Prospective Student Page

This page includes information for current and prospective students. It is divided into three sections: Information for all students, current students, and prospective students.

Open house announcements for prospective students:

Second Tuesday of each month during the Spring 2008 semester, 5-6pm: Open houses sponsored by the Graduate Program in Criminal Justice. Drop in to learn more about our program or to chat with our program director. No appointment necessary. Held in SOC 116 (the SOC building is at 405 Cooper Street). Directions are available at: http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/getting_to_campus.html

Click here for a copy of our brochure (in PDF format).

Information for both current and prospective students

For general information about our program, see the Criminal Justice section of the most recent graduate catalog (here), which contains detailed information about program requirements and admissions procedures.

The curriculum guide or major checksheet for the M.A. in Criminal Justice is available here.

Course syllabi for many CJ courses can be found here.

Those who are interested in the Dual Degree MA/MPA Program for an MA in Criminal Justice and an MPA (Masters of Public Administration) should self-identify early in their careers due to special course sequencing requirements. Make sure you contact Prof. James Dunn in the MPA program to alert him as to your intentions. Information about the MPA program can be obtained here. Contact information for James Dunn is available here.

Information for current/admitted students

You can register in several ways, but the easiest is online. Go to http://registrar.rutgers.edu/CM/ENROL-CM.HTM#enrollment for directions and to https://webreg.rutgers.edu/ to actually register.

The comprehensive exam page is here. There you will find information about the comps, the comps signup page and links to the study guides.

The approved alternative elective listing is available here.

Graduation deadlines and forms are available here.

Information for prospective/future students

Application deadlines and other information for Rutgers graduate programs in Criminal Justice are available here (make sure to look under "The Graduate School-Camden" rather than "School of Criminal Justice," which is our sister school in Newark).

General information about graduate study at Rutgers-Camden is available here.

Graduate application information is available here.

The current graduate catalog is available here.

You can check your application status here.

Our GRE code is 2092. This is a new code so it may not be listed in older GRE bulletins.