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Internship provides students with a supervised experience in a criminal justice agency/setting. Placements include, but are not limited to, Law Enforcement, Probation, Law Practices, and Prosecution/Defense agencies.  Justice-related careers are on the rise. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, two areas with exceptional growth projections through 2024 include probation officers & correctional treatment specialists (with 4% estimated growth) and arbitrators, mediators, & conciliators (9%).

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Degrees in Justice

UAF offers justice degrees and certifications in high-demand job areas.  Whether you are interested in criminal law or alternative dispute resolution the we have a program that will fit your needs. We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees  with  specializations in Justice Administration, Law Enforcement Academy, Pre-Law, and the Corrections Academy. We offer  hybrid online and in-person programs that allow for student flexibility instruction and course scheduling.

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Start here and go anywhere. Our graduates are across the country and out in the world. 

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Correctional Academy

Study the various treatment and rehabilitative/restorative methods utilized in correctional settings. Topics include the roles of correctional personnel, the assessment and treatment of juveniles and adults, casework in correctional settings, crisis intervention and the assessment and treatment of special populations in the correctional setting.

Law  Enforcement Academy

Survey of the structure and process of the agencies of criminal justice. Includes introduction to criminology, criminal law, police, courts and corrections.

Pre-Law

Study the elements, purposes and functions of the substantive criminal law with emphasis upon historical and philosophical concepts. Explore the  legal limitations of the police and the right of the people to be secure from the government under the protections of the Constitution and the Rules of Evidence. Learn the advanced study of the elements of criminal procedural law. Emphasis on the legal limitations of the police and the right of people to be secure from the government under protections of the U.S. Constitution and “rules of evidence.” 

Justice Administration

The M.A. degree in administration of justice has been designed as a web-based degree program in order to accommodate the needs of justice professionals for whom taking a two-year leave of absence from their profession is not feasible, or for whom relocating to the Fairbanks vicinity is not possible. The M.A. degree program has attracted justice professionals from throughout the country who have found the flexibility of a web-based format useful.

 

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Best Online Masters Law Enforcement Admin 2019 Justice specializes in hybrid degree delivery. Most course can be explored in person and online to give you academic flexibility. Our online programs have earned national attention, including a 2019 Best Online Master's in Law Enforcement Administration from a leader in higher education ranking BestCollege. The BestColleges helps with a complete directory of the  best colleges  in the U.S. with 7600+ schools.
US News Rankings The UAF Justice Department was voted as one of the "Best Online Graduate Criminal Justice Programs" in the United States by US News & World Report. The Justice Department graduate program was ranked in the top 1% of the 1,200 programs surveyed by US News.  The Bachelor program was ranked in the top 2% of the 1,200 programs surveyed.   U.S. News collected the data for the 2019 Best Colleges rankings in spring 2018.
NWCCU UAF Justice Department is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities specializing in certifications for Alaska Police Standards Council. The  Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities  (NWCCU) is an independent, non-profit membership organization recognized by the United States Department of Education since 1952.
WICHE UAF is a partner of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), which offers the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program. This program allows non-residents significant tuition discounts and helps students have wider academic options with less finical burden. ACCESS. COLLABORATION. INNOVATION.