2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

THE MASTER'S THESIS
If a student chooses the thesis option for completion of the master's degree, a thesis adviser
must be selected by the student. Two additional thesis committee members will be selecred
from among the faculry by the student in consultation with the thesis adviser. A wrinen
thesis proposal must be sub mined [0 the comminee for a formal defense.
The three-member thesis comminee will oversee the student's thesis research.
Following completion of the thesis, an oral defense of the thesis will be scheduled and the
defense will be open [0 the Universiry communiry. The three-member comminee must
unanimously vote [0 accept the thesis, otherwise a second defense must be scheduled.
Failure to pass the second defense will constitute thesis failure.
FolJowing successful completion of the thesis requirements, the original ryped manuscript
with the thesis adviser's signature on the approval page will be provided to the graduate
program director. Two copies of the thesis also must be provided to the coordinator of
special collections, Langsdale Library and another signed copy must be given to the dean
of the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Am. Grades for the thesis will not be issued until
the signed copies have been received.
There are additional requirements for successful completion of the thesis. Students
considering the thesis option should obtain copies of these requirements from the graduate
program director prior to beginning the thesis research.
Combined Program, J.D. and M.S. in Criminal Justice
Dr. Cindy J. Smith, Program Director
Tony Torain, Assistant Dean, School ofLaw
The Universiry of Baltimore School of Law and the Yale Gordon College Division of
Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Social Policy offer students the opponuniry [0 obtain
Juris Doctor O.D.) and Master of Science (M.S.) in Criminal Justice degrees by completing
courses over a three- [0 four-year period. Students seeking the combined degree will
find their training useful in managerial and legal positions in federal, state, and local criminal
justice agencies.
Students in the combined program will be required to complete a minimum of90
credits in law school and a minimum of 36 credits in the M .S. program. However, the
School of Law recognizes six credits of the Criminal Justice requirements as transferable to
its program and the Criminal Justice program reciprocally allows the transfer of nine credits
of law school courses to satisfY coursework requirements in its program. Thus, students
who are admitted to this program have the opponuniry to obtain both the J.D. degree and
M.S. in Criminal Justice for 15 fewer credits than would be required were the rwo degrees
obtained independently.
All other requirements for the J.D. degree apply to students in this program. Students
in the combined program must also successfully pass the Criminal Justice comprehensive
examination or defense of a master's thesis.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants for the combined program must meet the admissions standards of both the
School of Law and the Division of Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Social Policy.
Students may enter the combined program after having entolled in either the J.D. or M.S.
program.
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