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Master of Legal and Forensic Psychology

Master'sMLFPDedicated degreeOnline

Overview

A two-year, 52-credit professional master's that is online except for one mandatory five-day in-residence course on the UC Irvine campus; the program states it is not a clinical forensic psychology program and is not a licensure program.

Official program name
Master of Legal and Forensic Psychology
Awarded degree
Master of Legal and Forensic Psychology · major: Legal and Forensic Psychology
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Degree level
Master's
Subject focus
Dedicated degreeThe degree itself is in criminal justice, criminology, forensic science or a closely related justice subject.
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Forensic type
Forensic psychologyPsychology applied to legal and justice settings. Academic study does not by itself confer eligibility to practice as a psychologist.
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
School
Location
Irvine, CAFor the online option this is where the school is located — not a residency requirement, and not a guarantee that you may enroll from your state.
Subjects
Forensic Psychology — core of the degree (“Legal and Forensic Psychology”)
Required credits
52 credits of graduate courses
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Duration
two-year professional degree program
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Why this program is listed

Dedicated master's in legal and forensic psychology offered with the Department of Criminology, Law and Society.

Degree title and curriculum focus on psychology applied to legal settings.

Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026

We list associate, bachelor's, master's and research-doctorate programs in criminal justice, criminology, forensic science and related subjects at institutionally accredited US schools — degrees in the subject and formal concentrations, never certificates or one-elective degrees. Eligibility rules

Format and attendance

Formats, online delivery, campus visits, internships and class schedule are shown separately, each only as the school states it.
Formats offered
Online
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Online delivery
Online with required campus visitsCoursework is online, with required visits, residencies or immersions on campus or at another set location.Coursework is online, with required visits, residencies or immersions on campus or at another set location.
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Campus visits (online option)
Campus visits required
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Class schedule (online option)
Asynchronous
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Internship
Internship requirement: not verified
Study intensity
Not verified

Attendance requirements as published

Curriculum

Capstone

Careers and licensure

An academic degree and an occupational licence are different things.
  • Career and licensure statements. The program states it does not have a formalized licensure program and is not a clinical forensic psychology program; completion provides no certifications.Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026

A degree does not guarantee police academy admission, sworn officer certification, federal employment, a security clearance, a position with a named agency, a forensic laboratory job or eligibility to practice as a psychologist. Those have separate training, scientific prerequisites, examinations or hiring requirements set by the agency, state or licensing board. Academic degrees vs police academy training

Admissions

Required, optional, waived and not-required items are shown exactly as the school states them. Anything not listed is not verified — not “not required”.
Minimum GPA
RequiredMinimum 3 — Minimum overall GPA of 3.0 in undergraduate academic course work.
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026
Recommendation letters
Required2 letters — Two confidential letters of recommendation.
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Tests

GRE General Test
Not required
Source: mlfp.soceco.uci.edu · verified October 24, 2026

We do not publish acceptance rates or estimate admission chances.

Start dates and deadlines

Dates are shown with the term the school printed. A past date is marked passed and is never carried into a new cycle.

Tuition and fees

Each amount keeps its student category, academic year and basis. Per-credit, per-term and whole-program figures are not comparable with each other, and tuition is not the full cost of attendance.

Tuition for this program: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Scholarships and funding

Awards published by the school for this program or for its level. Loans must be repaid and are not scholarships; service scholarships require government service after graduation. Graduate funding guide

Program-specific scholarships: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Accreditation

Two different things: the school's institutional accreditation, and FEPAC accreditation of this exact forensic science program.

Institutional accreditation

  • WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) — accreditedSource: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

FEPAC program accreditation

This program does not appear in FEPAC's accredited-program list. FEPAC accredits forensic science programs only and is optional; its absence is not a sign that a program is illegitimate, and the school's other programs or institutional accreditation do not imply it.

State authorization (online students)

International applicants

Not verified for the online option.

Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages and directories below. Last verified October 24, 2026.
  1. mlfp.soceco.uci.edu/pages/application-process — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  2. mlfp.soceco.uci.edu/pages/curriculum — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  3. mlfp.soceco.uci.edu/pages/faqs — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  4. mlfp.soceco.uci.edu/pages/overview — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
  5. DAPIP — WSCUC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026

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