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Full	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Ottawa Criminologie (4 ans) OUAC OFI ☆ Add to planRemove	Ontario Tech Criminal Justice (Co-op) OUAC DLU ☆ Add to planRemove	Nipissing Concurrent Bachelor of Arts Criminal Justice/Bachelor of Education Primary/Junior OUAC PED ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70%	70–73%“Low 70s”	70%
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U
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 or FRA4U	Current Ontario secondary school students must complete the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with six 4U or 4M courses, including English (ENG4U).	ENG4U/EAE4U (minimum 70%) Minimum 60% in 3U, 3M or 4U Math
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	Available	No
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	182	—	—
What you study	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	Education StudiesLaw & Criminology
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.	Criminologie is a four-year degree in which you study crime, criminal behaviour, and the justice system — how crimes happen, why people commit them, and how society responds. Unlike a law degree, it focuses on the social science side of criminal justice rather than training you to be a lawyer. It suits people interested in understanding crime from psychological, sociological, and policy angles, whether they're considering careers in policing, corrections, victim services, or criminal justice research.	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.	This program lets you study criminal justice and education at the same time, earning two degrees in five years instead of six. You'll learn about law, crime, and the justice system while also training to teach grades 1 through 6. It suits people who want to work as a teacher but have a strong interest in how the criminal justice system works, or who see themselves teaching in alternative schools or programs focused on at-risk youth.
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	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	3 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Brock University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Ontario Tech University on OUInfo	Nipissing University on OUInfo

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