Tentative Graduate Course Schedule
** This schedule is tentative and subject to change!! **
** This schedule applies to the on-campus
criminal justice graduate program **
** (Click here for the tentative schedule of
courses offered at the Roanoke Higher Education Center) **
Recommended Schedule
You should work closely with your advisor to plan the schedule that best meets your academic needs. For full-time students planning to complete the program in two years without summer coursework, the following schedule is recommended:
| Fall, 1st Year | CRJU-600 CRJU-655 (or elective) CRJU-670 |
Spring, 1st Year | CRJU-671 CRJU-675 CRJU Elective |
Fall, 2nd Year | CRJU Elective (or CRJU-655) CRJU Elective CRJU Elective (or Thesis, if MA) |
Spring, 2nd Year | CRJU-691 CRJU Elective CRJU Elective (or Thesis, if MA) |
This general scheduling advice is provided to all students:
Register at your assigned time; do not wait until the beginning of the semester to sign up for classes.
If you need a required course to graduate and it is full, please contact the department chair (Dr. Van Patten: ivanpatt@radford.edu).
Take CRJU-600 in your first semester or, if not available your first semester, the next time that it is offered.
CRJU-670 is a prerequisite to CRJU-671; plan accordingly.
CRJU-691 should be taken toward the end of your program.
A sample schedule for Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's students is available here.
Core Courses
Each required core course is offered once a year, on the following rotation:
| Fall Semesters | CRJU-600, Survey of Criminal Justice CRJU-655, Constitutional Law and the Criminal Justice System CRJU-670, Criminal Justice Research Methods |
| Spring Semesters | CRJU-671, Quantitative Methods in Criminal Justice Research CRJU-675, Studies in Criminological Theory CRJU-691, Public Policy and Criminal Justice |
Elective Courses
In addition to the required courses, we offer at least three graduate electives each semester. We plan to offer electives on the following rotation:
| Spring 2008 |
CRJU-590, Seminar: Criminal Justice Film and
Literature CRJU-590, Seminar: Analytical Crime Mapping CRJU-620, Judicial Behavior CRJU-690, Seminar: Social Justice in the Helping Professions |
| Summer 2008 |
CRJU-590, Seminar: Women, Crime and Violence (Maymester) CRJU-690, Psychology of Criminal Conduct (Summer II) |
| Fall 2008 | CRJU-590, Seminar: Investigating the Kennedy
Assassination CRJU-610, Historical Perspectives in Criminal Justice CRJU-643, Social Awareness |
| Spring 2009 | CRJU-638, Foundations of Corrections CRJU-650, Criminal Justice Ethics CRJU-590 or CRJU-690, Seminar (topic TBA) |
| Summer 2009 |
Two or more graduate electives (most likely CRJU-590 and/or CRJU-690 topical seminars) |
| Fall 2009 |
CRJU-635, Foundations of Law Enforcement CRJU-672, Applications in Crime Analysis CRJU-676, Environmental Criminology CRJU-590, Seminar (topic TBA) |
| Spring 2010 |
CRJU-620, Judicial Behavior CRJU-630, Organizational Theory CRJU-673, Crime Mapping |
| Summer 2010 |
Two or more graduate electives (most likely CRJU-590 and/or CRJU-690 topical seminars) |
| Fall 2010 |
CRJU-638, Foundations of Corrections CRJU-650, Criminal Justice Ethics CRJU-660, Issues in Criminal Justice CRJU-590, Seminar (topic TBA) |
| Spring 2011 |
CRJU-610, Historical Perspectives in Criminal
Justice CRJU-643, Social Awareness CRJU-590 or CRJU-690, Seminar (topic TBA) |
| Summer 2011 |
Two or more graduate electives (most likely CRJU-590 and/or CRJU-690 topical seminars) |
