Admissions Information

Download the Criminal Forensic Studies Supplemental Application

Download the reference rating form

Getting Started

Please visit the Office of Graduate Studies website www.fgcu.edu/graduate or contact Graduate Studies at 239-590-7988 or graduate@fgcu.edu for an application for admission and additional information about the application process.

Program Admission Requirements

• Submit a completed FGCU Graduate Application.
• Submit a completed Immunization History Form.
• Provide evidence of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher learning and supply one official transcript from each baccalaureate and/or graduate institution attended.
• Submit an official copy of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) taken within the last five years with a combined quantitative and verbal score of 1100.
• Provide evidence of an undergraduate GPA of 3.25.
• Complete the following undergraduate courses or equivalent:
  
  • ANT 3520 Forensic Anthropology
  • CCJ 3603 Forensic Psychology
  • CCJ 3670 Introduction to Criminalistics
  • CCJ 4674 Advanced Forensic Psychology
  • CJE 4641 Advanced Criminalistics


• For international applicants for whom English is a second language, submit a score of 550 or higher on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
• A criminal history through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement may be required for specific internships or elective work/study assignments.
• Special immunizations and screenings may be required for elective field work.
• Submit a completed Criminal Forensic Studies Supplemental Application Form including
  
  • Three completed reference rating forms/letters of recommendation from persons qualified to judge the applicant's academic and professional potential.
  • A letter of Application/Statement of Career Goals, no more than two pages in length, which specifies the student's area of concentration:
    
    
    
    1.  Forensic Behavior Analyst, or
    2.  Death Investigator (Criminalistics or Human Identity and Trauma Analysis).
  
  The letter should also briefly discuss the influences that led you to the section of FGCU's M.S. in Criminal Forensic Studies program, career goals, relevant work and/or academic experience.