Overview

At Criminal Justice of Boise State University, curricula are organized into three sections:

The Foundation Series is a set of core classes that will provide students with the intellectual skills needed for the study of more complex material.
The Seminar Series promotes the development of scholarship in particular substantive areas in criminal justice.

The Elective Series is intended to provide practical application of skills acquired in the core and seminar series in a student’s area of interest.

Key features

Students also are required to pass a comprehensive examination or write a thesis relevant to issues, policy, or practice in criminal justice.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Crime and Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Research

Statistics for Criminal Justice

Victimology

Crime and Criminal Justice

Law and Social Control

Issues in Contemporary Policing

The Legal Process

Juvenile Justice

Gender and Justice

Contemporary Issues in Corrections

Critical Issues in Criminal Justice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Boise, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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152 _(verbal)

152 _{(quantitative)}

4 _(analytical)

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Other requirements

General requirements

Official transcripts from all colleges attended.
A statement of purpose describing goals, reasons for seeking admission, and choice of department for graduate education.
Completion of an undergraduate criminal justice theory course, introductory criminal justice course, and statistics course is recommended.
Applicants with less than a 3.00 cumulative GPA may still apply to the program with submission of Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores of 152 or higher on each of the Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning sections and a score of 4 or higher on the Analytical Writing section.
Three letters of recommendation. If the applicant graduated in the last five years, they should all be from professors/instructors. In not, letters should come from professional references.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

30300 USD / year

≈ 30300 USD / year
Out-of-State

30300 USD / year

≈ 30300 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

11186 USD / year

≈ 11186 USD / year

Living costs

Boise

United States

810 - 1310 USD / month

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