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Full	Algoma Law and Justice (BA 4 year) OUAC JBE ☆ Add to planRemove	Ottawa Éthique et philosophie politique (4 ans) OUAC OAD ☆ Add to planRemove	TMU Undeclared Arts (First Year Studies Only) OUAC SUN ☆ Add to planRemove	Nipissing Bachelor of Arts OUAC PA ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	65%“65%+”	70%	70–75%“70-75%”	70%“Min. 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 5 other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses	ENG4U or FRA4U	English/Anglais (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred)	Computer Science or Mathematics majors: ENG4U/EAE4U MCV4U One 4U Math All other majors: +5 more on the program page
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	Interdisciplinary StudiesPhilosophyPolitics	English StudiesHistoryHuman GeographyInterdisciplinary Studies	Aboriginal StudiesComputer ScienceEnglish StudiesEnvironmental Studies
What it is	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.	You study how people and societies should organize themselves, and what makes choices right or wrong. Ethics and political philosophy blend thinking about moral principles with questions about power, justice, law, and governance. This program suits students who want to understand the foundations of politics and ethics through careful argument and debate rather than through policy work or management training.	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.	A Bachelor of Arts is a three-year undergraduate degree where you study humanities and social sciences rather than sciences or professional fields. You choose a major from subjects like English, history, philosophy, or geography, and take electives across the range offered. It suits students who want broad knowledge in how people, societies, and ideas work, without committing to a specific career path at the start.
The door tomajors you reach through it	criminology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	communicationseconomicsenglishgeographyhistorylanguagesphilosophypolitical science
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	22 published, 5 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	2 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 85%See them	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	Algoma University on OUInfo	University of Ottawa on OUInfo	Toronto Metropolitan University on OUInfo	Nipissing University on OUInfo

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