Beyond choosing to study Criminology, you’ve got the option to customize how you study. If you’re weighing two subjects of interest but can’t make a decision, you’re able to declare a major, which would be your primary area of study, as well as a minor, or secondary subject. Or give them equal billing and go for a double major. The only difference is that you will have fewer electives with the majority of your non-Criminology credits concentrated in a second subject area. In the case of a double major, you will have 48 Criminology credits and between 42 and 48 credits in your second major. For a major/minor, you will have 48 Criminology credits and 30 credits in your minor. Whatever path you envision, you’ll have choices to accommodate you along the way.
Not sure which courses you need to enrol in to complete the requirements for your degree? The checklists below are intended as guides to help you select which courses you need to take.
NOTE:
Choose the checklist for the year you began your study. These checklists do not provide official confirmation of your eligibility to graduate. To find out which courses you have already completed toward your degree, use the Degree Progress Report. For more help, contact your academic advisor.
Honours Bachelor's (BA)
Students in the Criminology Honours (Single Major) program have one major subject in which they must complete 54 credits. To continue in an Honours program, students must maintain a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 5.0. Students whose Cumulative Grade Point Average falls below 5.0 during the course of their studies may proceed in an Honours program, on warning, provided they meet the year level progression requirements: Grade Point Average; Fewer than 24 credits 4.00; 24 to 53 credits 4.25; 54 to 83 credits 4.80. Students who do not meet the conditions outlined above may continue their studies only in a BA degree program.
Checklists:
- 2023-2024 Checklist (PDF)
- 2021-2022 Checklist (PDF)
- 2020-2021 Checklist (PDF)
- 2019-2020 Checklist (PDF)
- 2018-2019 Checklist (PDF)
- 2017-2018 Checklist (PDF)
- 2016-2017 Checklist (PDF)
- 2015-2016 Checklist (PDF)
Honours Double Major BA
Criminology may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with approved major degree programs in the Faculty of Health, or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other faculties. Courses taken to meet the criminology requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the other Honours bachelor's degree program.
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Honours Major/Minor BA
Criminology may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, or with approved minor degree programs in the Faculty of Health, or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other faculties. Courses taken to meet the criminology requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the Honours Minor bachelor's degree program.
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Continuing in the Criminology Program
In order to progress from the first to the second year of the Criminology program, students must achieve a minimum grade of B in CRIM 1650 6.0 "Introduction to Criminology." In order to remain a Criminology major through the four years of the program, students must also maintain a Cumulative Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 (C+). Students whose Cumulative GPA falls below a 5.0 during the course of their studies may proceed in Criminology, on warning, provided they meet the year level progression requirements.
Students who do not satisfy the grade and average requirements noted above will be removed from the Criminology program and must then select another degree. Common alternatives for former CRIM students include: Interdisciplinary Social Science; Sociology; Psychology; Law and Society; and Political Science.
Students who receive a C+ in CRIM 1650 may be given the opportunity to re-take the course. They must submit this request to the Criminology program coordinator. If they pass the course the second time around with the required B, they will be returned to the Criminology program.
For students who obtain the required B in 1650 but have a GPA below a 5.0 (or the cutoff required to qualify for honours progression), they may be re-admitted to the Criminology program if they are able to raise their GPA to a 5.0 or above by end of the following academic year (May 15). Applications to return to the Criminology program must be submitted in writing to the program coordinator. Students who fall into this category are not required to apply through the normal transfer process.