ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for enrollment into the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice cohort, an applicant must show an ability to benefit from college-level, upper-division studies as demonstrated by:

• 50 transferable semester hours completed at a college or university with regional, national, professional, or specialized accreditation, or with candidacy status as documented via official transcripts.
– If needed to meet admission credit requirements, CLEP/PEP/DANTES transcripts, Joint Service Transcrips (JST), a DD214 or DD295, and CCRS (formerly ACE/PONSI) transcripts are required.
– There is no age limit to the transfer credits. All relevant coursework will be transferred within the guidelines of the program.
• Overall college transfer grade-point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
• One year of full-time work experience
• Students who speak English as a second language (ESL) shall present evidence of proficiency in the English language by scoring 500 or higher on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or 61 or higher on the Internet based TOEFL. ESL students may be exempt from the TOEFL exam if they have graduated from a U.S. high school or attended a U.S. college with an acceptable GPA on non-developmental coursework of 6 credits or more.

• A student seeking to earn the bachelor’s degree must complete the required cohort of study as prescribed in the program. In cases where comparable courses have been completed within the last five years, a student may request a course transfer for a maximum of two courses. The request to transfer courses within the cohort of study must be made in writing prior to beginning the bachelor’s degree program. The individual student’s schedule and financial aid package must be factored in to the approval process for transferred coursework within the cohort of study.

Graduation Requirements

To be eligible for a BACJ degree, students must have satisfactorily completed the following:
• Complete all courses in the criminal justice major with a grade of “C” or higher.
• Fulfill all required general education credits as described herein.
• Earn a minimum of 120 credits with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0, to include the 50 credit-hour major and 40 general-education credits.
• Payment of all tuition and fees.