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Legal Studies Certificate Program

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

This certificate is primarily for individuals who are intersted in working within the justice system and students who wish to focus their criminology undergraduate studies on courses that relate to the law and legal studies.

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.

Grade Requirements

An overall 2.25 cumulative grade point average (CGP A) is required. A minimum of
C- is required in all courses.

Program Requirements

Students complete a total of six courses (18 units), including all of

  • CRIM 332-3 Sociology of Law
  • CRIM 335-3 Human Rights and Civil Liberties
  • CRIM 338-3 Philosophy of Law

and three courses chosen from

  • BUS 393-3 Commercial Law
  • BUEC 391-3 Law in the Economic Society
  • BUEC 427W-3 Industrial Organization: Law and Economics
  • CRIM 310-3 Young Offenders and Criminal Justice: Advanced Topics
  • CRIM 314-3 Mental Disorder, Criminality and the Law
  • CRIM 315-3 Restorative Justice
  • CRIM 317-3 Prostitution in Canada
  • CRIM 330-3 Criminal Procedure and Evidence
  • CRIM 331-3 Advanced Criminal Law
  • CRIM 334-3 Law and Human Reproduction
  • CRIM 336-3 Corporate Crime and Corporate Regulation
  • CRIM 416-3 Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • CRIM 417-3 Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • CRIM 418-3 Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice *
  • CRIM 429-3 Indigenous Peoples and International Law
  • FNST 429-3 Indigenous Peoples and International Law
  • CRIM 432-3 Gender in the Courts and the Legal Profession
  • CRIM 436-3 Corporate Crime and Corporate Regulation: Advanced Topics
  • CRIM 437-3 Crime and Misconduct in the Professions
  • CRIM 442-3 Restorative Justice Practice: Advanced Topics
  • ECON 388-3 Introduction to Law and Economics
  • EDUC 445-4 Legal Context of Teaching
  • EDUC 446-4 Law for the Classroom Teacher
  • EDUC 448-4 Teaching about Justice, Law and Citizenship
  • FNST/HIST 443-4 Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law
  • PHIL 320-3 Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 321-3 Topics in Moral Philosophy
  • POL 324-4 The Canadian Constitution
  • POL 344-4 International Law
  • POL 346-4 International Organization
  • POL 417-4 Human Rights Theories
  • POL 459-4 Selected Topics in Governance*
  • PSYC 376-3 Experimental Psychology and Law
  • PSYC 379-3 Clinical Forensic Psychology
  • PSYC 476-4 Selected Topics in Psycholegal Psychology I
  • PSYC 477-4 Selected Topics in Psycholegal Psychology II
  • PSYC 479-4 Selected Topics in Psycho legal Psychology III
  • WL 204-3 Human Rights Literature
  • WS 303-4 Special Topics in Women's Studies (when offered as Women and the Law)

*when offered as a legal studies topic

Additional relevant courses may be added to the list of optional courses as they become available.

Students are responsible for satisfying the prerequisites for all required courses.

Courses must be completed at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV unless permission of the undergraduate chair is granted upon admission to this program. See the school's academic advisor for further information.

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