The Joint Degree Program

Bachelor of Science/Master of Science in Criminal Justice

The Criminal Justice program offers undergraduate students an opportunity to earn both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in criminal justice with an additional year of full-time study. This joint degree program is a 154 credit program that leads to both a B.S. and a M.S. degree in Criminal Justice. The program is consistent with the dual mission of Bridgewater State College to educate the residents of southeastern Massachusetts and the Commonwealth and to use the College's intellectual, scientific, and technological resources to support and advance the well-being of the region and the state. Specifically, the program educates students about the dynamics of crime, criminal behavior, the criminal justice system and how these complex factors interact in recursive relationships with social institutions and public realities.

  Admission/Eligibility requirements:

Qualified criminal justice majors who have earned at least 84 credits but not more than 105 credits may apply to the joint degree program. The Criminal Justice Department waives the GRE requirement for the Criminal Justice Joint Degree Program applicants. Acceptance enables these students to take a combination of undergraduate and graduate courses beginning in their senior year.

To be unconditionally accepted into the program,

  1. Students must have achieved a BSC-earned GPA of 2.75 in their combined non major courses;
  2. Students must have achieved a BSC-earned GPA of 3.3 from their combined major courses;
  3. A composite score of 1000 (quantitative and verbal) on the GRE;
  4. Three appropriate letters of recommendation.

Conditional acceptance may be obtained under the following requirements:

  1. Students must have achieved a BSC-earned GPA of 2.5 in their combined non major courses;
  2. Students must have achieved a BSC-earned GPA of 3.0 from their combined major courses;
  3. A composite score of 700-999 (quantitative and verbal) on the GRE;
  4. Three appropriate letters of recommendation.

For additional information please contact the Office of Graduate and Continuing Education: 508.531.1300 or e-mail gradschool@bridgew.edu

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Last Modified: July 28, 2009

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