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The Master of Science in Criminal Justice at YSU provides professional education of criminal justice personnel. The graduate program in Criminal Justice adheres to the position that the administration of criminal justice is a continuous integrated process from prevention of crime through completion of all legal intervention. The program is designed to provide society with individuals who have both a substantial awareness of the overall system and the essential competencies required to perform professional roles within the system. To achieve this objective, the program broadens the student's knowledge of the total criminal justice process and provides professional education so that its graduates may assume positions of leadership within the criminal justice system. The program has two options:

1. Thesis Option requires 30 semester hours. The thesis project itself counts as six of those 30 semester hours.
2. Graduate Research Paper Option requires 35 semester hours.

All students entering the Masters in Criminal Justice program will be required to take the GRE, Millers, or LSAT, and obtain a satisfactory score for admission into the program. Regular Admission

To obtain regular admission, students must have an unrecalculated GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, and a satisfactory standardized test score. If a student meets these criteria, but has undergraduate coursework deficiencies, they will be granted provisional admission. Provisional Admission

To obtain provisional admission, students must meet two of the following three criteria: an unrecalculated GPA of 2.75 or higher, a GPA of 3.2 or higher in the last 40 hours of course work, and a satisfactory standardized test score. Criminal justice faculty members are currently involved in research in police management theory, applied police management, correctional organization and treatment, and criminological theory. Students are encouraged to participate in this ongoing research. Graduate Student Handbook (PDF) MS Curriculum Sheet (PDF) For more information, contact the Criminal Justice Department's Graduate

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