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Criminal Justice (Law Enforcement Track)
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Are you a career law enforcement officer ready to take the next step in your academic journey? Are you recently separated from a law enforcement career? Perhaps you're retired and looking for your next challenge? The law enforcement track within the online bachelor’s degree program in criminal justice at University of Maryland Global Campus may be the right fit for you. With a generous transfer credit policy, convenient online courses geared toward your needs, multiple start dates, and access to lifetime career services, UMGC provides the flexibility and support you need. You can also save money with a variety of scholarship opportunities for eligible students. Get started today!
Program Highlights
- Analyze roles: Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of police, courts, and corrections within the American criminal justice system.
- Investigate implications: Utilize ethical reasoning, analytical skills, and professional knowledge to investigate the implications of criminal justice policies or procedures on diverse social groups.
- Articulate research: Articulate the importance of research in social sciences.
- Evaluate policies: Evaluate criminal justice public policies using analytical competencies.
- Apply law: Apply the principles of the various bodies of criminal law (i.e., substantive, procedural, and evidentiary) that currently regulate the American criminal justice system.
Required Courses
This track takes into account your previous experience and anticipates that you transfer up to 60 credits toward your degree for your law enforcement experience and police academy graduation. You may also be able to transfer in up to an additional 30 credits for college coursework that is substantially similar to the required classes below.
The criminal justice law enforcement track curriculum outlines 60 credits of specialized major courses and general education requirements.
- (3 Credits, CCJS 360)Â
- (3 Credits, CCJS 495)Â
- (3 Credits, CJLE 314)Â
- (3 Credits, CJLE 343)Â
- (3 Credits, PACE 111P)Â
- (3 Credits, WRTG 111)Â
- (3 Credits, WRTG 112)Â
- (3 Credits, MATH 105)Â
- (3 Credits, PHIL 110)Â
- (3 Credits, PHIL 140)Â
- (3 Credits, PSYC 100)Â
- (4 Credits, BIOL 103)Â
- (1 Credit, LIBS 150)Â
- (3 Credits, CMSC 100)Â
- CMST 100BÂ
- (3 Credits, BEHS 220)Â
- (3 Credits, CJLE 395)Â
- (3 Credits, BIOL 320)Â
- (3 Credits, PHIL 304)Â
- (3 Credits, CJLE 481)Â
- (3 Credits, BEHS 453)Â
Career Preparation
This online program track is specially designed to help current and former law enforcement officers obtain the skills they need to advance in local/state police departments, federal law enforcement agencies, and other areas.
Please note: This track does not lead to a law enforcement certification. However, our specialized coursework anticipates your experience as a police officer, while our general bachelor’s degree in criminal justice does not require specific training or experience in a law enforcement agency.Â
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
Please see this program track’s admission requirements.Â
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- See special eligibility requirements
Tuition Per Credit
- $337 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
To take this specific track of courses at t ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, you will need to meet all the following eligibility requirements:Â
- You must have graduated from a police academy in the United States that is recognized by a state or political subdivision of a state as providing training that is sufficient for an individual to be certified as a law enforcement officer in that state with arrest powers (state/local jurisdiction).
- After your academy graduation, you must have completed any field training requirements and been employed as a full-time police officer in a U.S. state or political subdivision of a state.Â
- This employment must have been in the detection and prevention of crime, and you must have had arrest powers in the state or political subdivision.Â
- You must be currently certified as a police officer with arrest powers in a U.S. state or political subdivision.Â
- If you are not currently certified, you must be eligible for recertification as a police officer in the original or last certifying state or political subdivision without having to attend another police academy.
- Example: In Maryland, a previously certified law enforcement officer can be re-certified without attending another police academy for up to three years after being separated from their law enforcement position. A former police officer in Maryland who meets all of the other eligibility requirements would then be considered eligible in the same way a currently certified police officer is for three years after their separation from law enforcement.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Cyber Operations
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Advance in your career with an online bachelor’s degree in cyber operations from University of Maryland Global Campus. Increase your marketability by learning and developing career-relevant skills including software development and cloud programming. Expand your knowledge base under the direction of experienced faculty members who bring their practical expertise to the classroom. Earn your degree on your own time with our convenient online courses and save time and money with our generous transfer credit policy. Why wait? Take the first step and apply today!
Program Highlights
- Produce reports: Work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment to produce security documentation and technical analysis reports and respond to cyberspace events indicating new trends or unusual activity.
- Learn programming: Apply programming languages and scripts to manage cybersecurity monitoring, cyber-attacks, breaches, and secure software development and analysis.
- Use cyber tools: Use cyberspace tool sets to detect and exploit application, network, and other system vulnerabilities while emulating adversarial approaches.
- Identify threats: Identify and respond to emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and exploits to defend and protect an organization’s resources and assets in cyberspace.
- Learn ethical hacking: Leverage resources and analytic techniques to penetrate targeted networks ethically while adhering to cybersecurity and privacy laws and regulations.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, CMIT 265)
- (3 Credits, CMIT 291)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 200)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 300)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 310)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 360)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 380)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 400)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 420)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 480)
- (3 Credits, CYOP 495)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for technical and leadership roles in diverse application development and security settings, including high-demand areas such as coding, security analysis, security management, application and software architecture, information security, intrusion analysis, penetration testing, programming languages, software development, software engineering, security and code auditing, intelligence, and system architecture.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $337 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Digital Forensics & Cyber Investigation
Master of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2026–2027 academic year.
Advance in your career with an online master’s degree in digital forensics and cyber investigation from University of Maryland Global Campus. This career-relevant online master’s degree program may help provide you with the key skills employers are seeking. Study in a convenient online classroom with knowledgeable professors who have hands-on working experience in the cybersecurity industry. Access course materials that are available as no-cost electronic resources for most courses in this program, so you can save money on textbooks. Start gaining knowledge you can apply on the job right away and apply today! 
Program Highlights
- Communicate effectively: Communicate clearly in writing and speaking, meeting expectations for content, purpose, organization, audience, and format.
- Make decisions: Use mathematical information, operations, and quantitative analyses to solve problems and inform decision-making.
- Follow procedures: Interpret and follow laws, policies, procedures, and governance in digital forensic and incident response situations.
- Use digital tools: Demonstrate the appropriate use of multiple digital forensic tools and technologies in a variety of criminal and security breach situations and in preparing reports and presenting findings.
- Design strategies: Design and implement strategies for proper seizure, evidence handling, investigation, analysis of digital artifacts, preparation of reports, and presentation of findings.
- Apply ethical frameworks: Apply proper professional, legal, and ethical frameworks to govern forensic activities in local, national, and global environments.
- Assess information: Assess information architecture for potential security threats and evidentiary value.
- Obtain knowledge: Obtain the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to master various functions of cybersecurity technology, including tools and systems.
Required Courses
This program requires a total of 30 credits. You’ll take 15 credits of core courses, 12 elective credits, and a 3-credit capstone.
Core Courses
- (3 Credits, DFCS 605)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 615)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 625)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 635)
- (3 Credits, DFCS 645)
Elective Courses
Take four 3-credit elective courses (outlined under Select Digital Forensics & Cyber Investigation Elective Courses) for a total of 12 credits.
Capstone Course
- (3 Credits, DFCS 690)
Career Preparation
This program is designed to help prepare you for work in government organizations, the private sector, and law enforcement agencies in the areas of computer and digital crime. Potential job titles within specific digital forensics and cyber investigation careers include cyber defense forensics analyst, cyber defense incident responder, systems security analyst, law enforcement/counterintelligence forensics analyst, and information security analyst.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
We recommend having a background in computing and programming for this program. Strong writing skills are also encouraged.
Total Program Credits
30
Transfer Credits
Up to 12
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $694 per credit (in-state)
- $694 per credit (out-of-state)
- $336 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.