UNH Graduate School - Justice Studies

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Application Deadlines

*Summer: (August Classes Only)
March 1st for financial assistance
April 1st no financial assistance

Fall:
April 1st

Spring:
December 1st

*Typically full time students start in the summer (August only)

Application Requirements

Test Scores: GRE or LSAT

Special Instructions: No specific special instructions. If you have any questions regarding application requirements or other aspects of the program please contact the department directly.

New England Regional:
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut

Justice Studies

Huddleston Hall
Durham, NH, 03824
(603) 862 - 1716
Email:
Web Address: http://www.unh.edu/justice-studies/

Degree Offered (MA):

The goal of the master of arts degree program in justice studies is to produce graduates who have a high level of knowledge about law and justice in American society and worldwide. Upon completion, graduates will be able to enhance their careers in the justice system, enter new careers in the justice system, or continue their graduate training in law, social sciences, or humanities.

The program addresses issues of justice that are not necessarily criminal in nature. It will familiarize students with legal and justice ideas, legal institutions, and the legal process. It will provide tools for a reasoned appraisal of how the law works and of the policies that underlie it. The courses address a wide variety of subjects, including philosophy of law, American legal history, psychological aspects of the law, social control, criminology, juvenile delinquency, law and literature, and family law. Courses are taught by faculty with backgrounds in both the social sciences and humanities.

Special Note on Tuition:

The Justice Studies Masters program also has a different pricing structure. You can find the most current pricing for this program under the business services website (follow the Justice Studies-MA link).

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the general Graduate School requirements, applicants must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the GRE or the LSAT.

Degree Requirements

The master of arts in justice studies requires that students complete a minimum of nine courses (36 credit hours) in Justice Studies from the following list:

Required courses:
JUST 830 Theories of Justice5
JUST 901 Proseminar
JUST 905 Quantitative Research Methods
JUST 907 Applied Research Methods

One of the three listed below:
SOC 815 Criminological Theory
SOC 880 Social Conflict
SOC 921 Crime and Conflict
Concluding Experience:
JUST 897 Culminating Project.(4 credits), and
JUST9503951 Internship(4 credits), or
JUST 899 Masters Thesis (8 credits)

Electives:
Choose 2 courses if taking JUST 899 or 3 courses if taking JUST 897 from the following list (no more than 1 from any Department other than Justice Studies):

EDUC 867 Students, Teachers, and the Law
EDUC 897 Higher Education and the Law
EDUC 951 Laws and Regulations Affecting the Education of Students with Disabilities
EDUC 967 School Law
EDUC 968 Collective Bargaining in Public Education
FS 872 International Approach to Child Advocacy
FS 897 Children, Adolescents, and the Law
FS 894 Families and the Law
HMP 940 Legal Strategies in Health Care
HIST 809 United States Legal History Special Topics
HIST 949 Colloquium in United States History
JUST 867 Students, Teachers, and the Law
JUST 950 Internship
JUST 951 Research Internship
JUST 965 Special Topics
JUST 995 Reading and Research
POLT 801 Courts and Public Policy
POLT 803 Urban and Metropolitan Politics
PSYC 954 Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology
SW 979 Social Work and the Law
SOC 815 Criminological Theory
SOC 820 Sociology of Drug Use
SOC 876 Family Violence Research Seminar
SOC 880 Social Conflict
SOC 921 Crime and Conflict
SOC 976 Violence in the Family