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On campus courses meet two hours per week during the fifteen-week fall or spring semester, and more often if offered during winter or summer.
Online courses are generally offered intensively in 8 week sessions, termed 8W1 and 8W2, during academic semesters. Summer and winter offerings are shorter.
Students who have not take undergraduate statistics must complete it during their first year and prior to enrolling in ICJ715 (Applied Research Methods in International Crime and Justice). This requirement may be satisfied by taking Statistics 250 at the college. These credits will not count towards your graduate degree, and you may take the course pass/fail.
Military/veteran students are encouraged to consult with Military and Veterans Services https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/student-life/military-veteran-services
Students will receive a program handbook with all the necessary information to complete the program successfully.
In addition, students may use their 12 elective credits to complete courses toward the Advanced Certificate in Transnational Organized Crime Studies (ACTOCS) or Terrorism Studies or take a combination of different electives chosen from the list of approved electives below. Students who have completed 15 credits and have a GPA of 3.5 or above are eligible to take the following electives: Internship (6 credits) and Thesis I/Thesis II (6 credits). The thesis elective is taken over a two semester sequence as ICJ 791 and ICJ 792.
The internship course (ICJ 780) is an online course that is accompanied by a mandatory 280 hours in an internship site. Placements in internship sites are arranged at the initiative of the student in consultation with the Center for Career and Professional Development and the program director. Students interested in the internship elective should start their search for an internship site at least one semester in advance. Students are encouraged to pursue one or more internships during their graduate studies, even if they are not taking the internship elective course, potentially as an Independent Study (3 credits).
Required Courses
The Master of Arts in International Criminal Justice requires 36 credits consisting of eight required core courses (24 credits) and four electives (12 credits; see the list of courses below).
- ICJ 700 International Crime and Justice Theory
- ICJ 701 Illegal Markets and Economic Justice
- ICJ 702 Comparative CRJ Systems
- ICJ 703 International Criminal Law
- ICJ 704 Crime, Justice and Cultural Struggles
- ICJ 706 Transnational Crime
- ICJ 715 Applied Research Methods in International Crime and Justice
- ICJ 770 Capstone Course in International Crime and Justice
Electives may be selected from the list below or from any of the graduate courses offered at John Jay and CUNY, subject to the approval of the graduate program director
Approved Electives
Current List of ICJ Electives (updated September 1, 2024)
International Crime & Justice Courses
- ICJ 705 Human Rights and Counterterrorism
- ICJ 720 Crime and Justice in the Balkans
- ICJ 721 International Perspectives on Women in Criminal Justice
- ICJ 725 Environmental Crime
- ICJ 726 Drug Trafficking
- ICJ 728 History of Genocide
- ICJ 729 Organized Crime: An International Perspective
- ICJ 730 Human Trafficking
- ICJ 735 Gender Justice for Conflict Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
- ICJ 750 Special Topics in International Crime and Justice
- ICJ 755 Terrorism and Transnational Crime
- ICJ 760* Information Technology and Cybercrime *also offered as SEC760)
- ICJ 762 Corruption and the Global Economy
- ICJ 765 Intelligence in National Security and Policing
- ICJ 780 Internship Course (6 credits)
- ICJ 791 International Crime and Justice Thesis I
- ICJ 792 International Crime and Justice Thesis II
- ICJ 794 International Crime and Justice Independent Study
- ICJ 798 Faculty-Mentored Research in International Crime and Justice
Criminal Justice Courses
- CRJ 713 White-Collar Crime
- CRJ 727* Cybercriminology *also offered as FCM727
- CRJ 739 Crime Mapping
- CRJ 744 Terrorism and Politics
- CRJ 746 Terrorism and Apocalyptic Violence
- CRJ 759 Comparative Police Administration
- CRJ 784 Organized Crime
- CRJ 789 Violence Across the Globe
- CRJ 797 Homeland Security and International Relations
- CRJ 798 Homeland Security and Terrorism
Human Rights Courses
- HR 701 International Human Rights: Organizations and Institutions
- HR 711 Human Rights and Humanitarianism
- HR 712 Civil and Political Rights and Civil Liberties
- HR 713 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Public Administration Courses
- PAD 718 International Public Policy and Administration
- PAD 746 Comparative Public Administration
- PAD 772 International Inspection and Oversight
Psychology Courses
- PSY 705 Victimology
- PSY 729 Terrorism
- PSY 746 Empirical Profiling Methods
- PSY 705 Victimology
- PSY 729 Terrorism
- PSY 746 Empirical Profiling Methods
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