¶¡ÏãÔ°AV

School of Criminology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calendar 2012 Fall

This certificate is primarily directed toward undergraduates and criminal justice professionals, but is open to all. Those who hold a bachelor’s degree (in any field of study) should refer to the post baccalaureate diploma in criminology.

This certificate is not designed to satisfy specific employment credentials. Rather, the general certificate provides a basic theoretical and descriptive criminology foundation.

Certificate program courses are offered through the Centre for Distance Education to assist students to understand the complexities of illegal behaviors, as well as society’s reactions.

Units applied toward a certificate may not be applied toward any other ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV certificate or diploma, but may be applied toward major program or minor program requirements, or toward a bachelor’s degree under the normal regulations governing those programs.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Requirements

Applicants must meet undergraduate admission deadlines as shown in this Calendar. Application forms and official documents must be submitted to Student Services. In addition to applying for University admission, students apply in writing to the school’s advisor for certificate program admission.

Advanced Certificate

Program Requirements

• completion of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s general criminology certificate (see below), or two years (equivalent to 60 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV units) of accredited course work at a university or community college, or completion of a criminology certificate or diploma from a BC regional college prior to entering the advanced certificate program

• successful completion of 18 units from criminology courses numbered 300/400.

• the majority of courses must be completed through distance education (consult the Centre for Distance Education for a list of criminology distance education courses)
• completion of the certificate within five years of admission to the program

Program Requirements for the General Certificate

• successful completion of 60 units, including the required courses as listed below
• a minimum grade of C- in each of the courses required for the certificate
• the majority of criminology courses must be completed through the Centre for Distance Education
• completion of the certificate within five years of admission to the program

Required Courses

• CRIM 101-3 Introduction to Criminology*
• CRIM 103-3 Psychological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior
• CRIM 104-3 Sociological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior

and all of

• CRIM 131-3 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System – A Total System Approach*
• CRIM 135-3 Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective*
• CRIM 220-3 Research Methods in Criminology
• CRIM 230-3 Criminal Law
• PHIL 110-3 Introduction to Logic and Reasoning
• POL 151-3 The Administration of Justice
• PSYC 100-3 Introduction to Psychology I
• PSYC 102-3 Introduction to Psychology II
• SA 150-4 Introduction to Sociology
• STAT 101-3 Introduction to Statistics

The remaining units must be selected from specific groups of optional courses as follows.

• one course must be chosen from group A
• two courses must be chosen from group B
• the balance may be satisfied with courses chosen from groups A, B or C

*with a grade of at least C-

Optional Courses

Group A

Students may choose from any of the remaining 100 and 200 division distance education courses, such as

• CRIM 213-3 Introduction to Women and Criminal Justice
• CRIM 241-3 Introduction to Corrections
• CRIM 251-3 Introduction to Policing

Group B

Any 100 and 200 division distance education courses from the group B disciplines may be chosen, such as

• archaeology (ARCH)
• business administration (BUS)
• Canadian studies (CNS)
• communication (CMNS)
• computing science (CMPT)
• economics (ECON and BUEC)
• education (EDUC)
• English (ENGL)
• geography (GEOG)
• history (HIST)
• mathematics (MATH
• philosophy (PHIL)
• political science (POL)
• psychology (PSYC)
• sociology and anthropology (SA)
• statistics (STAT)
• women’s studies (WS)

Group C

Any lower division courses offered at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV or which transfer from another post-secondary institution (including the Open Learning Agency) to the equivalent of 100-200 division ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV courses.

Note: Students enrolled at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV must obtain prior permission of Student Services by completing the letter of permission form.

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