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Full	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurentian Équité, diversité et droits de la personne OUAC LDD ☆ Add to planRemove	TMU Undeclared Arts (First Year Studies Only) OUAC SUN ☆ Add to planRemove	Lakehead Criminology (Orillia) OUAC AH ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70%	70–75%“70-75%”	70%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	FIF4UFRA4U	ENG4U	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.	1 Français (FRA 4U, FIF 4U) 5 autres cours 4U/M 70 % de vos 6 meilleurs cours Alternative Offers B.A. Études interdisciplinaires	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	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.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	70	—
What you study	Law & Criminology	Law & CriminologySocial Policy	English StudiesHistoryHuman GeographyInterdisciplinary Studies	Forensic & Archaeological SciencesLaw & CriminologyPoliticsPsychology
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 law, social systems, and human rights work together to address inequality and protect people's freedoms. This program blends criminology, policy, and legal thinking rather than focusing on law or criminology alone. It suits students interested in social justice work, advocacy, or understanding how institutions can create fairer outcomes.	You enter this program without committing to a specific major, taking first-year courses across subjects like English, history, psychology, philosophy, and sociology. This gives you time to explore different areas of arts study before declaring a focus at the end of year one, rather than applying directly to a named program. It suits students who are interested in humanities and social sciences but unsure which direction fits them best.	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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	criminology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	criminology
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	6 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	Brock University on OUInfo	Laurentian University on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	Lakehead University on OUInfo

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