International Crime and Justice
MASTER OF ARTS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIME AND JUSTICE
The typical admitted student has a grade point average of 3.0 or higher, a combined GRE score of 297 or higher (147 + Quantitative Reasoning; 150+ Verbal Reasoning) and a score of 3.0 or higher on the Analytical Writing section. GRE scores are only one component of the application profile.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE), or other standardized test, is required for all applicants to the MA program in International Crime and Justice except when the Graduate Admissions Committee elects to waive the requirement based on special circumstances, such as:
(a) the applicant is a graduate of the major in International Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and has a GPA of 3.5 or more;
(b) the applicant has seven or more years of related professional experience in the international criminal justice field (e.g., works for UN, INTERPOL, World Bank, etc.) and has demonstrated significant professional accomplishments;
(c) the applicant is a foreign student. Foreign students are defined as students who are enrolled in institutions of higher education who are not citizens of United States of America, immigrants, or refugees. These may include holders of F (student) visas, H (temporary worker/trainee) visas, J (temporary educational exchange - visitor) visas, and M (vocational training) visas. Foreign students do not have long-term or permanent residence.
In addition, applicants should have taken an undergraduate statistics course. Students may be conditionally admitted without undergraduate statistics but must complete this course within the first year of the program.
ICJ THESIS TRACK
The thesis track is available only to those students who received a grade of A or A- in Research Methods in International Crime and Justice (
ICJ 715) and Using Computers in Social Research (
CRJ 716) and have maintained a 3.5 GPA. Pursuit of the thesis track also requires the permission of the program director. The thesis track consists of completion of
ICJ 791 (Thesis 1) and
ICJ 792 (Thesis II) in sequence, for a total of six credits. These courses are taught one-on-one with the student´s faculty advisor. Students may not register for
ICJ 791 (Thesis I) until a faculty advisor has been identified. Course descriptions for
ICJ 791 and
ICJ 792 can be found in the bulletin.