Criminal Justice & Police Studies
Master of Science in Criminal Justice
Program Objectives
Criminal justice is an academic discipline. Objectives of the graduate program are based upon the assumption that responsible social and public policy, decision-making, and reform in today’s complex society require a broad academic experience.
This education should foster critical thinking, a strong theoretical foundation, solid research methods skills, and an awareness of the key philosophical principles associated with the administration of justice.
Program Focus
A central focus of this program, then, is to demonstrate that the problems and issues our society faces with regard to crime, and our reaction to crime, must be situated within a larger cultural and structural context.
It is therefore expected that criminal justice graduates will be:
- Conversant with the theoretical and legal principles in criminal justice
- Knowledgeable of the essential research contributions in the discipline
- Capable of quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis appropriate to the discipline
- Competent to assume policymaking, research and instructional responsibilities in criminal justice.
Admission
Students seeking clear admission to the Criminal Justice Graduate Program should:
- Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning
- Achieved a 3.0 grade point average overall or in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work
- Have a combined score of 800 on the verbal and math sections and a 3.0 on the written section of the Graduate Record Examination.
- Apply to and meet the admission requirements of the EKU grad school
- Submit three letters of recommendation directly to the Criminal Justice Graduate Program Coordinator in the College of Justice & Safety. EKU, 467 Stratton, 521 Lancaster Ave., Richmond, KY 40475.
Probationary admission may be granted to applicants not meeting these conditions but who present additional evidence for successful graduate study.
