Academic Calendar 2022/2023 - Field Placement

CRJS 4346  Field Placement

Prerequisites:

CRJS 2086 and CRJS 1087 Restricted to students in the fourth year of the Honours program.

Antirequisites:

SOCI 4346

Restrictions:

Restricted to students in the following streams: Criminology, Corrections, Policing, and Legal Studies and Administration.

Hours:

A total of 96 hours of placement.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course is designed to provide students with on-the-job experience in the field of criminal justice - corrections, policing, the courts and community organizations. Students will meet with the course supervisor to review the student's work and career objectives, and arrangements will be made to contact suitable job placement employers. Students will be required to prepare a resume and undergo an interview by the employer offering the job placement. The course supervisor will regularly monitor each student's progress through meetings with the student and the job placement employer. Evaluation of the grade in the course will be based on completion of a minimum of 96 hours of work placement; submission by the student of a detailed report on the job placement; and assessments by the job placement employer and the course supervisor. This is a mastery course which will be graded on a pass/fail basis.