Criminal Justice Studies

Criminal Justice

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements for Criminal Justice, including regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements. Please refer to the Degree Requirement for further information.

Program Requirements:

Students completing the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (Honours) must achieve a minimum average of 70% in the program.

Students completing the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (four-year) must achieve a minimum average of 60% in the program.

Students must complete 120 credits including 72 credits in the Criminal Justice program as follows:
CRJS 1087	Introduction to the Canadian Criminal Justice System
CRJS 1206	An Introduction to Canadian Law
SOCI 1016	Introduction to Sociology
PSYC 1106	Introduction to Psychology I
PSYC 1107	Introduction to Psychology II
SOCI 2126	Introduction to Sociological Research Methods
SOCI 2127	Quantitative Research Methods
CRJS 2086	Introduction to Criminological Theory
CRJS 3206	Canadian Criminal Law and Criminal Proceedings
CRJS 3086	Law and Society
CRJS 3087	Law and Society II

In addition to the required courses listed above, students in the Criminal Justice program must complete one of the following streams: Legal Studies and Administration; Corrections; Criminology; Criminal Justice Studies; or Policing.

 

 

Breadth Requirements:

Humanities		6 cr.
Science		6 cr.

Note:

** The block of 30 credits for the Corrections and Policing Streams are offered in collaboration with Canadore College and represent one academic year of study at the college.

It is recommended that students include ACAD 1601 in their first 30 Nipissing credits. ACAD 1601 will count towards three credits of the Humanities requirements.

Criminal Justice Studies Stream

Students must complete all of the following:		39 cr.
SOCI 2016	Classical Sociological Theory	3 cr.
SOCI 2017	Contemporary Sociological Theory	3 cr.
CRJS 2106	Psychology and Law	3 cr.
CRJS 4347	Applied Criminological Theory	3 cr.
Three credits of CRJS 4000 level		3 cr.
*24 credits from Criminal Justice Studies list of stream electives

Group Requirements:

* Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies stream electives
ADMN 2307	Commercial Law
CRJS 2216	Civil Law and Civil Procedure
CRJS 2306	Taking Criminological Theory to the Movies
CRJS 2316	Introduction to Organized Crime
CRJS 2926	An Introduction to Forensic Science
CRJS 3336	Women and the Criminal Justice System
CRJS 3406	Serial and Mass Murder I
CRJS 3407	Serial and Mass Murder II
CRJS 3416	Aboriginal Legal Studies
CRJS 3426	Terrorism
CRJS 3926	Special Topics in Criminal Justice I
CRJS 3927	Special Topics in Criminal Justice II
CRJS 3936	Youth in Conflict with the Law
CRJS 4006	Issues in Forensic Mental Health
CRJS 4016	Issues in Family Law
CRJS 4026	Criminal Organizations
CRJS 4105	Honours Thesis
CRJS 4305	Research Project in Criminal Justice
CRJS 4346	Field Placement
CRJS 4916	Policing and Society
CRJS 4917	Criminal Investigation
CRJS 4926	Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice I
CRJS 4927	Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice II
PSYC 2807	Introduction to Social Psychology
PSYC 3606	Psychopathology I
PSYC 3607	Psychopathology II
PSYC 3807	Applied Social Psychology
SOCI 3006	The Sociology of Collective Behaviour
SOCI 4016	Advanced Classical Sociological Theory
SOCI 4127	Applied Multivariate Statistics