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Full	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Lakehead Criminology (Orillia) OUAC AH ☆ Add to planRemove	King's Social Sciences OUAC EKO ☆ Add to planRemove	Guelph Family Studies and Human Development (BASc) OUAC GFD ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70%	80%	74–80%“74 to 80%”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4UMCV4UMDM4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U Alternative Offers You will receive an offer of admission to only 1 program. Your highest listed choice is considered first when you indicate more than 1 Brock program on your application. If you are not eligible for your first choice, your subsequent choices will be considered in your indicated order of preference. In most cases: If you apply to only 1 Brock program but do not qualify, you will be considered for an alternative or related program. If you apply but are not admitted to a co-op program, you will automatically be considered for the regular, non-co-op program.	ENG4U Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements for your program of choice but do meet Lakehead University's general admission requirements, you will automatically be considered for an alternate program.	ENG4U MDM4U and/or MCV4U are required for certain degree programs If you would like to major or specialize in Economics or Finance, or Analytics and Decision Sciences, you must have MCV4U to be able to complete the first-year Math requirements. +7 more on the program page	ENG4U One 4U math course Four additional 4U/M courses Alternative Offers N/A
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Social Work, BSW	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	330	—
What you study	Law & Criminology	Forensic & Archaeological SciencesLaw & CriminologyPoliticsPsychology	EconomicsFinanceHistoryInterdisciplinary Studies	International DevelopmentSocial PolicySocial WorkSociology
What it is	Critical Criminology examines why crimes happen and how criminal justice systems work, focusing on how power, inequality, and social structures shape both crime and punishment. Unlike traditional criminology, which mainly studies criminal behaviour itself, this program questions whether laws and enforcement are fair and who benefits from the current system. It suits students interested in understanding crime as a social problem rather than just studying offenders.	You study how crime happens, how the criminal justice system works, and why people break laws. The program draws on forensics, psychology, sociology, and law to examine crime from multiple angles rather than focusing on just one discipline. It suits students interested in understanding criminal behaviour and the justice system who want a broad foundation before deciding whether to pursue police work, victim services, legal studies, or social policy.	A social sciences degree at King's combines the study of people, societies, and human behaviour through subjects like history, politics, economics, psychology, and sociology. You choose a major or specialization within one of these fields — for example, criminology, social work, or economics — and develop deep knowledge in that area while taking supporting courses across the social sciences. This program suits students curious about how societies work, why people act as they do, and what shapes institutions and policy.	You study human behaviour, relationships, and social systems from childhood through adulthood, drawing on sociology, psychology, and policy analysis. This program is broader than social work alone because it covers family dynamics, community development, and social change rather than focusing only on professional counselling or casework. It suits people interested in understanding how families and societies work and who want careers in social services, policy, research, or international development.
The door tomajors you reach through it	criminology	criminology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	8 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Brock University on OUInfo	Lakehead University on OUInfo	King's University College on OUInfo	University of Guelph on OUInfo

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