Comprehensive Exam

Students enrolled in the Masters Program in the Graduate school of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University are required to pass a comprehensive examination that will measure a student's mastery of the areas of Criminology, Criminal Justice Process, Research Methods and Statistics. It is expected that students will complete the comprehensive examination in May after completion of the Spring semester. More information on the comprehensive examination will be made available to students during their first semester and detailed information is available in our policy section of the website.

For the Reading List associated with the Masters of Science Comprehensive Examination, please see Appendix A.

Additional information on the Comprehensive Examination may be found here.