Master of Arts [M.A] [Criminology and Criminal Justice] From University of South Carolina

With more than 600 undergraduate majors and a highly regarded graduWe have some of the nation’s best criminology and criminal justice researchers and teachers on our faculty. Our professors actively engage in research with criminal justice agencies in South Carolina, as well as those in other states and countries. Faculty research and teaching interests span a wide variety of topics, including policing, courts, corrections, law and policy, criminological theory, sentencing, victimization, and program evaluation. This work not only contributes to constant improvements in the justice system but also brings real-world knowledge and experience to the classroomate program (with a nationally ranked Ph.D. program), the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a vibrant and growing learning community dedicated to serving the needs of its students, the state of South Carolina, and society at large. Students completing the program will be prepared to continue their studies at the doctoral level or enter the field as practitioners.