UNCP's Criminal Justice Program provides students with a thorough understanding of the social organization and administration of the criminal justice system. Courses are offered in theories of crime and delinquency, law enforcement, courts, corrections, and administration. A criminal justice agency internship is required for most students, but an additional criminal justice course may be substituted for students with extensive prior work experience related to criminal justice.

The Criminal Justice Program at UNC Pembroke is accredited by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.

Requirements

The Criminal Justice major is fully articulated with many North Carolina community college criminal justice associate’s degree programs and accepts equivalent transfer credits under negotiated articulation agreements for transfer students entering UNCP within five years of earning an associate’s degree.  Transfer students must earn at least 19 hours in UNCP criminal justice courses to earn the Criminal Justice degree from UNCP.

Requirements:

• Freshman Seminar    1 semester hour

• General Education Requirements    44 semester hours

• Criminal Justice Core (required): CRJ 2000, 2400*, 3000, 3600*, 3610*, 4000, 4800, 4810     24 semester hours

• Criminal Justice Electives: five additional courses with a CRJ prefix or cross-listed with CRJ    15 semester hours

• University-wide Electives    36 semester hours

      Total: 120 semester hours

* Cross-listed equivalents of SOC 2400, SOC 3600, SWK 3600 and SOC 3610 may be substituted.

Admission

Things to keep in mind for the undergraduate application:

1. Complete the application in detail. If you leave blanks, it will cause delays in processing.

2. Submit a $40 application fee, an official high school transcript, and SAT and ACT scores to UNCP.

3. Transfer students will also need to submit official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended as well as a university questionnaire from the last school attended.

4. UNCP has a rolling admissions policy, which means we review applications and make decisions on a daily basis. It is important,though, to note that we do have a July 31st deadline for freshmen fall admission. We suggest that you apply well in advance of these priority deadlines: Fall Semester - July 15; Spring Semester - December 1; Summer I Session - May 15; Summer II Session - June 15.

5. Please call (910-521-6262, 800-949-UNCP) or email us if you have questions.

6. If you have previously attended UNC Pembroke as a degree seeking student, please use the readmit application available from the Office of the Registrar.

Tuition and fees

Distance Education - Regular Term 2009-2010, per credit hour (including fees* of $7.02)

• In-state undergraduate: $76.61

• In-state graduate: $112.85

• Out-of-state undergraduate: $76.61

• Out-of-state graduate: $570.26