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Nova Southeastern University
Undergraduate Admissions Office
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Fast Track Program
The Fast Track in criminal justice trains those interested in the justice system through an interdisciplinary focus. The program prepares students through a core curriculum and allows for specialty training through various tracks. This facilitates choice for the students and fosters the development of specialized experience.
The Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) at Nova Southeastern University is a leader in addressing emerging social priorities.
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Master of Science (M.S.) Criminal Justice
A dual admission program in criminal justice is available for freshmen and transfer students. Criminal justice is the study of the legal rules of court procedure, police history and procedure, criminology, and the use of corrections as a means of rehabilitating convicted criminals. The study of criminal justice can give the undergraduate student a richer understanding of the structure and process of how laws, police, courts, and corrections all interact to work as a collective whole. The bachelor of science degree in criminal justice will provide the student with a comprehensive overview of the criminal justice system and insight into how its various components interact. Criminal justice is a career-oriented major focusing upon the inter-relationship among crime, the criminal justice system, and society as a whole. As such, there are many potential career opportunities for a student studying criminal justice. The following list represents some of these opportunities: municipal, county or state police officer, Federal law enforcement officer, court administrator, juvenile court counselor, correctional administrator, probation officer, law, pre-sentence investigator, private security officer or investigator, parole officer, social worker, criminal justice educator or researcher.
Dual admission students who complete the bachelor’s in criminal justice, which consists of 120 credit hours, will have 6 credit hours waived in required master’s elective courses, requiring them to take only 30 credit hours rather than the standard 36 credit hours to complete the master’s in criminal justice. An alumni scholarship is available to all students who enter the master’s program after receiving their undergraduate degree at NSU; this can save a student 20% on total tuition.
The Criminal Justice Institute
Law enforcement, crime prevention, and the justice system have become extremely complex and sophisticated, drawing on broad bodies of knowledge such as law, psychology, systems theory, business and administration, medical sciences, human factors, physical fitness education, and others.
The nature of these criminal justice activities requires multidisciplinary perspectives, integrating efforts that emphasize training and education, research, and service activities.
Overview of Requirements
| Incoming Freshmen/Incoming Transfer Students | |
|---|---|
| Degrees | Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Criminal Justice |
| Years to complete | 4+1 year (30 credit hours) |
| Freshman Admission Requirements: | |
| GPA | 3.0 |
| SAT/ACT | 1000/21 |
| Transfer Admission Requirements: | |
| GPA | 3.0 |
| SAT/ACT | 1000/21 |
| Preadmission interview: | No |
| College Requirements to Enter Graduate Program | |
| College GPA | 3.0 Overall GPA / 3.0 GPA in all Criminal Justice Coursework |
| Undergraduate major | Criminal Justice |
| Degree required | B.S. in Criminal Justice |