East Tennessee State University

Program Information

Degree Offered

M.A. Criminal Justice and Criminology

Format: Campus

Program Description:

The Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology offers the Master of Arts degree, which is designed to enhance student understanding of crime, societal reaction to crime, and efforts to control it. It prepares the student for advancement in criminal justice professions, teaching at the community college level, and study at the doctoral level.

Eligibility Requirements:

Admission decisions are based on the applicant’s combined verbal and quantitative scores on the GRE and the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average. For example, an undergraduate grade point average of3.00, a combined score of 850 on the verbal and quantitative portions, as well as a 3.00 on the writing section of the GRE are sufficient for admission to the graduate program.
Non-Thesis Option—Students must successfully pass a comprehensive examination. The examinations will consist of written essays graded by the graduate faculty of the department. Students who have completed 27credit-hours and ALL core courses within the program of study are eligible to take the comprehensive examination. Students failing any part of the comprehensive examination will be permitted to reschedule the examination no sooner than one (1) semester later. Any third attempt at the comprehensive examination will be final; students failing the third attempt will be dismissed from the program.

# of Credits Required:

36

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Intensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Small City

Size & Settings: 10,000 - 19,999