Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts Program in Criminology

Gain critical and interdisciplinary understanding of criminalization and punishment, in a program that places critical focus on systemic oppression including the historical and contemporary realities of Indigenous peoples’, over-criminalization.

The single-major Honours program requires 20.0 credits including the following 12.0 credits:

• 3.0 CRIM credits consisting of:
  • CRIM 1615H: Introduction to Criminology - only available online
  • CRIM 2616H: Monsters and Misfits: History of Criminological Theories - only available online
  • CRIM 2617H: Criminology Research Methods - only available online
  • CRIM 3617H: Criminological Data Analysis - only available online
  • CRIM 3650H: Doing Crime and Doing Time: Advanced Research Design - only available online
  • CRIM 3660H: Punishing and Policing Poverty - only available online
• 2.0 CRIM credits at the 4000 level
• 2.5 CRIM credits at the 3000 level or beyond in addition to the above
• 1.0 CRIM credit in addition to the above
• 0.5 FRSC credit consisting of
  • FRSC 1100H: Introduction to Canadian Justice - Must register in the web course
• 1.0 INDG credit consisting of
  • INDG 1001H: The Foundation for Reconciliation (ICR)
  • INDG 3201H: Indigenous Peoples in Urban Centres—City as Home
• 1.0 SOCI credits consisting of
  • SOCI 1001H: Introduction to Sociology I: Critical Foundations
  • SOCI 1002H: Introduction to Sociology II: Exploring Social Life
• 0.5 SOCI credit from either:
  • SOCI 2220H: Intersecting Social Inequalities
  • SOCI 2610H: Deviance and Social Control
• 0.5 WRIT credit consisting of
  • WRIT 1001H: Write in Time

In addition to the program requirements listed above, students must satisfy the University degree requirements. Please consult the academic timetable for information on course availability and scheduling.

The Minor in Criminology consists of the following 5.0 credits: 

• 3.0 CRIM credits consisting of:
  • CRIM 1615H: Introduction to Criminology - only available online
  • CRIM 2616H: Monsters and Misfits: History of Criminological Theories - only available online
  • CRIM 2617H: Criminology Research Methods - only available online
  • CRIM-INDG 3600H: Criminalizing the Colonized - only available online
  • CRIM 3650H: Doing Crime and Doing Time: Advanced Research Design - only available online
  • CRIM 3660H: Punishing and Policing Poverty - only available online
• 0.5 CRIM credit from:
  • CRIM 2618H: Responding to Violence - only available online
    or
  • CRIM  2619H: Families of Prisoners - only available online
• 1.5 CRIM credits at the 3000 level or beyond in addition to the above