Criminology and Criminal Justice, PhD

The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University offers an on-campus program of coursework and research leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in criminology and criminal justice. This program emphasizes criminal justice theory, research and policy, and is designed to produce highly skilled criminology and criminal justice faculty and agency researchers and administrators. The doctoral program is organized around a core of required courses in research methods, analytic techniques, criminological theory, and policies and practices in the criminal justice system. The program offers distinctive elective courses in criminology, criminal justice and related fields. To complete the program, students complete both a comprehensive examination and a doctoral dissertation.

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.Applicants often hold a master's degree from an accredited institution; it may be in criminal justice, criminology or another field (e.g., sociology, political science, history, social work, public administration, psychology or philosophy). The program also allows for direct admission into the doctoral program for highly qualified students with only a bachelor's degree; these students earn their master's degree along the way to completing their doctoral degree.Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.