About the Program

Criminal Justice Department
Cassety Hall Room 102
(716) 878-4517
https://criminaljustice.buffalostate.edu/

Enrollment in a combined pathway allows highly qualified, current SUNY Buffalo State students to work on the Master of Science in Criminal Justice while completing the bachelor’s degree. Up to 12 credits of designated master’s courses are incorporated into the bachelor’s degree program and will count toward both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree.

Program Requirements

The combined pathway requires 144 credits total, of which 36 are master’s credits leading to the MS in Criminal Justice. Students must meet all college, department and relevant concentration guidelines.

The program requires careful planning that should begin by the second year of the student’s undergraduate career at SUNY Buffalo State. The student and the primary advisor (or department chair) should consult in planning the undergraduate degree program so that these requirements are met during undergraduate study and that the 12 credits of master’s courses from the MS Program in Criminal Justice are included in the degree plan. Students must meet graduate expectations for academic progress and grade point average in their master’s level courses to remain in the combined pathway.

Admission Requirements

Program Requirements

General Education 23 Requirements (33 credit hours)
Criminal Justice Major Requirements (42 credit hours)
Core Courses (18 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
CRJ 101 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3
CRJ 201 CRIMINAL LAW 3
CRJ 202 THE POLICE PROCESS 3
CRJ 204 THE CORRECTIONAL PROCESS 3
CRJ 303 CRIMINAL JUSTICE THEORY AND IDEOLOGY 3
CRJ 315 RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3

Statistics Core Requirements (3 credit hours) 3
Select one course from the following:
CRJ 310 STATISTICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ECO 305 STATISTICS FOR ECONOMICS
MAT 311 INTRODUCTORY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
PSY 350 STATISTICS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
SOC 299 SOCIAL STATISTICS

Senior Seminar and Diversity Requirement (3 credit hours) 3
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
CRJ425 RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ430 GENDER AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours

Undergraduate Major Electives (6 credit hours)
Select two courses from the following:

Complete at least 2 of the following Courses:
CRJ250 INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ301 POLICE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ302 CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE COMMUNITY | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ305 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ306 PROBATION, PAROLE, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ307 COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ308 CRIME PREVENTION | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ317 CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ320 CRIMINAL COURTS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ355 CRIME ANALYSIS | 3 - Credit Hours

Advanced Electives (6 credit hours)
Select two courses from the following:

Complete at least 2 of the following Courses:
CRJ406 CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ409 ADVANCED ISSUES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ420 ADVANCED ISSUES IN PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ440 DRUGS, CRIME, AND DRUG POLICY | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ450 TERRORISM AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ455 ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS | 3 - Credit Hours

Required Graduate Major Courses (12 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
CRJ501 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ504 RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ601 CORRECTIONAL STRATEGIES | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ606 LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES | 3 - Credit Hours
*courses used in B.S. and M.S. simultaneously


120 Total Undergraduate Credit Hours
Completion requirement

Program Requirements in M.S. in Criminal Justice
Completion requirement

Core Courses (18 credit hours)
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
CRJ501 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ504 RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ601 CORRECTIONAL STRATEGIES | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ604 CRIMINAL COURTS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ606 LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUES | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ609 STATISTICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
*courses used in B.S. and M.S. simultaneously


Graduate Major Electives (15-18 credit hours)
Complete course(s) and earn 15 - 18 credit(s) from the following:
CRJ508 HISTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ511 ADVANCED CRIME ANALYSIS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ590 INDEPENDENT STUDY | 1 - 3 Credit Hours
CRJ602 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ603 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ608 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ611 DATA-DRIVEN POLICING | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ620 WHITE-COLLAR CRIME | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ622 JUVENILE JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ624 COMPUTER APPLICATION | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ625 RACE AND ETHNICITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ626 GENDER ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ630 CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ635 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ETHICS | 3 - Credit Hours
CRJ710 RESEARCH PROJECT | 3 - Credit Hours

Mandatory Exit Requirement (0-3 credit hours)
Select from following course or Comprehensive Exam

Complete course(s) and earn up to 3 credit(s) from the following:
CRJ690 MASTER'S PROJECT | 3 - Credit Hours

36 Total Graduate Credit Hours