Applicants must meet the standards for conditional admission to the Master of Science in Administration of Justice, including an earned Bachelor's degree and appropriate letters of recommendation. They must also achieve a qualifying score on the Southern Police Institute's admission examination and be recommended by the Chief Executive Officer of their supporting agency. Applications are reviewed for eligibility by the Southern Police Institute's faculty who are members of the University's Graduate Faculty and the Department of Justice Administration.

The curriculum of the Administrative Officers Course (AOC) of the Southern Police Institute may be taken only by students regularly enrolled in the Institute.