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 JUST 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 Courses
  • B or better in JUST 2004, JUST 3800, JUST 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 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:

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