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Community Justice Concentration
The Community Justice concentration offers you ways to engage community to prevent crime and reduce the harmful consequences of criminal justice-related activities. You will learn the concepts and principles of community justice across different aspects of criminal justice, including policing, courts and corrections.
This 30 credit program can be completed in 1 year but you can take up to 6 years to complete it but most students complete within 1-2 years.
Police Program/MPTC Concentration
In five years, you will receive (in this order) a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, an MPTC full-time municipal police certification and a master’s degree in Criminal Justice. You must enroll in the police program and earn a bachelor’s of science in criminal justice first before moving onto the MPTC master's program. These qualifications allow you to apply to any Massachusetts municipal police department, or that of any other state with a reciprocal agreement. You will complete a total of 36 credits for the master’s program. These credits include eight 3-credit courses that concentrate in criminal justice studies, in addition to 12 credits for successfully completing MPTC's Basic Recruit Officer Course.
Learn more from Dr. David Weiss, Chair of the Graduate Criminal Justice Programs.
A Look Inside the Courses and Program
Criminal Justice Courses and Events
