UMPI Criminal Justice BA YourPace Program Completed

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Well hello all,

       It has been quite the journey since I first joined here.  I actually joined in 2019, but due to some life things I couldn't dive into the scholastic world very much, but I did return in late 2022 and get serious about education.  I finished my Pierpont BOG in May of 2023 with the help of various people on this forum who I am forever grateful to and then signed up for UMPI which I started the same week I finished PP.

       As of this morning I have completed all of the work and turned in my final.  I actually can't believe I'm done.  Some of you know the Capstone class for CJ at UMPI is a 100 hour field work project that consists of 7 small reflection papers, getting time logs filled out correctly, a slideshow, and of course a final paper that is about 1300ish words.

      I haven't seen much about this program on here, so I just wanted to make a searchable thread for anyone who may be interested in the field and at anytime someone needs a question answered you can ask here or you can always send me a private message and I will be more than willing to give details or help out anyway possible.




Again, thank you to anyone I've ever bothered via your inbox and cheers to tackling a master's program next year after a long required break.

Hey, I’m a little late to the game here, but congratulations!  I’m hoping to start my journey soon and have to figure out which UL CRJ course to add to my plan, CRJ 350: Criminal Procedure is already on my plan.  Do you have any recommendations?  Specifically the easiest/fastest UL CRJ course? Thanks so much!

They're all about the same length/"hardness"  I would just pick what you're most interested in.  Here is a list of the classes I personally took:

Intro to CJ
Drug Policy
CJ Ethics
College Composition
College Composition 2
Creative Decision Making
Research Methods
Business Communication
Social Psychology
Criminology
Criminal Law
Juvenile Justice & Delinquency
Criminal Procedure
Police & Policing
Punishment & Correction
Crime Control Policies
Theoretical Criminology
Field Experience 496

I think that's all of them, at one point I got a W for Constitutional Law but don't remember why or if I took something in it's place it is kind of a blur now.  You will do well, just pace yourself.  I am currently now considering getting my Master's but I think I want to go for a MPA or possibly UMPI's MAOL I have not yet decided.  I am trying to find the quickest avenue.  Since a masters for me is purely a title I just want to find a program I can finish as quickly as possible "national university?" but I am just beginning researching those options.  I really just want to be able to say I hold a masters degree.