En Route Master's Degree
If you were admitted to the Criminal Justice Doctoral program with a Bachelor's degree, you are eligible to receive a Master of Criminal Justice. The Master of Arts is from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Processing is a collaborative effort.
You are eligible to apply for the en route MA degree once you have successfully completed 45 program credits with letter grades of A and B and passed all sections of the First Written Comprehensive Examination. Students who were admitted before 1994 and elected to stay in the “old” program must pass four sections: Corrections, Law, Police and Theory. Forensic Science students in the “old” program must take Forensic Exam I and Forensic Exam II, and then select two more sections from the four listed. Students admitted in 1994 or later and/or who selected the “core” program must pass three sections: Research Methods, Law and Theory. Forensic Science “core” students take Forensic Exam I, Forensic Exam II and the Law and Public Policy exam.
Once you have satisfied the specified requirements do the following:
- Go on line to http://venus.ac1.jjay.cuny.edu/database/registrar/calendar.html to find the “last day to apply for an October, February or May degree” at John Jay College.
- Provide The Criminal Justice Doctoral Office, The Registrar at The Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a minimum of one month to complete all the necessary processing.
- Get copies of the Graduate Center's “Application for en-Route Master's Degree” and
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice “Application for a Master's Degree” from
the Doctoral Program Office, 636T. Complete and return both applications forms
to the Doctoral Program Office, 636T. You may use any research paper from any
course to satisfy the requirement. Make sure to identify the course number,
date, grade and professor. Attach a copy of the research paper when you return
the completed GC application form to the Doctoral Program Office, 636T.
- Please remember that you must be registered during the semester you apply for the en-route MA.
A WORD ABOUT THE PROCESSING: Once you provide the Doctoral Program Office with the “Application for en-Route Master's Degree” and the required back up documentation, we will submit the documentation to the Registrar's Office at the Graduate Center for verification. The Registrar's Office at the Graduate Center verifies the information and returns the approved en route MA application form to the Doctoral Program Office. We forward the approved GC “Application for en-Route Master's Degree” form together with the “Application for a Master's Degree” to Mr. Robert Dempsey, Registrar at John Jay College.
The John Jay College Registrar's Office will verify that you have satisfied all of the John Jay College requirements. You will be notified directly by the John Jay College Registrar's Office the official date the John Jay College Master of Arts Degree is awarded.
