This online Criminal Justice master's degree meets the changing needs of the criminal justice community. Working professionals and those planning on entering the field will develop the professional skills necessary to better manage their current positions, assume leadership roles, and/or continue doctoral training. Featuring integrated, academically rigorous, and empirically-oriented criminal justice courses, our online criminal justice master's degree program serves students who: seek a master's degree (online) as a prerequisite for entry into the criminal justice field; are in service in the criminal justice system and wish to broaden their skills by obtaining job-related knowledge and expertise; are in the criminal justice system seeking to specialize and/or work in some other area of the system; and are in the system or pre-service who wish to obtain the training and expertise necessary to meet the growing need for teaching criminal justice courses.