This five-year program makes it possible for qualified students to earn a baccalaureate degree from the Newark College of Arts and Sciences and a maste`s degree from the School of Criminal Justice. The program is designed for the highly motivated student who, at an early stage, has decided to pursue a career in the criminal justice field. Program requirements are
1. A minimum or 100 undergraduate credits in liberal arts subjects, including satisfactory completion of the general curriculum requirements of the Newark College of Arts and Sciences
2. Completion of an undergraduate major at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences
3. A cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 or better at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences and a Graduate Record Examination test score (junior year) acceptable to the School of Criminal Justice
Careful planning is necessary to complete the undergraduate requirements specified within a 100-credit framework. Accordingly, the program is ordinarily open only to students who matriculate as first-year students at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences or to those who transfer with no more than 30 credits.
Students interested in this program should contact the Office of Student Affairs during their first year; an official declaration of intent must be filed during the sophomore year. Application for early admission to the School of Criminal Justice is then made at the beginning of the second term of the junior year. (Applications, catalogs, and additional information about the School of Criminal Justice may be obtained at the Rutgers Center for Law and Justice, 123 Washington Street.) Students who meet at least the minimum qualifications specified above must secure a recommendation from the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs, which should be forwarded to the School of Criminal Justice with their application for admission. In all cases, the School of Criminal Justice reserves the right to deny admission to applicants it deems unqualified. Students who do not qualify for admission to the graduate program at the end of the junior year may apply or reapply upon graduation from the Newark College of Arts and Sciences, but admission to the School of Criminal Justice is not guaranteed.
Those students accepted by the School of Criminal Justice receive their B.A. or B.S. degree from the Newark College of Arts and Sciences upon satisfactory completion of 24 credits in the graduate program. Upon satisfactory completion of the remaining requirements of the School of Criminal Justice, a master of arts degree is awarded. Upon admission to the School of Criminal Justice, students are bound by the academic regulations and degree requirements of that school.
