Accelerated Criminal Justice, BS/Criminal Justice, MS Program

The Criminal Justice, BS/Criminal Justice, MS accelerated program is designed to allow students interested in graduate school to begin taking graduate level courses as part of their undergraduate coursework. Students can double-count up to 12 semester hours (s.h.) of graduate level course work toward both their BSCJ and the MSCJ. Students accepted into the BS:MS Accelerated program will have the option to waive CRIM 4990: Field Education and Seminar. Students interested in the program should contact Dr. Michele Stacey (staceym@ecu.edu), Graduate Program Director to discuss their eligibility and the application process.

Minimum Eligibility Criteria:

75 Undergraduate Semester Hours completed
3.0 Overall GPA
3.5 GPA in Criminal Justice and Criminology Courses
B or better in CRIM 2004, CRIM 3800, CRIM 3900

Additional Application Requirements to be submitted via Qualtrics survey (a link will be provided through email by Dr. Stacey):

Writing sample from one of your Criminal Justice and Criminology Courses of at least 3 type written pages (in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format)
Completed Application Form

Undergraduate students accepted into the Criminal Justice, BS/Criminal Justice, MS accelerated program may count up to 12 s.h. from the following courses:

CRIM 6012 – Seminar in Law Enforcement (for CRIM 3112)
CRIM 6300 – Principles of Criminal Justice Administration and Management (for CRIM 4300)
CRIM 6400 – Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Justice (for CRIM 3200)
CRIM 6500 – Seminar in Criminal Justice Courts (for CRIM 3503)
CRIM 6605 – Hate Crime (for CRIM 4605)
CRIM 6610 – Victimology (for CRIM 3400)
CRIM 6620 – Transnational Crime (for CRIM 4620)
CRIM 6625 – Ethics in Criminal Justice (for CRIM 4450)

Graduate elective courses (for CRIM 3000- or 4000-level electives):