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Full	York Criminology (BA- Co-op available) OUAC YFZ ☆ Add to planRemove	BU Brock Critical Criminology OUAC BBC ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurier (Brantford) Global Crime and Justice (Certificate) - Online OUAC UBG ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurier (Waterloo) Multidisciplinary Studies (BA) and Juris Doctor (JD), Griffith University OUAC UZD ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	80–83%“Low 80s”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	77–80%“High 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	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	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.	English at 60%	English at 60%
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws, BA/LLB
First-year intakewhere published	300	—	—	—
What you study	Law & Criminology	Law & Criminology	Asian StudiesEuropean StudiesLaw & CriminologyNorth and South American Studies	Aboriginal StudiesArchaeologyEnglish StudiesFrench Studies
What it is	This is a four-year degree in criminology, the study of crime, criminal behaviour, and the justice system. You'll examine how crime happens, why people commit it, and how society responds through law and policing. The co-op option lets you alternate between semesters of coursework and paid work placements in criminal justice settings, giving you real experience alongside your studies. This program suits students interested in understanding crime and justice systems from a social science perspective rather than training directly to become police officers or lawyers.	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.	This certificate program examines crime and justice systems across different regions of the world — Asia, Europe, the Americas, and beyond. You study how legal systems, law enforcement, and crime vary by culture and geography rather than focusing on one country's approach. It suits people interested in international development, human rights, global policy work, or understanding criminal justice from a comparative angle.	This is a combined undergraduate and law degree program that lets you study a humanities or social science subject alongside a professional law degree. Unlike a standard BA followed by separate law school, you complete both degrees together in an integrated path, earning a BA/LLB. It suits students who want a broader educational foundation in fields like English, archaeology, or communication studies while training to become a lawyer, rather than focusing only on law from the start.
The door tomajors you reach through it	criminology	criminology	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	5 published, 0 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	11 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	York University on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Brantford on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo on OUInfo

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