All full-time faculty members are published authors and experienced teachers that regularly make presentations at professional conferences. Criminal justice is a fascinating field that is experiencing significant job growth in policing, courts, corrections and related professions in criminal justice evaluation and research. A growing number of agencies require graduate education for those advancing to supervisory positions in the field. The VCU Career Center offers lifetime assistance to graduates. Students must successfully complete a master's thesis or comprehensive examination.
Students have a maximum of three opportunities to pass the comprehensive examination.