Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Jusitice

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• Objectives
  The Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice provides two years of interdisciplinary studies in line with provincially-established associate degree requirements. The program of studies provides a fundamental understanding of law, the justice system, criminology, and issues faced by government, community and practitioners.
• Practical experience
  The Associate of Arts Degree will be particularly attractive to students wishing to continue on to traditional upper-level studies focusing on theory and research in criminology. It provides all the courses necessary to transfer directly to third year in the Criminology degree program at Simon Fraser University or other justice-related Bachelor programs. These students will leave with academic skills needed for success in upper-level studies, including the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately, to think critically, and conduct effective research. Completion of a Bachelor of Criminology provides access to specific career areas such as probation, parole, crime analysis, policy analysis, CSIS intelligence analysis, correctional counselling, immigration, diversion, and evaluation research, as well as supervisory positions within the criminal justice system.
• Academic title
  Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice
• Course description
  Year 1
  Academic Term 1                     Credits
  CRIM 150     Administration of Justice     3.0
  CRIM 154     The Criminal Justice System     3.0
  ENGL 150     English Composition     3.0
  PSYC 110     Experimental Psychology     3.0
  SOC 100     Social Structure & Organization     3.0
  
  Total Credits
      15.0
        
  Academic Term 2                     Credits
  CRIM 166     Introduction to Criminology     3.0
  CRIM 170     Law & Legal Institutions     3.0
  CRIM 188     Issues in Criminal Justice     3.0
  PHIL 110     Logic & Critical Thinking     3.0
  PSYC 130     Contemporary Issues     3.0
  
  Total Credits
      15.0
   
  Year 2
  Academic Term 3                 Credits
  CRIM 252     Correctional Services     3.0
  CRIM 270     Criminal Law     3.0
  ENGL 160     Introduction to Literature     3.0
  MATH 116     Elementary Statistics     4.0
  Any first-year non-English Humanities elective     3.0
  
  Total Credits
      16.0
        
  Academic Term 4                     Credits
  ANTH 250     Forensic Anthropology     3.0
  CRIM 254     Youth Offenders & Justice     3.0
      OR           
      CRIM 274     Law Enforcement     3.0
      OR           
      CRIM 286     Women and Criminal Justice     3.0
  PSYC 201     Research Methods in Psychology     3.0
  PSYC 252     Criminal and Deviant Behaviour     3.0
  SOC 250     Sociology of Deviance     3.0
  
  Total Credits
      15.0
   
  Internship Options                   Credits
  CO-OP WEP     Workplace Education     0.0
  ASDG 101     Co-operative Work Experience 1 (Internship 1)     6.0
  Total Credits
      6.0
   
  Co-op Options                           Credits
  CO-OP WEP     Workplace Education     0.0
  ASDG 101     Co-operative Work Experience 1 (Internship 1)     6.0
  ASDG 201     Co-operative Work Experience 2 (Internship 2)     6.0
  Total Credits
      12.0

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