1. What programs do you offer?
Charleston Southern University offers 3 degree programs:
-Master
of Science in Criminal Justice
-Master of Business Administration with four different emphasis
areas
-Master of Education with many different areas of study including
administration
2. Where can I go to see more detailed information regarding
the program I am interested in?
For more information you may refer to our graduate
catalog or our website.
The catalog is divided up into sections based
upon general information, and each department and degree.
Please Click
Here to review our graduate catalog. You may also click
the links below to review our website.
MBA: More info on our
MBA program, click here
MED: More info on our MED program, click here
MSCJ: More info on our MSCJ program, click here
3. How do I get started?
First, you need to go to CSU's Online
Application and apply
for our graduate program of your interest. Then you will
send the needed documents for your acceptance. The needed
documents
are listed under your program in the graduate catalog. Click
here to go to our catalog.
4. Does CSU offer online, distance learning graduate degrees?
Yes, yes and yes! We offer many different delivery methods
here at CSU. We understand most of our graduate students
are working full time during the day and attending school in
the
evening. We offer our MBA degree entirely online. We also
offer MBA classes that are mixed and entirely on campus. There
is
no need to choose one delivery method; you can take classes
any method or all methods.
* Currently our MSCJ and MED degrees
are offered on campus only BUT look for a few of the courses
to be offered online.
5. Are your programs accredited?
All of our programs at Charleston Southern University are
fully accredited through SACS. For more information: For
more information on SACS, click here.
Additional Accreditations:
Graduate
Education program has NCATE accreditation for each program.
Graduate Business program
has IACBE Accreditation.
6. What are your tuition rates?
Our tuition rates can be found in our graduate catalog. Follow
this link and view page 16 of our graduate catalog ... Tuition
Rates
7. When are classes offered and when can I start?
Our graduate level classes for the MBA and MSCJ program are
offered in the evening beginning at 6:00pm. Our education graduate
students begin classes at 5:00pm. The courses only meet one
night a week during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Graduate students may begin the graduate programs during any
semester. Our semesters include Fall, Spring, Maymester, Extended
Maymester, Summer I and Summer II terms.
8. What is required to be a full time or part time graduate
student at CSU?
In order to maintain full time enrollment status you will
need to be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours (typically 2
courses). Part time status is simply a student enrolled in
less than 6 hours. Most of our graduate students are enrolled
in 6 credit hours per major semester.
9. What is the application deadline?
CSU does not have an application deadline. You may apply up
to the drop/add date of the term you wish to enter. Please
keep in mind this is not recommended since classes fill quickly.
* International students must apply by a specific deadline,
see your application packet.
10. Do I need a graduate exam to get accepted?
MBA applicants: If your cumulative undergraduate gpa was a
2.5 or greater, then you
are exempt from taking a graduate exam. If you have less than
a 2.5 you will need to take the GMAT exam.
MED applicants: You must be a certified teacher to be accepted
to this program. In order to receive certification you were
required to have passed the PRAXIS II; therefore we do not
require any other exams be taken for admission.
MSCJ applicants: You are required to take the MAT or GRE for
acceptance. Please allow ample time for the test scores to
be mailed to us for acceptance. For acceptance we will factor
your GPA in with your test score and then determine if it meets
our criteria.
You may view our formula for acceptance on page 62 of our
graduate catalog.
Click here for the graduate catalog
MAT information homepage
GRE information homepage
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