Criminal Justice Management


Advance and Promote.  UI&U’s Criminal Justice Management(CJM) program prepares you for advancement to supervisory, management, and executive positions within the criminal justice system. Designed by criminal justice experts who have worked in the field as line employees, support personnel, supervisors, managers, and executives, UI&U’s CJM program is well-suited for law enforcement personnel who want to see theory applied to real world experience. As a management degree, the program focuses on organizational management responses to policies, programs, personnel, and technology.

Expand your learning horizons through exposure to new and evolving concepts in criminal justice leadership and management, ethics in law enforcement, management information systems, management of criminal justice programs, the role of criminal justice in terrorism, multiculturalism in criminal justice, criminal justice organizational management, and management of critical incidents. Participate in lively exchanges of ideas and discussions among law enforcement personnel from various agencies and associations and learn from your peers as a result.  Pursue your degree while enrolled in a program that allows you to study while maintaining your family and work commitments.

The program is designed for professionals within any part of the criminal justice system, such as:

  • Line personnel
  • Law enforcement supervisors
  • Law enforcement managers
  • Law enforcement executives
  • Law enforcement professional staff

Learners in the UI&U Criminal Justice Management program benefit from

  • A program developed by professional law enforcement for law enforcement personnel.
  • Personal attention from a faculty advisor and staff who understand your academic and scheduling needs
  • 32 semester units from Basic POST & FDLE training
  • Up to 30 additional semester units for training beyond the academy training through UI&U’s certified learning method
  • The option to earn college credits through CLEP,DANTES, Challenge Exams, prior learning assessment, and credits recommended by ACE though military training
  • Faculty-guided instruction by criminal justice experts
  • Financial aid (available to those who qualify)
  • Accelerated completion of the Criminal Justice Management program
  • Joining a learning community of law enforcement personnel representing various police agencies

Accelerate completion of your degree by

  • Attending on-ground classes that meet face-to-face five (5) times in an eight (8)-week session or selecting distance learning options
  • Earning eight (8) credits in eight (8) weeks
  • Transferring credits from other regionally accredited colleges and universities
  • Requesting credit for knowledge gained outside the classroom through work or professional experience
  • Successfully completing CLEP or DANTES tests
  • Applying college credits for training through certified learning

 

Curriculum

Core Courses

  • CJM 303 Applied Ethics in Criminal Justice Management
  • CJM 306 Supervision in the Criminal Justice Field
  • CJM 307 Criminal Justice Management and Administration
  • CJM 409 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice Management   
  • CJM 410 Criminal Justice Management Information Systems

 

Elective Courses

  • CJM 301 Writing for Criminal Justice Administrators
  • CJM 302 Research and Management Analysis Techniques for Criminal Justice Managers
  • CJM 304 The Role of Criminal Justice in Terrorism
  • CJM 305 Criminal Justice Organizational Management             
  • CJM 408 Management of Criminal Justice Programs
  • CJM 411 Multicultural Issues for the Criminal Justice Manager     
  • CJM 413 Critical Incident Management