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General Description of the
Department
The School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in the
College of Arts and Sciences brings together many of Florida International
University’s internationally oriented disciplines to provide cutting-edge
research, first-rate teaching, and innovative training necessary for the
globalized world of the 21st century. SIPA includes four signature departments:
Politics and International Relations, Global and Sociocultural Studies, Public
Administration, and Criminal Justice.
The Department offers both bachelor and masters’ degrees
in criminal justice on-site and fully online and a criminal justice
administration specialization in the doctoral program in public management. A
joint JD/master’s degree program is also offered in collaboration with FIU's
College of Law. Internship opportunities are plentiful for our undergraduate
students, as we have internship placement agreements with over 45 local, state
and federal agencies. Our combined bachelors/masters degree program is also
popular among our undergraduate students. This program affords qualified
undergraduate students the opportunity to take 12 credit hours of approved
graduate courses, which can then be counted as dual credit for both the
undergraduate and graduate degrees in criminal justice.
Degrees
offered
The Criminal Justice
department offers these programs:
BS in Criminal Justice
MS in Criminal Justice
Combined BSCJ/MSCJ
Terminal Degree2 for
each discipline taught in Criminal Justice
Ph.D.
in Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
Related Disciplines3
Criminology
(45.0401) - all courses
Sociology
(45.1101) - all courses
Related Disciplines3 for
specific courses
Law (22.0101) – all CJL courses, CCJ 3024, 3501, 3666, 4497, 5106, 5288,
5422, CJC 3010,
CJE 3110, 4174
Other Teaching Qualifications
(Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the
programs in Criminal Justice)
Consideration
of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a
case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional
experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are directly
applicable to the course being taught.
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Whenever
instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved
CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification
of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s). Such credentialing is based on the proposed
instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates,
or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors,
awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies,
skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University. These must be clearly tied to the specific
courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is
qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. The
Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the
justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it
will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years
for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members)
or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced
degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some
instructors where their accomplishments warrant this: Active
Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent
Clearance in the Discipline |
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The level and
discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is
required to teach graduate courses in the discipline |
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For each discipline,
all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline
(include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate
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(1)The appropriate academic
degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2)
the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a
discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and
accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to
determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in
the program. |