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Bachelor of Arts

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Practicum

Cut off Range:

75-77%

Program Summary

As a student in Carleton’s Criminology and Criminal Justice program, you will acquire a comprehensive, multidisciplinary understanding of the causes and definitions of crime and criminal behaviour, criminal law and its administration, and social and institutional responses to crime. You will personalize your program by choosing one of three concentrations: Law, Psychology or Sociology. In addition, possible field placements in organizations such as the Crown Attorney’s Office, criminal law offices or the Royal Ottawa Hospital (Forensic Program) give you hands-on experience in real-life situations, including front-line work with offenders, police, victims, and lawyers, to name a few. Other placements can match you with researchers and policy analysts involved in criminal justice and crime prevention. Carleton’s location in Ottawa gives you research and employment opportunities that align with your degree.

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This multidisciplinary degree program looks at the behavioural and societal factors that contribute to crime, as well as the way crime is handled by the legal system itself.

The program’s multidisciplinary approach provides a strong foundation in criminology’s primary fields, including law and legal studies, psychology and sociology. You will choose one field as a concentration but will be trained in all three.

You will be exposed to faculty, instructors, and classroom visitors who will share their expertise from careers in national and international arenas.

You will have the opportunity to participate to gain hands-on skills in the highly successful Field Placement program.

Carleton’s Criminology and Criminal Justice program can lead you to a variety of careers in fields such as government, health care, social support, education and law.

What students are saying

I chose to study Criminology at Carleton because of how versatile the program is. Carleton is one of the few - if not the only - university that provides for-credit field placement opportunities for criminology students. Apart from that, the courses you'll take will challenge your pre-existing views of the field and will give you an in-depth understanding of crime and punishment through a combination of legal, sociological and psychological perspectives.

Isaiah, Criminology and Criminal Justice student

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