Diploma
24 months
Application deadlines: March 31
Processing time: 30 days
Application fee: CA$106
Full-time, Distance & online learning
Intakes: September
International tuition: CA$17,749
Domestic tuition: CA$6,662
Program overview
Students examine the three main components of the criminal justice system—police, courts, and corrections. Students explore the trends and correlates of crime, including the influences of age, ethnicity, gender, and social class and how. Major explanations for crime account for these patterns by looking at historical, individual and social causes. The criminological focus is broadened with courses from other disciplines within the Social Sciences and Humanities.
The program provides students with conceptual, critical, and applied skills to work in fields where a legal/justice focus is beneficial. The curriculum emphasizes the development of professional and applied skills including professional ethics, conflict mediation, use of information technology for research, writing, presenting, and working in small groups. Although the core of the curriculum is centred on justice-related issues, students will find the program applies equally to areas in the private sector where research competence, project management, legal analysis, and communication skills are essential.
Study options

This program can be done
On campus
Completely online
Requirements
Exams:
- TOEFL PBT
- TOEFL iBT
- IELTS
- Duolingo English Test
General admission requirements apply.
English 12 with minimum “C” or equivalent.
One of Principles of Mathematics 11, Applications of Mathematics 11, or Foundations of Mathematics 11 with minimum “C”, or equivalent.
The Duolingo English Test (only For Fall 2020 and Spring 2021) - 110
Career opportunities
Graduates of the Diploma program have accessed careers in provincial corrections or probation, federal parole or corrections, policing, customs and immigration, court–related occupations, or working with youth in correctional/therapeutic settings.
Campus location
Nanaimo
,
Canada