MASTER IN MANAGEMENT

Major in Criminal Justice

REVISED CURRICULUM (S.Y. 2020-2021)
CODE COURSE Non-Thesis Thesis
1st Trimester 12 12
MASTER 611 Research & Statistics (w/ SPSS Software focus on 3 3
Criminal Justice and Criminology)
MASTER 612 Management (w/ SPSS Application) 3 3
MASTER 613 Human Resource Management (with Human Behavior in 3 3
Organization) (w/ SPSS Application)
MASTER 614 Financial Management (w/ Excel Software) 3 3
2nd Trimester
Specialization Courses (Choose 5 courses) 15 15
MMCJ 621 Crisis Intervention Management 3 3
MMCJ 622 Transnational Crime and Terrorism 3 3
MMCJ 623 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 3 3
MMCJ 624 Economic Crimes 3 3
MMCJ625 Computer Criminology: Cybercrime and Digital Security 3 3
MMCJ626 Terrorism and Homeland Security 3 3
Comprehensive Examination
3rd Trimester
Thesis Writing/Project Study/Immersion Paper 9 9
TW 1 Seminar on Thesis Writing 3 3
TW 2 Project Study/Immersion Paper Writing 6 6
Defense Project Study Paper/Immersion Paper/Thesis
TOTAL 36 UNITS 36 UNITS

Prepared by:
Online Graduate Program Curriculum Committee

Revelino D. Garcia, Ph.D. Margie DG dela Cruz, Ph.D.

Chairman Member

Approved by:

Junifen F. Gauuan, Ph.D.

University President
 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Management (w/ SPSS Application)

Learn and apply an integrated view of leadership, strategy, global business acumen, and digital business
strategies through immersive lectures, case studies, and academic and practitioner perspectives

Research and Statistics with SPSS software

Exceptional managers know that they can create competitive advantages by basing decisions on
performance response under alternative scenarios. To create these advantages, managers need to
understand how to use statistics to provide information on performance response under alternative
scenarios.

Human Resource Management (with Human Behavior in Organization) (w/ SPSS Application)
This course provides a comprehensive and up-to-date study in strategic human resource management
(SHRM). It aims to provide students and practicing managers with an in-depth view of essential concepts
and techniques and focuses particularly on practical applications, examples and cases that students and
HR managers can utilize in gaining insights into the subject.

Financial Management (w/ Excel Software)

The course is designed to equip the students with the skills that would be expected from a finance
manager responsible for financial management decisions of investing, financing and dividend policy in
the economic environment in which the decisions are made. The course finishes with the introduction
to, and examination of, risk and the main techniques employed in the management of such risk.

Crisis Intervention Management

A study of crisis intervention strategies based on current theory and practice, including triage
assessment, skill-building, cultural implications, and practical applications. Approaches that assist
individuals, groups, organizations and communities to manage crises will be explored and practiced.

Transnational Crime and Terrorism

The course provides an overview of transnational crime and narcotics and its effects on national
security, political, social, and economic development of countries around the world. The focus of this
class will be the proliferation and expanding influence of organized crime groups, the increasing links
among crime groups, corruption, and links to terrorism from transnational crime and narcotics. This
class will examine the diverse dimensions of transnational crime and narcotics in the context of
increasing globalization and the exponential impact of technology advances. Recent developments in
narco-trafficking, illicit finance, corruption, the rule of law in conflict areas, the use of technology to
facilitate crime, and terrorist ties to crime and narcotics will be discussed.

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

This course deals with the etiology of delinquent, deviant behavior and factors that causes juvenile
delinquency; measures for deterrence and control of teenage crime; recognize the various laws and
provisions that protect the rights and welfare of children; theories of crime and delinquency; the role of
different agencies in handling child in conflict with the law; influence of community institution; models
of juvenile justice system in different perspective; the study of significant cases and create criminological
research on juvenile delinquency.
Economic Crimes
This course is designed to train law enforcement officers in the investigation and prosecution of fraud
and financial crimes. Curriculum addresses such issues as current crime trends, investigative techniques,
and legal tactics necessary to identify and combat these increasingly complex cases. Although the focus
of this course is on sophisticated types of fraud and financial crime, a review of basic concepts is
integrated into the instruction.

Computer Criminology: Cybercrime and Digital Security

This online course introduces students to the growing, and continually changing, legal, technical, and
social issues faced by society and law enforcement in addressing cybercrime. Students will examine
current events and prominent cyberattacks, to understand the delicate balance between maintaining
personal privacy and providing global security. Students will explore the criminological challenges in
combatting a crime that can be invisible, may have no discernable victims (or offenders), and does not
adhere to international boundaries. Finally, students will learn about the latest digital forensics methods
being used by investigators to identify, preserve, and extract electronic evidence.

Terrorism and Homeland Security

This course examines the phenomenon of terrorism as it relates to a country as well as to its interests in
primarily in the time period from the Cold War to the present. The attacks on the United States on
September 11, 2001, and the subsequent adoption of a formal U.S. Department of Homeland Security
will be examined in the context of the global terrorist threat and the more general concept of homeland
security. Emphasis is on the identification and understanding of appropriate definitions and concepts so
that students may critically evaluate the threats present and the range of responses available in our
democratic society. Appropriate historical foundations, as well as essential components of a mechanism
for homeland security, will be presented. Other key topics include the relationship between homeland
security and preparation; terrorism response and recovery mechanisms; and goals, objectives, and
strategies. The importance of coordinating various plans and strategies among local and national
government response organizations will be stressed.

Thesis/Capstone Writing
A Step by Step Guide on Completing a Thesis or Capstone as a culminating paper.