AJJ 551 - Practicum I Credits: 3

This first capstone course requires students to demonstrate their mastery of the program’s learning objectives through their ability to successfully review and analyze issues in juvenile justice. Utilizing the principles and concepts as presented in the core and elective courses of the AJJ curriculum, students prepare a scholarly paper which thoroughly reviews and analyzes the extant body of research in regard to a contemporary juvenile justice issue and proposes a research methodology to further examine the issue.

Prerequisite(s): Restricted to students in the Administration of Juvenile Justice program. Departmental permission is needed for students who are not enrolled in this program.