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The doctoral degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a 60-credit-hour doctoral program. Currently the program offers two major Ph.D. tracks:

1. Criminology and Criminal Justice
2. Criminology and Criminal Justice with Terrorism Option

Track 1 - Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice:

This curriculum provides for a sequence of courses in theory, methodology and statistics. The curriculum builds upon faculty research strengths and offers substantive courses which address the incidence, prevalence and correlates of crime, the characteristics of criminals and victims, and the effectiveness of current strategies in the areas of crime prevention, policing, the courts and the corrections system (both institutional and community-based).

Track 2 - Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice with Terrorism Option:

This curriculum provides for a sequence of courses in theory, practice and methodology with a focus on the study of terrorism in all its forms. The curriculum builds upon faculty research strengths and offers substantive courses which address current manifestations of terrorism and other forms of sub-state violence, security policy and practice, civil wars, and the nexus of technology and security.聽

For the latest courses, program information, and admission requirements please visit the UMass Lowell Graduate Course Catalog.

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Our Graduates

The doctoral program at UMass Lowell will ensure that our graduates will be at the forefront of聽the expanding frontier of criminology and an ever-evolving criminal justice and security system,聽and consequently, will more effectively be able to address crime control and criminal justice聽policy problems through sophisticated research than would otherwise be the case. We expect聽graduates of the doctoral program to be competent to conduct interdisciplinary research and to聽teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in aspects of criminology, criminal justice聽and security studies, depending upon their specific areas of specialty.聽

Criminal Justice and Criminology Track

The program will thus train the next generation of faculty who will teach criminology and聽criminal justice in the state and region鈥檚 community colleges and four-year institutions, as well聽as nationally, and who will be well positioned to develop productive research agendas in crime聽and justice. Our graduates will be well prepared for analytical and administrative leadership聽posts in international and domestic research and policy institutions. The program will thus train聽the policy analysts, managers, and administrators in criminal justice and community venues to聽help prevent crime in the first place, or alternatively, respond effectively to those who violate the聽law or who come into contact with the justice system.

Terrorism Option Track

We expect our graduates to be the next generation of security professional and scholars. In聽order to achieve this objective, our doctoral program engages in academic education and聽professional development. These interrelated components are designed to offer students a聽world-class education in the different facets of contemporary security threats and responses to聽these challenges, while creating a community of security professionals. Our overall goal is to聽provide doctoral students with the intellectual, conceptual, analytical and theoretical tools to聽understand the nature, implications, root causes and complex challenges posed by security聽threats in the twenty-first century, as well as the various policies and strategies which were聽developed to counter these threats. Thus, our students will be able to compete effectively both聽in the academic market (thus fill teaching positions in institutions of higher education) as well as聽in the private and governmental markets (thus fill positions in various policy oriented聽organizations and agencies).

The application deadline for the doctoral program in Criminology and Criminal Justice (including the Terrorism Option) is Feb. 1 of each year.