Criminology at Carleton
Not directly. At Carleton University you apply to Bachelor of Arts - Honours (CH), then choose criminology on the OUAC application, as your 'area of study' inside the Bachelor of Arts. Carleton's BA is one code (CH, 75%) for 31 majors. Leave the area blank and you are BA Undeclared; entrance requirements are the same for almost all BA majors, so changing later is a one-form request Carleton says takes 1-3 days.
The program you actually apply to
Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Honours (4 years)
75%OUAC CHCo-op available
Prerequisites
- Programs:
- African Studies, Anthropology*, Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies, Art History,
- Biology**,
- Childhood and Youth Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, English*, Environmental and Climate Change Studies*, European and Russian Studies*, Film Studies, French*, Geography*, Geomatics*, Greek and Roman Studies, History*, History and Theory of Architecture, Human Rights and Social Justice*, Indigenous Studies, Law*, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science*, Psychology*, Religion, Sociology*, Women's and Gender Studies*, and Undeclared.
- English (ENG4U)
- 5 best 4U/M courses
When you choose criminology
On the OUAC application, as your 'area of study' inside the Bachelor of Arts. Carleton's BA is one code (CH, 75%) for 31 majors. Leave the area blank and you are BA Undeclared; entrance requirements are the same for almost all BA majors, so changing later is a one-form request Carleton says takes 1-3 days.
What to watch for
The major is Criminology and Criminal Justice, a BA major under CH. There is also a separate Law (BA) major. Carleton's Honours BA is a single OUAC code, CH, at 75%, covering 31 majors — you name the major on the application rather than applying to it separately. The 3-year non-honours BA is CA. Because entrance requirements are nearly identical across BA majors, switching after admission is a short online form.
The same application also gets you to
Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Honours (4 years) is the entry point for 8 other majors at Carleton. You are not choosing between these at application time.
Criminology at the other campuses
Compare the entry programs side by side →- AlgomaDirect entry65%
- BrockDirect entry73–77%
- GuelphDirect entry80–86%
- LakeheadDirect entry70%
- LaurentianDirect entry70%
- Laurier (Waterloo)not offered at Laurier Waterloo — it is a Brantford programme
- McMastervia Social Sciences I (ML)80–87%
- NipissingDirect entry70%
- Ontario TechDirect entry70–73%
- Queen'svia Arts (QA)83–87%
- TMUDirect entry75–80%
- TrentDirect entry75%
- U of T (Mississauga)via Social Sciences73–80%
- U of T (St. George)via Social Sciences83–90%
- Waterloovia Honours Arts77–80%
- Westernvia Social Science (EO)80–87%
- WindsorDirect entry70%
- YorkDirect entry80–83%
Entry routes were researched against each university’s own program pages in 2026-08-16. Carleton’s page. Faculties restructure — confirm before you apply.