Department of Social Work and Social Ecology
Admissions
Forensic Science Certificate
Admissions criteria
Admission to the program is governed by the policies and procedures established by the School of Behavioral Health. To be accepted into the program, applicants are required to have completed a graduate degree in the physical or biological sciences or to be concurrently enrolled in a graduate science program in biochemistry, microbiology, or biology at Loma Linda University. Applicants who are currently enrolled in another Loma Linda University program should consult with their program adviser when applying.
Application procedure
Potential applicants may receive general admissions information from the School of Behavioral Health office of admissions. Requests for specific information about the program should be directed to the Department of Social Work and Social Ecology's admissions coordinator. Application packets are free and include a letter of introduction, Virtual Tour of LLU DVD, program fact sheet, course advisement guide and general information. Click here for information on the Graduate Record Examination. Loma Linda’s GRE Institution Code is 4062.
School of Behavioral Health Admissions
(909) 558-1900 or 1-800-422-4558
admissions.sst@llu.eduDepartment of Social Work and Social Ecology
Admissions Coordinator
Judy Rynearson
jrynearson@llu.edu
(909) 379-7575
All applicants must submit their application online. Applicants can also monitor the status of their application online. In addition, the School of Behavioral Health office of admissions informs all applicants when their files are complete or if additional information is required. The department's admissions coordinator reviews all completed applicant files and contacts the candidates for an admissions interviews. (See application instructions.)
The department’s admissions committee forwards a recommendation of regular, provisional, deferred, or denied status to the dean of the School of Behavioral Health for confirmation. Reasons for designation are given to applicants who receive other than regular acceptance. All applicants are first notified by the dean's office of their admissions status. Accepted students must then acknowledge in writing their intentions to reserve their place in the program.
Regular status is given to applicants when all of the following conditions are met:
- their scholarship (GPA) meets the stated admissions requirements of the School of Behavioral Health
- they are deemed suitable for pursuit post baccalaureate education
- their admissions documentation is complete.
Provisional status is given to applicants:
- whose scholarship does not reach the level for regular standing but who shows strong promise for success
- is missing some of the prerequisite content
- whose admissions documentation has some missing items (e.g., some official transcripts may be missing) at the time of notification of acceptance.
Deferred decision is given to applicants:
- whose scholarship does not reach the standards established for provisional acceptance but for whom post baccalaureate work may be possible with additional evidence of academic preparation, and/or scholastic consistency
- who will not complete their undergraduate degree by the requested admission date
- who are substantially lacking adequate undergraduate prerequisite preparation
- whose admissions documentation is incomplete at the time of notification of the application review.
In these cases where an admissions decision has not been made and is deferred to a later time, the admissions committee of the department provides deferred applicants in writing with a list of the additional requirements that must be met before a decision can be reached.
Denied status is given when an applicant receives an admissions score below the minimum required for acceptance into the program as provisional or deferred status and/or the delineation of scholastic improvement options is considered to be substantial and suggest unreasonable hardship for the applicant.