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Criminology

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Offered at Langley, Richmond and Surrey

Intake: Full-time and Part-time: Semester start.

Description

Criminology is an academic discipline that offers students a number of options: university transfer to the School of Criminology at SFU, to the University of Ottawa, educational preparation for those who intend to major in law, social work, psychology, sociology or philosophy academic education for specific areas in law enforcement, corrections, crime prevention and justice administration.

Career Opportunities

The diploma is a two-year, four-semester program. Graduates from this program continue their education in fields such as law, social work, social and behavioural sciences, and are employed in nearly every aspect of the justice system. The certificate is a one-year, two-semester program. Students who are employed in a criminal justice field select this program in order to explore opportunities for career advancement.

Criminology Diploma

Description

The diploma revolves around a central core of method and theory that provides a foundation for more advanced study of crime and social responses. Electives reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of criminology. The required courses and electives afford students of criminology an opportunity to develop abstract logical thinking and critical understanding of the issues, arguments and debates that shape the discipline's character and aims.

Content

Typical course sequencing

Semester 1

CRIM 1100 Intro. to Criminology
CRIM 1101 Intro. to the Criminal Justice System
CRIM 1107 Canadian Legal Systems
PSYC 1100 Intro. to Psychology: Basic Processes
SOCI 1125 Intro. to Society: Processes and Structures

Semester 2

CRIM 1208 Methods of Research in Criminology
PSYC 1200 Intro. to Psychology: Areas & Applications
CRIM 1207 Intro. to Criminal Law
One of the following courses:
PHIL 1100 Intro. to Philosophy
PHIL 1110 Confronting Moral Issues: Ethics
PHIL 1145 Critical Thinking
PHIL 1150 Basic Logic

and

One of the following courses:
ANTH 1100 Social and Cultural Anthropology
CRIM 1204 An Introd. to Judicial Process
CRIM 1211 Introd. to Policing
CRIM 1214 Introd. to Corrections: Theory and Practice
ECON 1100 Introd. to Economics
ECON 1101 Canadian Economic Issues
ENGL 1110 Writing and Literature: An Introduction
HIST 1113 Canada to 1867
HIST 1114 Canada 1867-1982: Development & Compromise
HIST 1121 Europe Since 1939: From Destruction to Rejuvenation
HUMN 1100 Analytical Approaches to Western Humanism
POLI 1120 Canadian Government and Politics
POLI 1125 Introduction to Political Science

Semester 3

CRIM 2330 Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
CRIM 2331 Sociological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour
PSYC 2300 Experimental Psychology: Statistics
Two of the following courses:
ANTH 1125 Forensic Anthropology
ANTH 1220 First Nations Peoples and Cultures of BC
CRIM 1202 Procedure and Evidence
CRIM 1213 Women and Crime
CRIM 1251 Philosophy of Law
CRIM 2311 Police Administration and Management
CPSC 1100 Intro. to Computer Literacy
CPSC 1103 Intro. to Programming Languages I
HIST 2305 History of British Columbia
PSYC 2315 Brain and Behaviour
PSYC 2320 Developmental Psychology: Childhood
PSYC 2321 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
Any English Literature course
Any university studies course in French
Any 1200-level sociology course
Any three-credit university studies course in the sciences

Semester 4

CRIM 2341 The Administration of Criminal Justice in Canada

Four courses from the following list:

ANTH 1260 Native Peoples and Cultures of Canada
ANTH 1211 Intro. to Physical Anthropology
CRIM 1203 Community Policing
CRIM 1249 Young Offenders and Justice
CRIM 2304 Current Issues in Correctional Practice
CRIM 2355 Police Deviance and Accountability
HIST 1119 Threshold of the Present: Europe 1789-1914
HIST 2312 Quebec in Canada
POLI 1110 Ideology and Politics
PSYC 2330 Social Psychology
PSYC 2350 Psychopathology
PSYC 2370 Psychology of Personality
PSYC 2400 Experimental Psychology: Research Methodology
Any 2300-level Sociology course

Transfer

Students planning to enter the third year of the BA in Criminology at SFU should include the following courses when selecting electives:

• · At least one of CRIM 1211, 1214, 1249
• · At least one of CPSC 1100, CPSC 1103, ECON 1101, HIST 1113, HIST 1114, POLI 1120

All Criminology students planning to transfer to SFU must have one of the following Philosophy courses or they will not be accepted:

PHIL 1100 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 1110 Confronting Moral Issues: Ethics
PHIL 1145 Critical Thinking
PHIL 1150 Basic Logic

Substitutions will not be permitted.

Certificate in Criminology

Career Opportunities

Graduates from our program, while not assured of careers within the justice system, are currently employed in nearly every aspect of that system and many are currently continuing their education not only in Criminology, but in fields such as law, social work, social and behavioural sciences, arts and sciences.

Content

The first semester of the certificate program is identical to that in the diploma. Students have the option of entering the diploma program in the second semester without having to make up additional course work. Those who elect to complete the certificate may select from a number of electives in the second semester. All of the courses transfer to SFU and, with one exception, to UBC.

Full-time students will normally take 15 credits in each semester, thus completing certificate requirements in two semesters, diploma requirements in four. Part-time students and those from related disciplines are welcomed in Criminology courses. Note, however, that students intending to transfer to UBC programs are advised to consider that institution's requirements before registering as a Criminology student at Kwantlen.

Typical course sequencing

Semester 1

CRIM 1100 Introduction to Criminology
CRIM 1101 Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
CRIM 1107 Canadian Legal Systems
PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes
SOCI 1125 Introduction to Society: Processes and Structures

Semester 2

Students must select three (3) courses from Group A and two (2) courses from Group B:

Group A

CRIM 1202 Procedure and Evidence
CRIM 1203 Community Policing
CRIM 1207 Introduction to Criminal Law
CRIM 1208 Methods of Research in Criminology
CRIM 1211 Introduction to Policing
CRIM 1213 Women and Crime
CRIM 1214 Introduction to Corrections: Theory and Practice
CRIM 1249 Young Offenders and Justice
CRIM 1251 Philosophy of Law

Group B

Select any two three-credit courses in disciplines other than Criminology.