The mission of the program is to prepare students who are applying to
advance their careers in the Criminal Justice field.
The program is also preparing students who are aiming to pursue careers in Legal Studies.
We are also preparing students who are aiming to pursue a doctoral work in Criminology and Criminal Justice.
The things that set UT apart from other schools is that we maintain our small class sizes.
Students get the opportunity to have a one-on-one relationship with faculty members.
There's options available for research with faculty members, travel to conferences.
You're not going to be a number. You're not going to get lost in the shuffle. And we have got faculty who have
a range of different experiences, both professionally and academically, so students have the opportunity
to work with people with a variety of different research and teaching specializations.
Coming from a larger school, coming to University of Tampa was a big change. It was a much more personal
focus. I definitely feel like I had an interaction with every one of my professors and that they actually cared,
which was new to me. So, I definitely felt like this was an atmosphere where I was able to thrive.
Our program is extremely flexible. We offer most of our classes in the evening, so that allows students
who are already in careers in Law Enforcement to be able to complete our program.
We have designed it so that students can complete the program in as little as one year, if they take classes
during the Fall and Spring and the Summer. Some students who are only taking one class at a time,
it'll take them a little bit longer, but if a student wants to they can do it in as quick one year.
We have courses in Comparative Criminology and Corrections and Public Policy.
We are examining, in this program, courses in law, justice, and public policy.
So the wide range of courses that we offer our students are going to need to succeed in the real world.
