University of Michigan - Flint

The MPA concentration in Criminal Justice Administration is designed to provide advanced education in administration and policy analysis to persons already employed in agencies in the criminal justice process. The program addresses the educational needs of those with specialized, technical, or liberal arts degrees, and others with limited or outdated education or training in administration. It examines contemporary developments in criminal justice administration, focusing on the interdependence between pre-prosecutorial and post-prosecutorial agencies and functions, and the linkage between administration and policy.

Knowledge Base
Applicants should have completed:

• A course in government or public sector administration or relevant experience
• A course in microeconomic principles
• A course in statistics

Applicants lacking any of the prerequisite knowledge base courses can fulfill the requirement(s) with MPA classes as part of their degree.

MPA – Criminal Justice Administration
(39-42 credit hours)

I.   Core Courses (15 credits)
     PUB 500: Politics, Policy, and Public Administration (3)
     PUB 501: Administrative Organization and Behavior (3)
     PUB/HCR 506: Research Methods (3)
     and two of the following:
     PUB 502: Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
     PUB 503: Personnel Issues in Public Service (3)
     PUB/POL 510: Intergovernmental Relations (3)
     PUB/ECN 571: Public Economics (3)

II.  Administrative Functions and Processes (12 credits)
     PUB 504: Ethical Issues in Public Administration (3)
     PUB/POL 530: The Administration of Justice (3)
     and two of the following:
     PUB/HCR 518: Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3)
     PUB/POL 519/520: Law and Administrative Processes (3)
     PUB/POL 528: Criminal Justice and the Constitution (3)
     PUB 532: Policing Contemporary Society (3)
     PUB 533: Incarceration, Community Corrections, and Public Policy (3)
     PUB 534: Administration of Trial Courts (3)
     SOC 585: Sociology of Law (3)

III. Analytical Methods (6 credits)
     PUB/POL 528: Criminal Justice and the Constitution (3)
     PUB 532: Policing Contemporary Society (3)
     PUB 533: Incarceration, Community Corrections, and Public Policy (3)
     PUB 534: Administration of Trial Courts (3)
     SOC 585: Sociology of Law (3)

IV. Applied Research (6 credits)
     PUB 539: Problems in Criminal Justice Administration (3)
     and
     PUB/HCR 595: Practicum in Applied Research (3)
     Or a relevant research-intensive course selected from the following 
     (Each of these courses requires a substantial research project similar in scope to PUB 595.)
     PUB/ECN 571*: Public Economics (3)
     PUB/ECN 575*: Cost-Benefit Analysis (3)
     PUB/POL 510*: Intergovernmental Relations (3)
     PUB 502*: Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3)

V. Internship (3 credits)**
    PUB 590: Internship (3)

*These courses cannot be double counted to meet requirements in any other section of the MPA Program with a concentration in Criminal Justice Administration.
**The internship is not required of those students who hold full-time employment in agencies in the criminal justice system.