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Full	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Trent (Durham) Criminology OUAC RAP ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurier (Brantford) Criminology and Policing - Online OUAC UO ☆ Add to planRemove	York Law & Society (BA- Co-op available) OUAC YFT ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	73–77%“Mid 70s”	75%“75% minimum”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	73–77%“Mid-70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	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.	Minimum 70% calculated from best six 4U/M courses Required Courses: ENG4U with a minimum of 60%	English at 60%	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U 5 additional 4U/M courses Alternative Offers If you are inadmissible to the original degree program you have applied to, you may be +3 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	No	No	No	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	200	—	250
What you study	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	Law & 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.	Criminology is the study of why people commit crimes, how the criminal justice system responds, and what drives criminal behaviour. Unlike a law degree, you won't train to become a lawyer; instead, you'll examine crime through sociology, psychology, and policy perspectives. This program suits students interested in understanding crime and justice systems rather than practising law itself.	You study how crime happens, how the criminal justice system works, and policing practices in Canada. This online program lets you learn from home while exploring both the causes of crime and the practical side of law enforcement, rather than focusing only on theory or only on police operations. It suits people interested in criminal justice careers or further study who need flexibility to learn remotely.	This program teaches you how law works in society and how crime fits into legal systems, without requiring you to go to law school. Unlike a specialized criminology degree, it keeps law and criminal justice equally central throughout. It suits students interested in how courts, police, and rules actually function, or who want a foundation before deciding whether to pursue law professionally.
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	None published by average	5 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Brock University on OUInfo	Trent University — Durham GTA on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Brantford on OUInfo	York University on OUInfo

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