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Originally Posted by crazycoffey
If you read any of my other posts, you would have seen that I said the only reason to get a CJ four year degree is if you wanted to work in the lab, or get a masters or PHD in CJ to teach.
He clearly stated he was thinking about changing degees to be a cop. I am a cop too and I know more people that said they wish they would have gotten thier degree in something other than CJ, than those that had degrees wishing they would have studied criminal justice other than what they had studied.
I was responding more to the other poster (not a cop) saying to change his degree to CJ because it could open more doors for the thread poster's law enforcement career.
Sorry if I offended you, you are doing what you want and what I was explaining as the reason to to get a CJ degree. However with a four year degree in teaching history, he has something to fall back on. He didnt' mention anything about a desire to teach college level courses or even to pursue a Master's degree.
Even with a four year degree in history, switching his master pursuit to CJ to teach CJ to college kids makes more sense long term to me, than changing now just for his four year degree.
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I was just messin...but it is much harder to get a masters outside of your undergrad discipline if y ou don't have the basics first....very few exceptions to that rule.....CJ, Sociology with Criminalistics emphasis, and Poly Sci are about all you can do and still do good in a CJ Masters program....