The dual degree program is designed to prepare students for careers in pastoral ministry such as chaplaincy positions within prisons, detention centers, police departments, and other criminal justice institutional structures. It also provides preparation for careers in the criminal justice system, with special knowledge and skills in promoting rehabilitation and community reintegration, and serving as a liaison between justice institutions and religious organizations and chaplains.
Students in this program must be admitted to both the Department of Criminal Justice, and the Institute for Ministry. Individually taken, these two degrees would require 66 credits of graduate work. However, the dual degree program allows for certain courses in one master’s program to count as required courses or electives in the other. The total number of credits for the dual degree program is 54 credits—a reduction of 12 graduate credits.
Tuition is charged based on your program. For example, you will be charged the M.P.S. rate for LIM courses and the graduate criminal justice rate for your criminal justice courses.
The total number of credit hours for the dual degree is 55 credits of graduate work. If students take each program separately, the required number of hours would be 67 credits. Pursuing the dual degree provides the student with the reduction of 11 credits. All courses are 3 credit hours.
| Loyola Institute for Ministry Courses: 24 credit hours View course descriptions » | ||
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| LIM C703 | Introduction to Practical Theology | 3 crs. |
| LIM C711 | Jewish Roots of Christian Faith: Intro to Old Testament | 3 crs. |
| LIM C712 | Christian Origins: Intro to New Testament | 3 crs. |
| LIM C714 | Grace, Christ, and Spirit | 3 crs. |
| LIM C704 | Spirituality, Morality, and Ethics | 3 crs. |
| LIM C841 | Religion, Crime, and Justice | 3 crs. |
| LIM C849 | Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling | 3 crs. |
| LIM C886 | Pastoral and Educational Praxis | 3 crs. |
| Department of Criminal Justice Courses: 21 credit hours View course descriptions » | ||
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| CRJU C700 | Theories of Criminal Behavior | 3 crs. |
| CRJU C705 | Seminar in Criminal Justice | 3 crs. |
| CRJU C710 | Research and Statistical Methods | 3 crs. |
| CRJU C720 | Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration II | 3 crs. |
| CRJU C800 | Selected Problems in Criminal Justice: | 3 crs. |
| CRJU C805 | Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation | 3 crs. |
| CRJU C893 | Directed Readings in Criminal Justice | 3 crs. |
| Department of Counseling Courses: 7 credit hours View course descriptions » | ||
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| CNSL A830 | Counseling Theories | 3 crs. |
| CNSL A835 | Counseling Practice and Lab | 3 crs. |
| CNSL A836 | Individual Counseling Skills Lab | 1 cr. |
| Elective Course: 3 credit hours |
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