The Criminal Justice program focuses on the study of social, cultural and governmental responses to crime. This includes a study of law making and lawbreaking and transgression, use of state power, including different dimensions of the police, courts, and corrections. The program explores issues of social justice, surveillance, law, socio-legal connections, offending, victims, and policy and practices found in institutions of justice.
Criminal Justice is an interdisciplinary social science degree that provides students with a strong grounding in critical thinking, writing, and research skills. Students who major in Criminal Justice examine conceptual and practical applications of justice, historical and contemporary explanations and responses to law making and enforcement, and current literature in interdisciplinary criminal justice research (including history, cultural studies, psychology, Indigenous studies etc). Students are challenged to think about what justice means and how justice is best achieved, the key issues confronting the criminal justice system, the (im)possibility of reform and arguments forabolition, and the ethical dilemmas facing the criminal justice system. The program requires thecompletion of core courses (including the three “sample courses” described below). In addition, students may take courses in Anthropology, History, Indigenous Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Women’s and Gender Studies. This program offers three Bachelor of Arts degree programs (3-year, 4-year, or Honours). Students taking a degree in another Major may choose to add a Minor in Criminal Justice as a secondary area of interest.
Total Tuition Fees: $80,322
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