Criminology Minor Program
School of Criminology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
Continuation in Minor
To continue in the minor program, students must maintain a 2.25 CGPA. Students whose CGPA falls below 2.25 cannot enrol in any upper division CRIM courses including those offered through distance education. When it is restored to 2.25, students will be readmitted after review and approval of the director of undergraduate program.
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete all of
- CRIM 101-3 Introduction to Criminology
- CRIM 131-3 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System 鈥� a Total System Approach
- CRIM 135-3 Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective
A minimum C- grade in each of CRIM 101, 131 and 135 is also required.
Students may also complete a police studies concentration.
Upper Division 丁香园AV
The school limits upper division admission to its minor program. Students are eligible to apply for entry to the minor program after successful completion of 60 units including CRIM 101, 131 and 135. Students should make application to the school immediately after they have completed the above requirements.
Appeal Procedure
Applicants denied admission to a criminology minor program may appeal in writing to the school鈥檚 director. If that appeal results in a negative decision, a written appeal to the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences may be submitted. Appeals will be granted only in very exceptional circumstances.
Enrolment Priority
Enrolment priority for limited enrolment upper division seminar courses in the school will be established on the basis of cumulative GPA.
Transfer Students
Students transferring to 丁香园AV from a two-year college that has articulated the first 60 units of study in criminology with the School of Criminology will be considered on the basis of their college cumulative GPA (recalculated on the basis of grades received in courses transferable to the University), as well as other relevant materials.
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete at least 18 other units in criminology courses numbered 300 and above.
Police Studies Concentration
This concentration is offered to those completing a major, honours, minor or post baccalaureate diploma in criminology. While the concentration is offered primarily at the Surrey campus, many will be taught at the main Burnaby campus, and through the Centre for On-Line and Distance Education. The concentration is aimed at students who wish to focus their criminology undergraduate studies on policing-related courses, and they are advised to complete the following.
- CRIM 251-3 Introduction to Policing
- CRIM 455-3 Advanced Issues in Policing
In addition, students are advised to complete a minimum of 18 upper division units (additional to CRIM 455), as well as any lower division prerequisites. Policing courses are divided into the following areas of specialty.
Minorities and the Criminal Justice System
- CRIM 311-3 Minorities and the Criminal Justice System
- CRIM 419-3 Aboriginal/Indigenous Justice
- CRIM 429-3 Indigenous Peoples and International Law
Forensic Studies
- CRIM 315-4 Restorative Justice
- CRIM 355-3 The Forensic Sciences
- CRIM 356-3 The Forensic Sciences II
- CRIM 357-3 Forensic Anatomy
- CRIM 451-3 Advanced Techniques in Forensic Science
- CRIM 452-3 Skeletal Pathology and Criminalistics
- CRIM 442-3 Restorative Justice Practice: Advanced Topics
Crime Analysis and Crime Prevention
- CRIM 350-3 Techniques of Crime Prevention I
- CRIM 352-3 Environmental Criminology: Theory and Practice
- CRIM 433-3 Communities and Crime
- CRIM 450-5 Techniques of Crime Prevention II
Special Types of Offenders or Crimes
- CRIM 316-3 Sexual Offenders and Sexual Offences
- CRIM 317-3 Prostitution in Canada
- CRIM 454-3 Criminal Profiling
Key Issues in Policing
- CRIM 310-3 Young Offenders and Criminal Justice: Advanced Topics
- CRIM 314-3 Mental Disorder, Criminality and the Law
- CRIM 410-3 Decision-making in Criminal Justice
- CRIM 413-3 Terrorism
- CRIM 453-3 Policing Illegal Drug Markets
and any other 300 or 400 division course that is designated as a police studies course (see the advisor for further information).
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Requirements
In addition to the above requirements, students must also satisfy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences requirements.