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Credit by examination (up to a maximum of 6 credits) or exemption by examination may be obtained by taking the CLEP examination.

Can I transfer credits from a different university? Up to four courses (12 hours) of graduate credits may be transferred as elective-credits from an accredited graduate program, with the approval of the program director, as long as there is a corresponding course offered in the John Jay CRJ MA Program. Students must fill out a Graduate Transfer Form, which requires university-bulletin course descriptions for the courses you wish to transfer. You may not substitute transfer courses for required core courses.

Up to four courses (12 hours) of graduate credits may be transferred as elective-credits from an accredited graduate program, with the approval of the program director, as long as there is a corresponding course offered in the John Jay CRJ MA Program. There is a chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the nationally recognized honor society, for those seeking graduate degrees in Criminal Justice Members must have a minimum of 3.4 GPA and have completed at least one- third of their total credits required for graduation at John Jay College (not including transfer credits).

There is a chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the nationally recognized honor society, for those seeking graduate degrees in Criminal Justice Members must have a minimum of 3.4 GPA and have completed at least one- third of their total credits required for graduation at John Jay College (not including transfer credits).

For CUNY Law: 86 credits including 12 transfer credits from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Information about the law school curriculum is available here: https://www.law.cuny.edu/academics/j-d-program-curriculum-requirements/ (opens in new window) MA courses credited to both the JD and MA curriculum (4 of the following 5 courses): Clinical Interviewing & Assessment (761) Intermediate Statistics in the Social Sciences (769) Mental Health Professionals, Social Science, and the Law (PSY 700) Psychopathology (745) Research Design & Methods (715) For NYLS: 86 credits including 12 transfer credits from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

For CUNY Law: One Forensic Psychology elective course at John Jay 12 transfer credits from CUNY School of Law, for example: Administrative Law (3 cr.) Advanced Evidence: Forensic Evidence & Experts (2 cr.) Constitutional Structures (3 cr.) Criminal Law (3 cr.) Disability Law (2 cr.) Evidence in the Public Interest (4 cr.) Law & Family Relations (2 cr.) N.Y. Domestic Law (3 cr.) Gender, Psychology & the Law (2 cr.) Race & the Law (3 cr.) Representing Individuals with Mental Disabilities (2/3 cr.) Sexuality & the Law (2 cr.) For NYLS: Mental Health and Disability Law Electives Transfer four courses (12 credits) from New York Law School; maximum of one per semester. CRI 507: Survey of Mental Disability Law CRI 260: Mental Disability and Criminal Law CRI 508: Sex Offenders UCI 125: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Select one course (3 credits) offered through John Jay College MA program in Forensic Psychology PSY 701: Criminal Behavior PSY 705: Victimology PSY 714: Alcoholism and Substance Abuse PSY 716: Assessment and Counseling of the Juvenile Offender PSY 718: Social Science Evidence in Court PYS 720: Social Psychology and the Legal System PSY 726: Mental Health Issues in Policing PSY 727: Eyewitness Identification PSY 742: Family Violence and Disputes PSY 746: Empirical Profiling Methods MA Forensic Electives: New York Law School will accept specific John Jay College MA courses up to 12 credits, toward the JD. Students enrolled in the NYLS program must seek advisement before selecting which classes to take at John Jay to ensure credit will transfer.

The 86-credit JD from CUNY School of Law consists of 55 required credits, 12-16 credits from a legal clinic, and 12 transfer credits from the John Jay MA Forensic Psychology program, and ~9 additional law school elective credits. Students are required to complete their first full year of law school without John Jay MA courses during that regimen; Forensic Psychology MA courses cannot be transferred and counted towards the JD unless they are begun after the student has completed the first year at CUNY Law. The 86-credit JD from New York Law School consists of 41 required credits, 12 credits from the Mental Disability Law Studies, 12 transfer credits from the John Jay MA Forensic Psychology program, and 21 additional law school elective credits.

The 86-credit JD from CUNY School of Law consists of 55 required credits, 12-16 credits from a legal clinic, and 12 transfer credits from the John Jay MA Forensic Psychology program, and ~9 additional law school elective credits. Students are required to complete their first full year of law school without John Jay MA courses during that regimen; Forensic Psychology MA courses cannot be transferred and counted towards the JD unless they are begun after the student has completed the first year at CUNY Law. The 86-credit JD from New York Law School consists of 41 required credits, 12 credits from the Mental Disability Law Studies, 12 transfer credits from the John Jay MA Forensic Psychology program, and 21 additional law school elective credits. PSY 700: Mental Health Professionals, Social Science and the Law PSY 715: Research Design and Methods PSY 745: Psychopathology PSY 769: Intermediate Statistics in the Social Sciences PSY 731: Human Growth and Development OR PSY 741: Theories of Personality and Counseling PSY 760: Counseling and Psychotherapy Methods OR PSY 761: Clinician Interviewing and Assessment Two Psychological Testing Courses (choose from PSY 734: Criminal Psychological Assessment, PSY 751: Intellectual and Cognitive Assessment, PSY 752: Projective Personality Assessment, PSY 753: Objective Personality Assessment, and PSY 779: Brain and Behavior) Supervised Externship or Thesis Prospectus For CUNY Law: One Forensic Psychology elective course at John Jay 12 transfer credits from CUNY School of Law, for example: Administrative Law (3 cr.) Advanced Evidence: Forensic Evidence & Experts (2 cr.) Constitutional Structures (3 cr.) Criminal Law (3 cr.) Disability Law (2 cr.) Evidence in the Public Interest (4 cr.) Law & Family Relations (2 cr.) N.Y. Domestic Law (3 cr.) Gender, Psychology & the Law (2 cr.) Race & the Law (3 cr.) Representing Individuals with Mental Disabilities (2/3 cr.) Sexuality & the Law (2 cr.) For NYLS: Mental Health and Disability Law Electives Transfer four courses (12 credits) from New York Law School; maximum of one per semester. CRI 507: Survey of Mental Disability Law CRI 260: Mental Disability and Criminal Law CRI 508: Sex Offenders UCI 125: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Select one course (3 credits) offered through John Jay College MA program in Forensic Psychology PSY 701: Criminal Behavior PSY 705: Victimology PSY 714: Alcoholism and Substance Abuse PSY 716: Assessment and Counseling of the Juvenile Offender PSY 718: Social Science Evidence in Court PYS 720: Social Psychology and the Legal System PSY 726: Mental Health Issues in Policing PSY 727: Eyewitness Identification PSY 742: Family Violence and Disputes PSY 746: Empirical Profiling Methods MA Forensic Electives: New York Law School will accept specific John Jay College MA courses up to 12 credits, toward the JD. Students enrolled in the NYLS program must seek advisement before selecting which classes to take at John Jay to ensure credit will transfer. For CUNY Law: 86 credits including 12 transfer credits from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Information about the law school curriculum is available here: https://www.law.cuny.edu/academics/j-d-program-curriculum-requirements/ (opens in new window) MA courses credited to both the JD and MA curriculum (4 of the following 5 courses): Clinical Interviewing & Assessment (761) Intermediate Statistics in the Social Sciences (769) Mental Health Professionals, Social Science, and the Law (PSY 700) Psychopathology (745) Research Design & Methods (715) For NYLS: 86 credits including 12 transfer credits from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.