Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice program atTexas A&M International University is a comprehensive program designed to guide students through an advanced, supervised course of study in criminology, crime and the criminal justice system.

It also educates students on contemporary crime problems and the viability of potential policy and criminal justice agency responses to crime.

In addition, it provides students with teaching opportunities and the pedagogy for online instruction in criminal justice and criminology, and it mentors students on the value of conducting research on crime, criminology and criminal justice.

Key facts

• The Criminal Justice program at Texas A&M International University also provides collaborative grant opportunities for research among faculty, students and agencies in the field of criminal justice to effectively communicate with criminal justice organizations and other professional agencies on issues pertaining to crime and best practices for reducing crime.

Courses include:

• Proseminar in Criminal Justice

• Advanced Research Methods in Criminal Justice

• Advanced Quantitative Statistics: Multiple Regression

• Seminar in Criminological Theory

• Advanced Qualitative Methods

• Program and Policy Evaluation in Criminal Justice

• Criminal Law and Procedure