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Dec 26, 2024
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Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG] See drop-down menu above to access other catalogs.
Criminal Justice, MS
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Department: Criminal Justice
The Master of Science in Criminal Justice provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully compete in a variety of professional positions in criminal justice or in closely related fields and prepares students for doctoral programs as well.
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Admission Requirements
- A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 based upon four years of course work
- GRE scores required for applicants with a GPA below 3.5
- Three appropriate letters of recommendation, with preference given to academic letters of reference
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work
- Expanded Personal Statement of goals, purpose and motivations
Bridgewater State University offers students enrolled in the BS in Criminal Justice program the opportunity for early acceptance into the MS program. Click here for more information about the early acceptance program.
For more information, contact the program coordinator.
Core courses (18 credits)
Electives (9 credits)
Complete nine credits, selected from the following: Other courses
With the approval of the graduate coordinator, students may take up to two of these courses or other approved graduate courses:
Exit requirement (6 credits)
Students may select a thesis or non-thesis option. Non-thesis option
- A comprehensive examination, which should be attempted in the last semester of the student’s program. Please see the Graduate Academic Policies section of this catalog for additional information.
- Plus six additional credits from the list of elective courses above.
Total minimum credits: 33
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