Posted: 12/28/2014 7:43:44 PM EDT
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I'm currently going to ECTC for criminal justice. I'm finishing up with community college this year and I need to move onto a 4 year college to finish my Masters. Does anyone have any experience with or opinions on which school has the better law enforcement program? I originally planned to finish my degree up in AZ but I've decided I really like KY so I'm ganna stick around. Now I have to redo my school research.
Also can anyone point me in the direction of a good math tutor? I got all A's and then blew my GPA by bombing out in math. No one at the school or on the school forum seems to have any info. |
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Eastern Kentucky University seems to be the go-to for law enforcement degrees in KY. The Department of Criminal Justice Training (the academy for local level LE in KY other than Lexington and Louisville) is just off EKU's campus. I don't have a degree so can't speak from personal experience but I am an LEO and I know people who've attended EKU and they seemed to like it.
ETA: KSP has a post location right off EKU's campus too. So Richmond is usually full of current and future LEO's from all over |
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I'm currently going to ECTC for criminal justice. I'm finishing up with community college this year and I need to move onto a 4 year college to finish my Masters. Does anyone have any experience with or opinions on which school has the better law enforcement program? I originally planned to finish my degree up in AZ but I've decided I really like KY so I'm ganna stick around. Now I have to redo my school research. Also can anyone point me in the direction of a good math tutor? I got all A's and then blew my GPA by bombing out in math. No one at the school or on the school forum seems to have any info. First, explain what is ECTC? Is that Elizabethtown Community and Technical College ? Or, is that some place in Arizona? I understand that math can be a challenge. While I found it fun in my engineering course work, some of it in my medical course work was more intriguing, such as in Organic Chemistry. If you are referring to Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, which of the following programs are you currently enrolled? Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Criminal Justice Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Criminal Justice Corrections Track Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Track Associate in Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Criminal Justice Security and Loss Prevention Track I am not familiar with going from an Associates program straight into a Masters program. In addition, I am not familiar with any accredited 4 year college programs offering a Masters degree. It has been my general experience that most people complete a baccalaureate degreed program, take various entrance exams such as the GRE, GMAT, and MCAT, often obtain a required approximate 2 years of post graduate work experience in their field, and then compete for acceptance and placement in a graduate program, often in a specialized college/school, at an university. Undergraduate programs may require taking exams such as the GRE, GMAT, and MCAT as part of completing the undergrad requirements. Some of the schools I attended include Cumberland, EKU, and OSU amongst others. It does seem that Eastern KY University (EKU) is the center for criminal justice training in KY. Moreover, they do offer a "Master of Science: Criminal Justice" program within their College of Justice & Safety. However, it is my impression that it requires completion of a traditional hierarchical academic path. I proffer the following taken from the EKU College of Justice & Safety: The Requirements to be Admitted to the Program are. •Hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning •A 3.0 GPA overall in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work •Have a combined score of at least 286 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE and an analytical writing score of 4.0 •Apply to and meet the admission requirements of the EKU Graduate School •Submit a personal statement to the EKU Graduate School (including personal and professional objectives in pursuing a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice, primary and secondary motivations for pursuing this degree, your educational interests, potential research interests, and what you hope to accomplish). •Submit two letters of recommendation directly to the Criminal Justice Graduate Program Coordinator in the College of Justice & Safety. The school cites the following Criminal Justice Graduate Specializations designed to give you a better idea of the various areas of emphasis in the program, as well as a guide to creating a coherent curriculum beyond the core courses. Leadership and Administration •Criminal Justice Administration and Leadership •Criminology and Public Policy •Funding/Grans in Criminal Justice •Advanced Crime and Justice Theory •Globalization and Crime Justice Social Justice •Race, Gender and Justice •Environmental Crime and Justice •Ideology and Criminal Justice •State Crime •Human Traffic •Punishment and Society Research Specialist •Criminal Justice Data Analysis (Statistics) •Qualitative Methods •Funding/Grants in Criminal Justice •Research Internship •Thesis Option Security and Surveillance in a Global Environment •Policing Global Insecurity •State Crime •Globalization and Criminal Justice •Human Trafficking •Surveillance and Advanced Technology in Criminal Justice •Comparative Criminal Justice |
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By the way, EKU is in Richmond, KY and not far from Rockcastle, KY, not to be confused with the shooting center known as Rockcastle Shooting Center At Park Mammoth Resort located in Park City, KY .
EKU is actually somewhat between Lexington, KY and Rockcastle, KY. |