CJ ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS CJA 500 Introduction to the CJA Master’s Degree…………………………………………………….2 hours This course prepares students to be successful in graduate school by encouraging critical thinking, familiarizing them with the Moodle learning platform, instructing them how to write literature reviews and position papers using APA situation style. CJA 501 Criminal Justice Administration and Management ............................................................. 3 hours This course will focus on theory and practice specific to criminal justice administration and management. Students will first be introduced to the components of the criminal justice system and discuss their interactive nature and the impact this has on management. Theories of criminal justice administration and management will be explored and the student will learn how to apply these theories in their work as criminal justice leaders. Students will also be exposed to research regarding the goals of criminal justice organizations, motivating employees and employee evaluation. CJA 502 Ethical and Legal Issues for Criminal Justice Managers ..................................................... 3 hours This course focuses on salient ethical and legal issues criminal justice managers must address in their leadership efforts. Students will explore the ethical and legal issues existing across the criminal justice system and discuss how these issues influence the behavior of organizations and their workers. Key issues that will be addressed include discriminatory treatment of criminal justice workers and their clientele; the due process treatment of clients; and the creation of policies and procedures to address ethical and legal issues. Students will also explore techniques of responding to allegations of unethical and illegal misconduct by criminal justice actors. CJA 503 Explaining Criminal Justice Behavior.................................................................................. 3 hours This course explores leading theories of criminal justice decision-making that explain the behavior of criminal justice actors and their organizations and how this behavior impacts criminal justice clients. Students will discuss the implications of individual and group behavior for creating rules, regulations, and implementing policy. Organizational behavior will be explored both in terms of how it impacts the individuals working within their respective agencies, and how organizational behavior is influenced by internal and external forces. CJA 504 Organizational Behavior ..................................................................................................... 3 hours This course examines the human side of organization. The role of the manager is examined to gain insight into those skills that facilitate leadership, organizational change and development, and managing human relationships. CJA 505 Legitimacy of the CJ System/Public Relations for the CJ Manager..................................... 3 hours The course prepares students for the public relations duties that criminal justice managers and leaders frequently perform. Students will examine the legitimacy of the major components of the criminal justice system and how public opinion impacts criminal justice actors and organizations. Students will prepare and present press statements for the types of crises experienced in each component of the criminal justice system. CJA 506 Explanations of Criminal Behavior...................................................................................... 3 hours During the first half of the semester, students will explore the individual, structural, macro, and biosocial theories that explain criminal behavior. The second half of the semester will focus on applying these theories to explanations of behavior for those offenders most likely to be encountered during their work as criminal justice leaders including sex offenders, violent offenders, and property offenders. Also included will be discussions about criminal justice policy for managing and processing these offenders through the criminal justice system. CJA 507 Essentials of Governmental Budgeting, Accounting, and Reporting................................... 3 hours This course examines the structure of governmental accounting systems with particular emphasis on fund accounting, budgeting systems, and appropriate reporting (both internally and externally). Special attention is devoted to the Ohio accounting and budgeting requirements, as they pertain to public safety and related areas. This course will also include an introduction to grant writing and students will be expected to write a small grant application over the course of the semester.
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