Faulkner University

The MCJ program offered by Faulkner University is 100% online.  The program takes about 14 months to complete.  There are 10 courses in the program.   Each course lasts 5 weeks.  Courses are taken one at a time.  There is a week off between courses.  Two course cycles of the MCJ program begin each year, generally in February and August. 

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Program Description
The MCJ program is designed to integrate Christian ethical and moral perspectives with value systems within the criminal justice system through a broad-based approach to the study of Criminal Justice for practitioners and undergraduate students with a legal focus at the graduate level.

Program Objectives
To provide practitioners with a graduate-level degree to qualify them for advancement within their chosen criminal justice field; enable students without practical experience in the field of criminal justice to enter at a higher level and, in some cases, obtain employment at the state and federal levels of law enforcement and corrections; prepare students for management positions in criminal justice organizations, broadening students’ awareness of the interdependency of each criminal justice component (law enforcement, courts and corrections).

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the MCJ Program, a prospective student must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline from a regionally accredited institution, or a bachelor’s degree in any field from a regionally accredited institution with three years of work experience in the criminal justice field. Transcripts must be forwarded from all institutions attended to Faulkner.
• A minimum overall grade point average of 2.5 (4.0 scale) and a minimum major grade point average of 3.0.
• Graduate admissions exam such as MAT, GRE or GMAT not more than five years old. Exam results must be forwarded directly from the testing service to Faulkner.
• Three letters of recommendation with specific comments regarding the applicant’s academic work, professional experience, and ability to successfully complete graduate study. The letters are usually from the applicant’s faculty members or supervisory personnel.
• A letter of intent (minimum of 300 words) specifying the applicant’s interest in the program, plus the applicant’s academic and professional background in preparation for graduate study in criminal justice.
• A resume to include education and work experience.
• All of the items above must be sent to Dr. John P. Gray, MCJ Director, Faulkner University, 5345 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, AL 36109.

Program Design

The MCJ Program has the following features:

• All course work completed as distance education
• Degree completed in approximately 14 months
• Degree consists of 10 courses
• Each course completed in five weeks
• Only one course taken at a time
• Estimated student time per week: 10 - 20 hours
• A maximum of 15 students comprise a class
• Each class of students progress though the program as a unit
• No transfer credits allowed

Schedule of Course Offerings The MCJ degree consists of 10 three-semester-hour courses offered in a linear, five-week duration, lockstep progression beginning in January, August and May of each year. Only one course will be taken at a time and each course must be completed before starting the next course in sequence. There is a one-week break between each course.

Faulkner University reserves the right to alter the order in which courses are offered or to revise the list of faculty anticipated to teach specific courses at particular times. The information below should be viewed as a forecast of future course offerings. Enrolled students will be kept apprised of any schedule changes as their cycle of the program progresses.

Required Course Sequence

Hardware and Software Requirements The following hardware and software are minimum specifications to work with the Faulkner/Blackboard application. The software must be installed and running prior to beginning the first course:

• Platform Windows 98, 2000, NT, or ME, XP
• Hardware
  • 64 MB of RAM
  • 1 G of free disk space
  • 24 X CD-ROM
  • Accelerated video card w/2MB RAM
  • 100% Sound Blaster compatible sound card w/speakers
• Software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express
  • Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer 
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (JavaScript & Cookies must be enabled)
• Modem Broadband connection only (DSL, Cable or T1 Line)

Grading Policy All tests and examination material will be assigned a numerical value on a scale of 100. The following brackets will be used to approximate letter grades for the final course grade reported to the University Registrar at the end of the term:

• 100-92 (A),
• 91-83 (B),
• 82-74 (C),
• 73-65 (D), and
• 64-below (F).

It is the intent of the Criminal Justice Department to resolve any issues relative to the evaluation of a student's work prior to the end of the next module of study. Therefore, all questions or concerns must be addressed in writing to the MCJ Program Director at least two weeks before the end of the next module of study.

Final grades will be available online only.

Contact Information If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Faulkner University
MCJ Online Department
5345 Atlanta Highway
Montgomery, AL 36109
(334) 386-7132
(800) 879-9816 extension: 7132

Mrs. Connie Millergren

cmillergren@faulkner.edu

Or:

John P. Gray, MCJ Director

jpgray@faulkner.edu

For financial aid information, contact, Mrs. Helen Pollard:  hpollard@faulkner.edu

For MCJ applications received after September 1, 2006, the following formula will apply for unconditional admission to the MCJ program:

(Grade Point Average x 310) + MAT or GRE or GMAT score must equal or exceed 1,250 

Letters of recommendation on behalf of an applicant must originate from someone other than an immediate family member of the applicant. 

NOTE: 

In order to graduate from the MCJ program, if a student fails an MCJ course, that course must be repeated and a passing grade must be achieved in that course.   Effective December 1, 2007, no MCJ course may be repeated by a student more than once.  Effective December 1, 2007, no MCJ student may repeat more than two MCJ courses during her or his enrollment in the MCJ program.  This statement does not modify the requirement that an MCJ student must have an overall MCJ gradepoint average of at least 3.0 when all MCJ courses have been completed.