Why UMKC?
UMKC’s urban location means there are opportunities for internships and part-time employment with a number of agencies and organizations so that students can gain practical experience to supplement their coursework. Graduates can be found throughout Kansas City and the world as federal agents, police officers, prosecutors, probation officers and more.
Fast Facts
- 160 undergraduate students in the criminal justice and criminology program.
- Average class size of a junior- or senior-level class is about 25 students.
Student Organizations
Real World Experience
Careers
Career options for criminal justice majors:
Policing
Corrections
Courts
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Social Services
Business
Education
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Salaries
Average salary range for jobs based in Kansas City:
- Entry-level correctional officer, $34,000-$42,000
- Police patrol officer, $40,000-$56,000
- Social worker, $39,000-$47,000
- Experienced parole officer, $43,000-$53,000
Admission Requirements
- There are no special requirements beyond those for admission to the University.
- The College of Arts and Sciences requires a minimum of 120 total credit hours for graduation. Of that 120, at least 60 must be earned at a four-year college or university, and at least 36 must be numbered 300 or above.
Prerequisite Courses
- For entering freshmen, there are no specific requirements beyond those for general admission to the University.
Major Courses
required courses
The department requires a total of 36 credit hours, at least 18 of which must be taken from the criminal justice and criminology course offerings at UMKC.
Five 3-hour courses are required:
- Introduction to Criminal Justice (101)
- Theoretical Criminology (319)
- Capstone: Criminal Justice and Criminology (470WI)
- Methods of Sociological Research (483)
- Introduction to Statistics (363).
Two of the following courses are required:
- Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (265)
- Introduction to Policing (250)
- Principles of Corrections (270)
- Supreme Court and the Criminal Process (320).
Elective courses in the department span a wide range of
topics including:
- Policies of Drug Use and Control (317)
- Control of Crime and Delinquency (420)
- The Death Penalty in America (424)
- Women, Crime and Criminal Justice (450)
- White Collar Crime (475)
- Race, Class and Criminal Justice (318)
- Restorative Justice (429)
- Policing and the Community (351)
- Community Corrections (371)
- Crime, Criminals and Victims (315)
Other Programs Available
- Undergraduate minor in criminal justice and criminology.
- Master of Science degree in criminal justice and criminology.
Faculty
- All faculty in the program have expertise in criminology and criminal justice.
- They have published scholarly articles and books and regularly present their work at professional meetings.
- Areas in which the faculty have special interest include drug policy, institutional and community corrections, community policing, evaluation research, juvenile justice, restorative justice and death penalty issues.
- All faculty are active in advising students on academic and career plans and interact with students on special projects.
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
5215 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
(816) 235-1000
http://cas.umkc.edu/cjc/
Contact us
UMKC Office of Admissions
120 Administrative Center
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
(816) 235-1111
www.umkc.edu
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Visit us
Contact the UMKC Welcome Center at 816-235-UMKC (8652), or toll-free at 1-800-775-UMKC (8652), and we'll arrange a guided campus tour and a meeting with faculty and staff.
