Would I be able to enroll in an MBA or Master in Criminal Justice even if my bachelor

Hi folks, I need your help one more time. I have a bachelor degree from Mountain State University (RA). Would I be able to enter a master degree program in a field other than aviation with a BS in Aviation Leadership and management? Would I be able to enroll in an MBA or Master in Criminal Justice even if my bachelor is in aviation? Assuming a positive answer, what would be the fastest program available? (National or Regional accreditation)

 

An MBA is usually a first degree in business.

My Bachelor of Commerce had 2 to 3 times the depth of many MBAs.

 

Yes.

Once again, yes. Keep in mind, however, that you might be required to take a number of bridge courses.

It is hard to give a definitive answer without more information concerning the courses you have already taken, and further researching the matter. Each school will have different requirement for prerequisite courses, and you may or may not have already taken them.

For example, University of Florida has what they call a one-year Internet MBA program, which actually takes 16 months to complete (it also requires that you meet on campus for one weekend at the end of each term), but enrollment is limited to those with an undergraduate degree in business. They also offer a two-year Internet MBA program (which actually takes 27 months to complete) for those without a business undergraduate degree.

California State University, Dominguez Hills also offers an online MBA; it can be completed in 15 months. However, since your degree is not business administration, they require that you take nine bridge courses: Financial Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Management, Information Systems, Business Law, Operations Research, and Business Statistics. The courses can be taken at an accredited institution prior to commencing your graduate studies (they might even accept CLEP or DANTES, but you’ll have to ask them).

These are but two examples; however, as you can see, how quickly you will be able to complete a program depends (among a myriad of other factors) on the requirements of each institution and how many of those requirements you have already fulfilled.

 

To give another example, Indiana University's MBA program requires proficiency in Statistics and Accounting in order to get into their MBA program. If you have both courses on your undergrad transcript, that's probably good enough for them. If you don't have those course, or if the admissions board isn't satisfied with the level of the Statistics or Accounting courses that you do have, they'll give you a proficiency test, and you'll be required to take a primer course if you don't pass that test. Primer courses are self-paced non-credit courses for $150 each that can be taken even if you do have satisfactory courses on your transcript. I've seen this type of requirement for Statistics and Account (and sometimes Economics) for quite a few different MBA programs, and they usually can be satisfied by some sort of bridge courses if you're lacking them on your transcript.

 

For a Master's in Criminal Justice, almost every program that I've seen requires just a legitimately accredited Bachelor's degree. The degree could be in Criminal Justice or in Ancient Babylonian Astrology.

Some CJ programs I've seen require additional courses for someone with a non-social science undergrad degree. In other words, you may have to do 36 credits instead of 30 credits. Not a big deal.

Here is a fairly comprehensive list of DL programs in CJ or closely related fields at US RA schools;

Boston University

Central Missouri State University

Concordia University-Saint Paul

East Carolina University

Florida State University

Fort Hays State University

Indiana State University

Michigan State University

Mountain State University

New Mexico State University

Norwich University

Nova Southeastern University

Sam Houston State University

Tiffin University

Troy State University

University of Alaska-Fairbanks

University of California-Riverside

University of Cincinnati

University of Louisville

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

University of Wisconsin-Platteville