INTERNET NOW A DOOR TO A CJ MASTERS

Working full-time, supporting a family and you still want to earn a promotion to a management level position in law enforcement?
Police officers, federal agents and criminal justice professionals across the nation can now earn a master’s degree in criminal justice management, keep their full-time jobs and take the courses from their living rooms.
Sam Houston State University, known internationally for its degree programs in
criminal justice, policing, corrections, security studies, victim studies and forensic sciences, will begin this fall to offer its traditional master’s degree in criminal justice and management via the internet.
Students can complete the program in two years, from home or wherever they have access to the Internet.
“The goal is to provide professionals with easy access to a high-quality graduate degree no matter where they work or live," said the dean of Sam Houston State’s College of Criminal Justice, Vincent Webb.
Driving a long distance to a university campus and taking classes during work hours is not an option for most professionals in law enforcement and criminal justice, he said.
The curriculum includes courses on management and leadership, policing, corrections, the court system, computer applications and a healthy dose of research methods, Webb said.
The program also offers access to technical support 24-hours a day, seven days a week, students will have the opportunity to learn from a faculty that includes internationally recognized experts in criminal justice.
The United States government contracts with Sam Houston State’s highly regarded College of Criminal Justice to train police and law enforcement officers from around the world on its campus in Huntsville, Texas, but also in their home countries.
“This is a quality distance learning degree that graduates will work hard to earn and will be appropriately proud of,” said CJ professor Larry Hoover, who was instrumental in designing the program.
Applicants for the online program must have at least three years of work experience in law enforcement or some field of criminal justice, and already have earned a bachelor’s degree. The application deadline for the fall semester is August 1.
For more information, or to apply online, visit http://www.cjcenter.org/distancelearning, or call Tess Johnson in SHSU’s College of Criminal Justice at (936) 294.4326.