Police Studies Minor Program
School of Criminology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
間眅埶AVCalendar 2012 Spring
間眅埶AV Requirements
Applicants must
- be admitted to 間眅埶AV, or are in the process of being admitted
- possess a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.25 or better (students admitted from another institution may use their admission CGPA for declaration purposes)
- have an declared major, or approval in a program that does not require a major such as the bachelor of general studies program
- have completed (and received grades for) at least 60 units, which includes the completion of both CRIM 101 and 251 with a grade of C- or better, or transfer credit at the 100 and 200 division that is equivalent to these courses
Prerequisites
Students are responsible for satisfying the prerequisites for all required and elective courses. The school does not routinely waive the completion of prerequisite courses.
Program Requirements
Students cannot obtain credit for both the post baccalaureate diploma in police studies and this minor program.
Students complete a total of 18 units, chosen from the following list, or from any other 300 or 400 division course that is designated as a police studies course from either the School of Criminology (e.g. Special Topics courses), or from another department such as First Nations Studies Program, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Computing Science, Department of Psychology, etc.). See the School of Criminology's academic advisor for further information.
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 355-3 The Forensic Sciences
- CRIM 356-3 The Forensic Sciences II
- CRIM 357-3 Forensic Anatom
- CRIM 451-3 Advanced Techniques in Forensic Science
- CRIM 452-3 Skeletal Pathology and Criminalistics
Restorative Justice
- CRIM 315-3 Restorative Justice
- CRIM 442-3 Restorative Justice Practice: Advanced Topics
Cybercrime
- CRIM 380-3 Introduction to Cybercrime
- CRIM 480-3 Computer Forensics and Cybercrime
- CRI 481-3 Advanced Issues in Cybercrime
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
- CRIM 457-4 Crime and Criminal Intelligence Analysis
- CRIM 465-3 Crime, Economics, and the Economy
Special Types of Offenders or Crimes
- CRIM 310-3 Young Offenders and Criminal Justice: Advanced Topics
- CRIM 316-3 Sexual Offenders and Sexual Offences
- CRIM 317-3 Prostitution in Canada
- CRIM 413-3 Terrorism
- CRIM 454-3 Criminal Profiling
- CRIM 459-3 Organized Crime
Key Issues in Policing
- CRIM 314-3 Mental Disorder, Criminality and the Law
- CRIM 351-3 Police Accountability and Ethics
- CRIM 410-3 Decision-making in Criminal Justice
- CRIM 453-3 Policing Illegal Drug Markets
- CRIM 455-3 Advanced Issues in Policing
- CRIM 456-3 Investigative Psychology in Policing
- CRIM 458-3 Community Policing*
*cannot be used for credit in both the police studies minor and the criminology major program
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Requirements
In addition to the above requirements, students must also satisfy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences requirements.