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	Guelph Criminal Justice and Public Policy (BA) Honours (co-op option) OUAC GCJ Remove	Algoma Law and Justice (BA 4 year) OUAC JBE Remove	Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	80–86%“80 to 86%”	65%“65%+”	73–77%“Mid 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U 5 additional 4U/M courses Alternative Offers If you are not admitted to BA, Criminal Justice and Public Policy, you will be automatically considered for Bachelor of Arts, Justice and Legal Studies.	ENG4U 5 other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses	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.
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—
What you study	Law & Criminology Politics Social Policy	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology
What it is	You study the causes of crime, how the criminal justice system works, and the policies governments use to address crime and social issues. This honours program includes a mandatory co-op placement, so you alternate between classroom learning and paid work terms in law enforcement, courts, policy offices, or related organizations. It suits people interested in understanding crime prevention and criminal law from a policy angle, especially those who want practical workplace experience alongside their degree.	This four-year degree teaches you law and criminology through a liberal arts lens rather than training you to become a lawyer. You study legal systems, criminal justice, court processes, and social issues connected to crime and punishment, but you do not complete the professional courses required for law school or law practice. It suits people interested in how laws work and why crime happens, who want a broad university education rather than a narrow pathway to a specific legal profession.	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.
The door tomajors you reach through it	criminology	criminology	criminology
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	12 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	University of Guelph on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo

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