Combined Criminal Justices BS/MS

• Official Junior standing or higher as determined by credit hours
• Major GPA of at least 3.4 (at the time of application) including restrictive electives.
• Overall GPA of at least 3.2.
• Transfer students must have completed a minimum of 15 hours at FGCU with an earned FGCU GPA of 3.2 or higher.
• Students are required to consult with their undergraduate academic advisor to ensure they 
  meet these requirements prior to applying for the combined program and to also notify their 
  academic advisor of their intent to apply to this combined program. 

• Email a personal statement of at least one double spaced page discussing your reason for 
  pursuing graduate work in Criminal Justice, along with how the graduate program will 
  be applied to your goals after completion. When sending this email with personal 
  statement please make sure to include your UIN.
• Two letters of recommendation supporting admission for the student into the combined 
  program. Letters of recommendations can come from professors, employers, internship supervisors and/or anyone who can attest to why you will make a strong candidate for graduate level course work. Letter writers should submit letters directly to rladny@fgcu.edu. These letters must be received by the above-mentioned deadlines.

• Candidates for the combined B.S./M.S. program will apply during their junior or senior year 
  (junior year preferably) by submitting application materials to the M.S. in Criminal Justice
  Graduate Coordinator at rladny@fgcu.edu.
• For students who plan to begin taking graduate classes in the spring semester:
  Candidates must have all application material submitted no later than September 25th in the previous fall semester.
• For students who plan to begin taking graduate classes in either the summer or fall
  semesters:
   Candidates must have all application material submitted no later than February 12th of the prior spring semester.

These deadline dates ensure the committee has enough time to properly review applications and communicate decisions in time for students to register for classes.

• The Graduate Coordinator and additional faculty in the department will review applications. The 
  Graduate Coordinator will communicate the decision to applicants through a formal email with a 
  request to read and sign this form. The Graduate Coordinator will notify the Office of the 
  Registrar to add the UGGR (UG-GR combined program) for accepted students.

•  Students accepted into the combined program are required to meet with the Graduate
  Coordinator (virtual) each semester to review their progress and to set a plan for upcoming 
  courses. Students are responsible for setting up these meetings and must send an email for a 
  meeting request to the graduate coordinator at rladny@fgcu.edu at some point during each 
  semester that they are enrolled. 
•  Students will remain classified as undergraduates until their bachelor’s degree is awarded,
  and students must apply for the M.S. in CJ Program within one semester before 
  graduating from the B.S. in CJ Program. Students should review the application requirements for the M.S. in CJ program by visiting: https://www.fgcu.edu/cas/departments/js/cjms/
• Students must meet all the requirements for admission into the M.S. program, including 
  minimum grade requirements for the graduate credits completed while at the B.S. level. Once 
  admitted into the M.S in CJ program, students will complete an additional 24 graduate credits 
  Coordinator to satisfy the M.S. in CJ requirements as outlined in the program catalog. The B.S. in CJ is 120 credits. The M.S. in CJ has 36 credits. 
•  12 credits will be double counted for the B.S. and M.S. in Criminal Justice program.
  These courses will substitute for courses in the Bachelor’s in CJ program as approved by the 
  undergraduate & graduate coordinator. Students will satisfy all other requirements for the 
  B.S. in CJ program, including required courses, restricted electives, additional electives, and 
  all university requirements. Total credits for the combined program will be 144 credit hours. 
•  Students must achieve an overall average of 3.0 for the 12 graduate credits taken while 
  at the undergraduate level.
• While at the undergraduate level, students must take at least 6 graduate credits from the 
  courses below and earn a grade of B or higher in these courses. Students can take more 
  than 6 credits of these courses if desired and approved by the Graduate Coordinator.

CCJ 5476 Mgmt. & Admin. of Justice (3)

CCJ 6485 Criminal Justice Policy (3)
CCJ 6606 Social Constructs of Crime (3)
CJE 6168 Media and Community Relations CJ (3)
CJL 5320 Legal Aspects of CJ Management (3)
CCJ 6707 Adv. Quantitative Research (3) or CCJ 6709 Advanced Qualitative Research (3)

The rest of the 12 credits not completed through the courses listed above can be met by 
successfully completing any restrictive elective graduate course with a prefix of CCJ, CJC, 
CJE, CJJ, CJL, and DSC.

•  Students are allowed to substitute a maximum of 9 credits of required core B.S classes.
  Ideally, students will not substitute more than 6 hours of required core B.S classes.
  Additionally, students are required to take CCJ 4015 Juvenile Justice System. CCJ 4015 is a core required B.S. in CJ class and cannot 
  be substituted.
•  Students that do not earn the required overall 3.0 in the 12 graduate credits or earn a B grade 
  in required graduate courses (B- in restrictive electives) can still earn a B.S. in Criminal 
  Justice at the end of their senior year if they have completed the 120 credits required for the 
  undergraduate degree and satisfy all other degree requirements. These students will be 
  withdrawn from the combined B.S./M.S. program, but could still apply to the M.S. in 
  Criminal Justice program once they have completed their bachelor’s degree. If admitted, 
  these students would then need to retake any graduate course that they had previously taken 
  (and not earned the required grade) during the combined program.