolution Management (3)
- CNA 617 Topics in Argumentation and Persuasion (3)
- PSY 535 Industrial Organizational Psychology (3)
Criminal justice focus area: 12 hours
Required courses:
- CJA 653 Administration and Management in Criminal Justice (3)
- CJA 694 Focus Area Exit Benchmark (final semester before graduation) (0)
Choose three courses (9 hours) from any of the following:
- CJA 625 Life Course Criminology (3)
- CJA 627 Elements of Cybercrime (3)
- CJA 630 Applied Criminology (3)
- CJA 644 Topics in Criminology (3)
- CJA 647 Youth Crime and Justice (3)
- CJA 650 Advanced Criminal Law (3)
- CJA 652 Drugs and Society (3)
Thesis, scholarly project, or internship: 6 hours
The focus of this part of the program will be to emphasize knowledge integration and application of learned principles.
Course descriptions are available in the WSC General and Graduate Catalog.