Criminology at Waterloo
Not directly. At University of Waterloo you apply to Honours Arts, then choose criminology at the end of first year.
The program you actually apply to
Honours Arts (Regular/Co-op)
77–80%OUAC WACo-op available
Prerequisites
- Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)
When you choose criminology
At the end of first year.
What to watch for
Waterloo has no Criminology degree — it is not on the program list at any level. The closest majors are Legal Studies, which teaches criminology as coursework (for example LS 227 Criminology), and Sociology; both are declared at the end of first year inside Honours Arts. If a named criminology degree is the point of your application, other Ontario universities offer one and Waterloo does not.
The same application also gets you to
Honours Arts (Regular/Co-op) is the entry point for 9 other majors at Waterloo. 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%
- Carletonvia Bachelor of Arts - Honours (CH)75%
- 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%
- 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. Waterloo’s page. Faculties restructure — confirm before you apply.