Criminology, Applied (Bachelor of Arts, Honours)

Graduation Requirements For Students Completing By Summer 2023:

• Program GPA of 3.33 must be maintained from entrance to completion of program (or approval by the Chair/Coodinator of the program in special circumstances).
• In addition to the 60 credits of first and second year coursework, students must complete an additional 60 credits (120 total) of university transfer coursework.
• A minimum of 45 credits must be at the 3000-4000 level in Criminology (or designate courses).
• Time limit to complete program graduation requirements: ten (10) years

Graduation Requirements For Students Completing After Summer 2023:

• Program GPA of 3.33 must be maintained from entrance to completion of program (or approval by the Chair/Coodinator of the program in special circumstances).
• In addition to the 60 credits of first and second year coursework, students must complete an additional 60 credits (120 total) of university transfer coursework.
• A minimum of 45 credits must be at the 3000-4000 level in Criminology (or designate courses).
• A minimum of 40% (48 credits) of all credits must be completed at Douglas College.
• Time limit to complete program graduation requirements: ten (10) years

In upper level courses, five core Criminology courses are required:

CRIM 3310 (Advanced Theoretical Perspectives)
CRIM 3325 (Qualitative Research Methods) (or PSYC 3300 Applied Intermediate Research Methods and Data Analysis or PSYC 3301 Applied Organizational Research Methods)
CRIM 3340 (Problem Solving and Interventions in Criminal Justice)
CRIM 3355 (Indigenous Peoples: Crime and Administration of Justice)
CRIM 4420 (Media, Crime, and Law)

As well as a practicum or field experience course such as CRIM 3345 (Criminology Practicum).

A minimum of five upper level Criminology or designate courses (plus CRIM 3345) is required for the selected area of concentration. All courses listed in these tables are eligible to be counted within the concentration. Thus, students may opt to take other upper level electives, so long as they complete five of those identified along with a field experience (CRIM 3345 or equivalent).

Possible curriculum framework for third and fourth years with an associated concentration is as follows:

(Note: LL -> Lower level (1000 or 2000) course. UL -> Upper leve (3000 or 4000) course) 

Students taking the Legal Studies Concentration will also be required to take the following:

LGST 1100 (Legal Research and Reasoning)
LGST 1120 (Legal Process and Remedies)
LGST 2210 (Private Law)
LGST 2220 (Public Law)

SOSC 3399 (Directed Studies in Social Sciences) (3 credits) is also an elective option for all of the concentrations. 

Honours Program 

For a major in Applied Criminology with Honours, students will complete one (3 credit) seminar course (CRIM 4900) and two courses (CRIM 4910 and CRIM 4920) of supervised research. Applied Criminology Honours students will develop a brief proposal and secure a Criminology Faculty supervisor for their research and thesis prior to start of the degree.