Criminal Justice Management Major

Major Coordinator: Professor Warren Eller

Major Advisor: Professor Yvonne Purdie

Learning Outcomes. Students will:

  • Identify core management and administrative challenges that affect the delivery of services by criminal justice organizations.
  • Explain the political, economic, legal, and social environments in which criminal justice agencies operate.
  • Identify and respond to ethical standards within criminal justice organizations.
  • Analyze and synthesize information and use analytical approaches in designing appropriate courses of action for management-related problems in criminal justice agencies.
  • Design basic planning, decision-making, and management activities in public, private, or nonprofit criminal justice organizations.
  • Evaluate, generate, and communicate information to a diverse workforce and citizenry using tools such as oral presentations, written documents, presentation graphics, and online tools.
  • Describe a basic career progression within law enforcement, the courts, and corrections

Credits Required.

Criminal Justice Management Major 48
General Education 42
Electives 30
Total Credits Required for B.S. Degree 120

Baccalaureate/Master’s Program in Criminal Justice Management. Qualified undergraduate students may enter the Baccalaureate/Master’s Program and thereby graduate with both a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice management, and either a master’s degree in criminal justice or the Master of Public Administration degree. For additional information, see BA/MA webpage or email: bamadirector@jjay.cuny.edu.

Additional information. Students who enroll for the first time at the College or changed to this major in September 2021 or thereafter must complete the major in the form presented here. Students who enrolled prior to that date may choose either the form shown here or the earlier version of the major. A copy of the earlier version may be obtained in the 2021-22 Undergraduate Bulletin. 

Part One. Foundation Courses

Required

CJBS 101 Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System 3
CJM 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice Management 3
AFR 237 Institutional Racism 3
ENG 235 Writing for Management, Business and Public Administration 3
LAW 203 Constitutional Law 3
Subtotal: 15
Part Two. Management Courses

Required

PAD 121 Information in Public Administration 3
CJM 300 Information in Public Administration 3
CJM 301 Organizational Behavior and Management in Criminal Justice Agencies 3
CJM 348 Justice Planning and Program Evaluation 3
CJM 401 Professional Ethics in Public Organizations 3
PAD 314 Professional Ethics in Public Organizations 3
PAD 343 Administration of Financial Resources 3
Subtotal: 21
Part Three. Electives

Choose three courses from the following list. If you choose PAD 402 Seminar and Internship in Public Administration (6 cr.) then you can only choose one additional course.

COM 285 Courtroom Communication 3
COR 202 The Administration of Correctional Programs for Juveniles 3
COR 282 Principles of Correctional Operations 3
COR 303 Comparative Correction Systems 3
CRJ 255 Computer Applications in Criminal Justice 3
LAW 313/POL 313 The Law and Politics of Race Relations 3
PAD 318 Decisions in Crises 3
PAD 346 Human Resource Administration 3
PAD 402 Seminar and Internship in Public Administration 6
PAD 404 Practicum in Public Administration 3
PSC 201 Police Organization and Administration 3
PSC 216 Crime Mapping 3
PSC 340 Planning for Police Operations and Management 3
STA 250 Principles and Methods of Statistics 3
Subtotal: 9

Note: If students take PAD 402 the internship or PAD 404 practicum, the placement or project must involve an agency with a criminal justice–related mission to count in the Criminal Justice Management major.

Part Four. Capstone Seminar

Required

PAD 445 Seminar in Justice Administration and Planning 3
Subtotal: 3
Total Credit Hours: 48