Criminology & Criminal Justice—Honours/Major/Minor
Special Note: Honours and Majors Changes
Change to Honours and Majors Requirements
(June 2009)
CRIM 3143 - Charter Rights and Criminal Justice is no longer a required course for majors or honours in Criminology.
New Course Requirements for Minor in Criminology
(February 2009)
Students wishing to complete a minor in Criminology must complete CRIM 1006 and an additional 12 credit hours in Criminology courses.
New Course Requirements for Criminology Major and Honours Students (March 2006)
Students Entering Second Year of Study:
- Students will be required to take CRIM 2103 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods and CRIM 2113 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
- They will then go on to take one of CRIM 3103 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods or CRIM 3113 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods: Statistics.
Students Entering Third Year or Beyond of Study:
- Students who have already completed CRIM 2103 under the old calendar description will take one of CRIM 3103 Advanced Qualitative Research Method or CRIM 3113 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods.
- Student entering their third year of study are not required to have taken CRIM 2123 Criminal Law before enrolling in CRIM 3223 Criminal Procedure or CRIM 3143 Charter Rights.
- Students who have taken CRIM 2213 Adult Courts may not take CRIM 3223 Criminal Procedure. Students who have taken CRIM 3133 Criminal Law & the Charter may not take CRIM 3143 (Charter Rights).
Students Entering into the Honours Programme:
- Students enrolled in the Honours programme may take both CRIM 3103 and CRIM 3113; however, they are not required to do so.
General Interest Courses
Students with a general interest in criminology are invited to enrol in CRIM 1006 Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice. This course is a prerequisite for all other courses offered by the criminology department and will provide students with the opportunity to select other general interest courses in criminology beyond the first-year level. In some cases, students may be allowed to take upper-level criminology courses with written permission of the instructor.
Minor in Criminology
Students wishing to complete a minor in Criminology must complete CRIM 1006 and an additional 12 credit hours in Criminology courses.
Major in Criminology
Students must complete CRIM 1006 Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice as a prerequisite for all courses offered by the Criminology Department. Students are required to complete 36 credit hours of criminology courses from "Required Courses" and "Elective Courses" listed below. At least three credit hours must be taken from areas of criminal procedure, young offenders, police, corrections, and victimology.
Note: The maximum number of credit hours that may be taken in a given year is 18, except with the permission of the Chair.
Required Courses
CRIM 1006 Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
CRIM 2253 Historical Reactions to Crime and Deviance
CRIM 2103 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
CRIM 2113 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
CRIM 3013 Criminological Theory I
CRIM 3023 Criminological Theory II
CRIM 3103 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods or CRIM 3113
Advanced Quantitative Research Methods: Statistics
Electives Courses: (at least 3 credit hours to fulfill the requirement for 9 credit hours of electives)
CRIM 2223 Young Offenders and Juvenile Justice
CRIM 2233 Police and the Canadian Community
CRIM 2243 Corrections
CRIM 2943 Victimology
CRIM 3223 Criminal Procedure
Two 3 credit-hour electives may be selected from the following list of cross-listed electives or from other Criminology offerings:
CRIM/ANTH 2443 Human Skeletal Biology
CRIM/HMRT 2003 Introduction to Human Rights
CRIM/NATI 3923 Aboriginal Rights: The Land Question
CRIM/NATI 3903 Native People and the Law I
CRIM/NATI 3913 Native People and the Law II
CRIM/PHIL 2243 Current Issues in Ethics
CRIM/PHIL 3353 Human Nature, Society, Justice, & Law II
CRIM/PHIL 3313 Philosophy of Human Rights
CRIM/POLS 3123 The Canadian Constitution: Federalism
CRIM/POLS 3133 The Canadian Constitution: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
CRIM/PSYC 2413 Social Psychology
CRIM/PSYC 2643 Abnormal Psychology
CRIM/PSYC 2663 Dangerous Offenders: Assessment and Intervention
CRIM/SOCI 2313 Deviance
CRIM/SOCI 3333 Social Control and Social Justice
CRIM/SOCI 3323 Sociology of Women and the Law
CRIM/SOCI 3313 Sociology of Law
CRIM/RELG 3513 Bioethics
CRIM/RELG 3583 Media and Ethics
Also, the following course from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton campus, may count as a criminology elective:
SOCI 3623 White Collar Crime
Honours in Criminology
Students honouring in Criminology require a total of 36 credit hours in Criminology to qualify for the Major plus an additional 21 credit hours described below for a total of 57 credit hours to complete the programme. Entrance to the Honours programme is competitive and the number of spaces is limited. It is strongly advised that the Honours programme is intended primarily for those students who plan to go to graduate school.
Students wishing to pursue an Honours in Criminology must complete the courses required for a Major in Criminology: CRIM 1006, CRIM 2103, CRIM 2253, CRIM 3023, CRIM 3103 or CRIM 3113, and an additional intensive writing course, CRIM 3253, with a cumulative grade point average of 3.6, in the Honours/Criminology subject.
The following additional courses beyond the Major are required for the Honours in Criminology:
CRIM 4006 Honours Research Seminar
CRIM 4906 Honours Research Thesis
Two 3 credit hourCriminology seminar courses at the 4000 level
Entrance to the Honours programme is a two-stage process. Students must first submit to the Chair of the Criminology Department a formal application which includes: a completed application form indicating a preliminary course of study, an academic transcript, and a sample of writing which shows the candidates’ promise for completing the Honours thesis. Entrance to the Honours programme is highly competitive, and the number of spaces available is limited. Not all candidates who meet the minimum requirements will gain acceptance into the Honours programme.