Master’s in Criminal Justice and Human Security
As crime becomes increasingly transnational, its causes can no longer be viewed solely through the prism of local circumstances. Understanding criminal justice and social conditions on a global scale is now vital to stopping the proliferation of crime and injustice.
MA in Criminal Justice and Human Security
UB’s Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Human Security prepares students to understand the political, cultural, and socioeconomic factors that influence crime on both local and global scales. Through a multidisciplinary curriculum, you’ll examine the complex issues that shape today’s criminal justice landscape while developing the knowledge and skills needed to address them. Our program will help you gain insight into the cultural, ethnic, religious and ideological differences often discovered at the root of criminal acts, violence, and terror.
Complete your degree fully online or choose on-campus or hybrid courses to fit your schedule. With three opportunities to begin the program each year, you can start when the time is right for you while balancing your personal and professional commitments.
Coursework explores topics including domestic, international, and comparative criminal law, transnational crime, cybercrime, cyberterrorism, and other emerging issues in criminal justice — all taught by experienced faculty.
You'll also examine human security and modern challenges such as terrorism, human trafficking, and ethnocentric violence, gaining a broader understanding of human rights, international policy, peace, and humanitarian affairs.
This broader understanding of human rights and its connection to history, global policy, international peace and security, and humanitarian affairs provides a strong foundation on which you will be able to draw correlations and build solutions towards a safer world.
Master’s in Criminal Justice and Human Security tuition discount for eligible law enforcement
UB offers a 50 percent tuition discount for law enforcement personnel (police officers, corrections officers, parole officers, members of the armed forces and veterans) who have permanent residence in Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey and are enrolled in the M.A. Criminal Justice and Human Security program. Eligible students are required to submit the Employment Verification Form (DOCX) after receiving acceptance into the MA Criminal Justice and Human Security program.
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