The MA-CJ consists of a total of 36 credit hours, with 8 courses required in the core and 4 elective courses. Core courses will be taught in a hybrid format (combination of class time and on-line instruction) at the campus in West Des Moines or Ankeny. Core courses are graduate only.
Core courses
| Course | Title | CR |
| CJ 502 | Seminar in Justice Issues | 3 |
| CJ 503 | Seminar in Criminal and Juvenile Justice Theory | 3 |
| CJ 504 | Seminar in Justice System Decision Making and Policy Implementation | 3 |
| CJ 505 | Standards of Professional Behavior | 3 |
| CJ 506 | Justice Systems Statistics | 3 |
| CJ 507 | Research Methodologies | 3 |
| CJ 540 | Social Justice and Human Rights Issues | 3 |
| CJ 595 | Portfolio or Examination Study | 3 |
Total hours for core course work: 24 hours
Elective options
Students will propose a program of study from among the available elective courses based upon their professional interest. A program of study that provides coherence will be approved by the department. Course schedules of elective courses will be developed from the approved programs of study. 8 new graduate only elective courses are proposed. 12 existing Simpson curricular offerings would be developed as cross-enrolled graduate electives in the program. So that the student backgrounds are more similar, these cross-enrolled course sections will be available in West Des Moines and Ankeny. Graduate course enrollees will be required to do considerably more reading, writing and theoretical analysis in written assignments than is true for those enrolled as undergraduates in cross-enrolled courses. For all 500 level enrollments, graduate standing is required.
| Course | Title | CR |
| CJ 500 | Juvenile and Family Law | 3 |
| CJ 542 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| CJ 543 | Criminology | 3 |
| CJ 544 | Correctional Practices in the U.S. | 3 |
| CJ 560 | Criminal Law and the Legal Process | 3 |
| CJ 580 | Independent Study | 3 |
| CJ 590 | Special Topics | 3 |
| CJ 501 | Victimology | 3 |
| CJ 508 | Legal Issues for Justice Professionals | 3 |
| CJ 541 | Budget Building and Resource Allocation for CJ System Agencies | 3 |
| CJ 545 | Police Effectiveness | 3 |
| CJ 546 | Strategic Policing | 3 |
| CJ 547 | Sexual Violence: Victims, Perpetrators and the CJ System | 3 |
| Magt 523 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Magt 533 | Organization and Behavior | 3 |
| Magt 540 | Labor & Industrial Relations | 3 |
| SW 501 | Counseling Strategies I | 3 |
| SW 502 | Counseling Strategies II | 3 |
| SW 541 | Family Crisis Intervention | 3 |
| SW 542 | Human Behavior/Social Environ. | 3 |
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