Criminal Justice Degree Online

As professional standards in criminal justice continue to rise, administrators are finding that they need not only professional skills but also advanced proficiency in such areas as analysis, communication, and management. The M.C.J.A. program helps criminal justice professionals develop those skills across a broad array of settings and contexts. Students can select from prescribed concentrations or design their own emphasis in such specialized areas as security, prevention, education, and training.
The program’s flexible approach makes it ideal for those who wish to pursue their degree part time or at a distance. It also allows students who are working in professional settings to tailor their graduate study to specific workplace challenges and goals, and to use the working environment as a setting for action research.
A graduate certificate in criminal justice education, focusing on theory and research, is also available for those who wish to prepare for teaching or for advanced graduate study.
APPLICATION AND ADMISSION
Admission to the graduate program in criminal justice administration, including both the M.C.J.A. program and the graduate certificate in criminal justice education, is open to those with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or a related field (with a comparable course distribution) from a regionally accredited college or university. There are no standardized test requirements, although upon admission a writing sample may be required for advising and assessment purposes.
To apply, submit a graduate application and arrange for transcripts of all your undergraduate studies, as well as any graduate work you have completed elsewhere, to be sent directly to the School of Graduate Studies. You can apply, enroll, and begin your studies at any time during the academic year.Because of the individualized nature of the program, it is recommended that you discuss your educational goals with the program staff either before you apply or as soon as possible after you are accepted.
THE GRADUATE EXPERIENCE
Your graduate experience can be of immense value to you in the future, not only because it advances specific career or educational goals, but also because it cultivates habits of mind and discipline that will be important throughout your life. It fosters independent critical thinking; the ability to plan and perform; and skills in communication, research, and presentation.

Applicants applying for Honours degrees, Foundation degrees and DipHE courses will need to fulfil requirements detailed on the individual course pages.

Applicants will be expected to have a two-year experience of post-16 study. For mature students, please see the details of applying as a mature students. In order to ensure that applicants applying for Honours and Foundation degrees have sufficient depth of knowledge and understanding, they are normally required to have studied at least two subjects to A-level or equivalent; together with three GCSEs grade C or above.

Students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma are required to achieve a minimum of 24 points for both an Honours and a Foundation degree.

If English is not your first language details of the English language test requirements can be found in the international section.

DipHE Nursing courses require applicants to have at least five GCSE’s at grade C or above, including English, Mathematics and/or Science or equivalent. BSc (Hons) Nursing and Midwifery programmes require applicants to have studied at least two subjects to A-Level standard or equivalent, together with at least five GCSEs at grade C or above including English, Maths and Science.

All places on Nursing, Midwifery, Radiography and Social Work courses are subject to interview and will require an occupational health check and an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check.

Admission to the nursing programme is dependant upon agreement of both University Campus Suffolk and the NHS. An annual declaration will be made to the University and at the end of the course a Declaration of Good Character will be made to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.