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Full	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Ontario Tech Criminal Justice (Co-op) OUAC DLU ☆ Add to planRemove	Carleton Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Non-Honours (3 years) OUAC CA ☆ Add to planRemove	Trent (Durham) Arts and Business OUAC ROB ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70–73%“Low 70s”	75%	Not published“N/A”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4USBI4USCH4U	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.	Current Ontario secondary school students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six 4U or 4M courses, including English (ENG4U).	Programs: African Studies, Anthropology, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Art History, Biology ,* Childhood and Youth Studies, English, Environmental and Climate Change Studies, European and Russian Studies, Film Studies, French, Geography, Geomatics, Greek and Roman Studies, History, History and Theory of Architecture, Human Rights and Social Justice, Indigenous Studies, Law, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, and Women's and Gender Studies. You can also apply to the BA Undeclared for first year, or our new 15-credit online program in General Studies. +4 more on the program page	Minimum 70% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60% MHF4U, MCV4U or MCB4U recommended This program is only available as a joint-major at the Honours level.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—	200
What you study	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	Aboriginal StudiesAfrican StudiesAnthropologyClassical Studies	AgricultureAnthropologyArchaeologyBusiness Studies
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.	Criminal Justice is a program where you study how the legal system, crime, and law enforcement work together. The co-op requirement means you alternate between semesters of classroom learning and paid work terms in places like police services, courts, or community justice agencies, giving you real workplace experience alongside your studies. It suits people interested in understanding crime and the justice system who want hands-on experience before deciding on a specific career path in law, policing, or related fields.	A three-year Bachelor of Arts lets you choose from humanities and social science subjects like history, English, anthropology, geography, and environmental studies. Unlike an honours degree, you complete fewer credits overall and have more flexibility to explore different fields or combine subjects without specializing deeply in one. This suits students who want a broad liberal arts education or who are still deciding what to focus on.	You study arts subjects alongside business fundamentals in a joint-major degree. This combines the breadth of humanities and social sciences with business skills like finance, management, and organizational thinking, rather than letting you focus on just one. It suits people who want a flexible foundation for careers that blend analytical and communication skills across diverse fields.
The door tomajors you reach through it	criminology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	16 published, 9 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	Brock University on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo	Carleton University on OUInfo	Trent University — Durham GTA on OUInfo

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