该计划整合了以社会科学为基础的理论，研究和实践。学术上严格的课程为学生做好了在专业刑事司法领域中的领导职务或进阶研究生学习的准备。计划的毕业生在刑事司法和相关学科方面具有广泛的知识基础，在批判性思维，概念化和分析方面具有学术技能，并且对刑事司法中决策，政策实施和计划中的组织变革的复杂性有深入的了解。
This program integrates theory, research, and practice that are grounded in the social sciences. The academically rigorous curriculum prepares students for leadership positions in professional criminal justice fields or for advanced graduate study. Program graduates have a broad base of knowledge in criminal justice and related disciplines, academic skills in critical thinking, conceptualization and analysis, and an in-depth understanding of the complexities of decision making, policy implementation, and planned organizational change in criminal justice.