2010-2011 UF Graduate Catalog (PDF Format) - Graduate School ...

University of Florida Graduate School
Criminology and Law
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Graduate Faculty
Director: L. M. Lanza Kaduce. Graduate Coordinator: J. S. Lane.
Complete faculty listing by department: Follow this link
Criminology & Law is an interdisciplinary department that offers a
Master of Arts (M.A.) degree (thesis or nonthesis), a joint M.A./J.D.
degree program, and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree.
Requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees are given in the
General Information section of this catalog. The graduate program in
criminology and law has two areas of special emphasis: crime and
justice, and law and society. The degree programs are researchbased
and prepare students to conduct original exploration into
relevant problems, issues, and policies. For more information about
this program, visit the website (http://web.crim.ufl.edu), review the
information published by the Graduate School
(http://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/), and write to Criminology, Law, and
Society, ATTN: Graduate Secretary, P.O. Box 115950, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5950).
M.A. degree program: Admission to the master’s degree program
requires a bachelor’s degree from a criminology/criminal justice or
relevant social science or humanities program (political science,
sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, history, women’s
studies, etc.). Qualified students may enter the master’s program
as undergraduates through the combined B.A./M.A. program.
Both M.A. options (thesis and nonthesis) require satisfactory
completion of at least 36 credit hours. In addition to graduate
courses in the major, a statistics course (STA 6126 Statistical