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Overview Launch your criminal justice career with the Bachelor of Arts in Applied Criminology ‒ Honours. Whether your goal is to prevent crime in your community, provide legal services to new immigrants or refugees, become a lawyer, or police, parole or probation officer, university professor and more, you’ll get the academic knowledge and hands-on experience to make you a top contender both in the job market and for grad school.Completion of an Honours degree also demonstrates a high level of competency, as you must maintain a higher than average GPA throughout your final year in order to graduate with Honours. I want to find another Bachelor Course What can a Criminology degree do for you?Demand for graduates with a criminology degree is high – and that demand is even higher for grads with applied skills in areas such as crime prevention, risk assessment, demographic research, crisis intervention and conflict de-escalation.Get work experience – before you graduateWith the Applied Criminology (Honours) program from Douglas College, you’ll cultivate these applied skills and have opportunities to strengthen them through work placements with the Vancouver Police Department, private security companies and other agencies. You’ll graduate with 100 hours of work experience in the criminal justice field – giving you a leg up over the competition for jobs. SpecializationsIn the third and fourth years of the degree, you'll complete an applied specialization in one of the following areas:Community and Institutional Practice - launch a career in probation, parole or institutional correctionsCrime Analysis and Prevention- lay the groundwork for careers in security management, school-based gang and bullying prevention, community crime prevention and more.Legal Studies - qualify for positions with agencies overseeing government regulations or that provide legal services, advocacy, policy analysis and more.Graduate studies The Honours degree option is recommended for students who plan to attend graduate school. The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Criminology with Honours degree is recognized by Simon Fraser University for graduate school, and also by law schools at the University of British Columbia and University of Victoria.

The Applied Criminology (Honours) program from Douglas College allows you to do self-directed research in a criminological area. While an Honours degree is not always mandatory for graduate school, completing one demonstrates your ability to complete independent research, and may give you an edge when applying for graduate studies.

Disciplines

Criminology

Requirements

English Requirements

IELTSMin 6.5
TOEFLMin 83

Other Requirements

1Introduction to Criminal JusticeIntroduction to CriminologyIntroduction to the Canadian Legal SystemInterviewing and Professional BehaviourResearch MethodsCriminal Lawa minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 maintained from entrance to completion of program (or approval by the Chair/Coordinator of the program in special circumstances)a minimum of 90 credits completedcompletion of CRIM 3325 or PSYC 3300 or PSYC 3301 with a minimum of a C (60%)a completed application form, including agreement from a Criminology faculty member to supervise the honours thesis

Applied Criminology (Honours)