Criminal Justice Administration (CJAD2-MSCJ), M.S.C.J.

New Student Admission Requirements

• Completed application for admission.
• Request official transcript confirming a four-year bachelor’s degree has been earned from a regionally accredited college or university demonstrating a 3.00 or higher GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Ferris graduates need not submit transcripts for coursework completed at Ferris.
• Submit a current, professional resume or curriculum vitae.
• Submit a 500-word (2 pages double-spaced) personal statement indicating why you are interested in pursuing the master’s degree at Ferris.
• Request three (3) professional references from faculty or agency employers.
• International students whose first (native) language is not English need to have English proficiency test scores sent directly from the testing agency to demonstrate meeting the Ferris standards for English proficiency (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS, and Duolingo).
• Provisional admission may be granted if an applicant does not meet all the admission requirements. If provisional admission is granted, the applicant must successfully complete nine (9) credit hours of graduate-level coursework with a 3.00 GPA (on a 4.00 scale) and correct all deficiencies in their admission requirements.

These requirements also apply to transfer students.

Program Core - 15 Credits Required

• CRIM 605 - Legal Issues in CJ Credit Hours: 3
• CRIM 615 - Nature of Crime Credit Hours: 3

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• Choose 1 of 2

• CRIM 630 - Seminar in Law Enforcement Credit Hours: 3
• CRIM 640 - Seminar in Corrections Credit Hours: 3

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• CRIM 645 - Quantitative Inquiry Credit Hours: 3
• CRIM 655 - Qualitative Inquiry Credit Hours: 3

Administration - 9 Credits Required

• CRIM 608 - Organizational Leadership Credit Hours: 3
• CRIM 665 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3
• CRIM 673 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3

Culminating Experience - 6 Credits Required

• Choose 1 of 2

• CRIM 660 - Criminal Justice Thesis Credit Hours: 6

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• CRIM 670 - Graduate Topics in CJ Credit Hours: 3 and
• CRIM 699 - Comprehensive Critique Credit Hours: 3

Notes

• Students who return to the university after an interrupted enrollment, not including summer semester, must normally meet the requirements of the curriculum which are in effect at the time of their return, not the requirements which were in effect when they were originally admitted.
• CRIM 660  is offered during the summer semester each year. If a student does not complete their work by the end of the summer, an IP (In Progress) grade will be given until the work is completed. Each semester after the summer semester the student must register for 1 credit of CRIM 697  until the final work is approved.
• Credit Variance - Credits required may vary based on course placement, prerequisites, etc. If you have questions, contact your advisor.

University Graduation Requirements

These are the minimum graduation requirements for a graduate degree at Ferris State University:

• A minimum of 30 credits must be earned.
• A 3.00 or higher cumulative Ferris State University GPA in graduate courses is required.
• A minimum grade of C or higher must be earned in each course with no more than two grades of C.
• A minimum of 70 percent of the degree requirements must be earned from Ferris State University to meet the Residency requirement.
• No more than 20 percent of required hours can be thesis credits.
• No more than 6 hours can be independent study and/or special topics.
• Degree requirements shall be completed within 5 years from first enrollment in a graduate course following admission.
• Each student must complete a thesis, graduate project, policy paper, internship, comprehensive examination, or additional course work.

Programmatic Graduation Requirements

These are the additional graduation requirements mandated by the program:

• All requirements as specified in the All Major Requirements section must be met.
• No more than 6 credits of the degree requirements may be transferred from another accredited graduate program in Criminal Justice.
• A minimum grade of C or higher must be earned in each course with no more than one grade of C. All work below a C must be repeated to fulfill graduate requirements. Upon any second grade C+ or below, the student may be allowed to repeat one course or may be removed from enrollment.