Students must hold a
bachelor's degree with at least a 2.75 average on a 4.00 scale and must
have completed at least 12 hours of undergraduate work in sociology or
criminal justice, including courses in theory, research methods, and
statistics. All students applying for admission to the graduate program
are required to take the Graduate Record Examination. Please visit the
Educational Testing Service web site for information about the GRE at www.ets.org.
Those who fail to meet one or more of the above requirements may be
admitted as provisional students by the graduate program committee,
which is composed of three faculty members from Old Dominion University
and three faculty members from Norfolk State University.
Old Dominion University is the institution of formal record for this
program.
International
Students
Graduate
international students on non-immigrant visas whose native language is
not English or who have not lived in the U.S. ten years, must provide
evidence of English language proficiency through one of the following:
-
Submission of a
TOEFL score of 540 or successful completion of Old Dominion
University's Graduate Bridge Program,
-
Possession of an
American Bachelor's or Master's degree equivalent from an accredited
institution located in a country where English is the native
language,
-
GRE verbal score
of 480.
For more information
contact the International Admissions
Office.
Deadlines
February 15 -
Students applying for funding (Graduate Assistantship) and Fall
admission
May 1 - Students applying for Fall admission
November 1 - Students applying for Spring admission
All students must submit all original application materials directly to
Old Dominion University's Graduate Admissions Office. Students
requesting funding (Graduate Assistantship) must submit the Application
for Graduate Financial Assistance to the Graduate Program Director.
