A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- PhD
- Credential class
- ceterms:DoctoralDegree
- CIP
- 43.0104
- Catalog edition
- Catalog 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- The doctoral program in criminology and justice policy at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University seeks to prepare students for professional and research careers in criminal justice, criminology, and related fields by applying multidisciplinary and comparative social science to understand, predict, and explain crime and contribute to the development of public policy within urban communities. Using an active-learning approach, the school seeks to develop its students intellectually and ethically, while providing them with a keen appreciation for the complexities of crime and public and private efforts to make communities safer and to ensure justice.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 167358
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_167358_c820b5f5
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Core Requirements
major core · 0 items
Pro-Seminar
2 items
- 0
- 0
Criminal Justice Process
1 item
- 4
Criminological Theory
2 items
- 4
- 4
Analysis & Methods
3 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
Practicum
2 items
- 2
- 0
Electives
electives · 1 item
- Complete 28 semester hours in the following ranges. Courses in additional disciplines with PhD program director approval.Not resolved to a course28
CRIM 6000 to CRIM 7999
0 items
INSH 6000 to INSH 7999
0 items
POLS 6000 to POLS 7999
0 items
PPUA 6000 to PPUA 7999
0 items
SOCL 6000 to SOCL 7999
0 items
Dissertation
0 items
Exam Preparation
0 items
Students register for CRIM 8960 when they have completed required coursework but are still taking qualifying exams, and for CRIM 8986 when they have passed qualifying exams and are working on proposals.
2 items
- 0
- 0
Dissertation
2 items
- 0
- 0
Dissertation Continuation
0 items
Following completion of CRIM 9990 and CRIM 9991, registration in the following class is required in each subsequent semester (including the summer if the dissertation is submitted in summer) until the dissertation is completed:
1 item
- 0
Core Requirements
major core · 0 items
Pro-Seminar
2 items
- 0
- 0
Criminal Justice Process
1 item
- 4
Criminological Theory
2 items
- 4
- 4
Analysis & Methods
3 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
Practicum
2 items
- 2
- 0
Electives
electives · 1 item
- Complete 16 semester hours in the following range.Not resolved to a course16
CRIM 6000 to CRIM 7999
0 items
INSH 6000 to INSH 7999
0 items
POLS 6000 to POLS 7999
0 items
PPUA 6000 to PPUA 7999
0 items
SOCL 6000 to SOCL 7999
0 items
Dissertation
0 items
Exam Preparation
0 items
Students register for CRIM 8960 when they have completed required coursework but are still taking qualifying exams, and for CRIM 8986 when they have passed qualifying exams and are working on proposals.
2 items
- 0
- 0
Dissertation
2 items
- 0
- 0
Dissertation Continuation
0 items
Following completion of CRIM 9990 and CRIM 9991, registration in the following class is required in each semester (including the summer if the dissertation is submitted in summer) until the dissertation is completed:
1 item
- 0
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