Undergraduate Admissions
To be admitted to the major, a student must have completed a minimum of 30 college or university credits with a minimum of a 2.0 GPA.
Admissions
- Follow UNLV's admission steps.
- Upon acceptance to the university, each student is assigned an advisor from the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs Student Advising Center. The department strongly suggests that majors see an advisor at least once a year, preferably every semester. Curricular decisions must be made through consultation with an advisor. Decisions about the appropriate courses in related areas must be approved.
Transfer Credits
- Transfer students must meet with an academic advisor within the first semester after admission. This initial advising session will determine to what extent those credits accepted by the university will be accepted as part of the major.
- Only transfer credits in which the student has received a C or better will apply toward the 45-credit criminal justice requirements. Transfer students must complete CRJ 301 and 302 at UNLV.
- The department limits transfer credits for criminal justice courses taken at lower-division levels. Transfer students should not expect to substitute lower-division courses taken at another institution for upper-division criminal justice courses required at UNLV for degrees offered by the department.
- Community college credits for approved courses are transferred as lower division only. Requirements for upper-division courses in the department of criminal justice generally cannot be met with community college courses.