Distance Learning
Eastern Kentucky U Launches Online Criminal Justice Master's Program
Beginning
with its spring 2016 semester, Eastern
Kentucky University will offer an online master's
degree program in justice,
policy and leadership.
While
the Richmond, KY-based university has
offered the master's degree program for more than 30 years on campus,
this will
be the first time distance learners can take advantage of the program
that has a
criminal justice core and allows students the opportunity to
concentrate in
policing, corrections or juvenile justice.
"A
primary goal of the program is to develop leadership,
communication and critical thinking skills to improve administrative
effectiveness," said Pete Kraska, professor and chair of graduate
students in
the School of Justice Studies.
Eastern
Kentucky already offers more than 30
online undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide variety of
subject
areas.
All
courses are taught by full-time, tenured and
tenure-track professors. Each student will have a personal advisor who
will
help him or her prepare a customized graduation plan.
With
courses beginning every eight weeks, there
is the opportunity to work through the program at an accelerated pace.
"Our
goal is to offer students a top-quality
education in an online format," Kraska said.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.
