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School of Criminology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Simon Fraser University Calendar | Summer 2025

Criminology Extended Minor

Program Declaration and Continuation

Students with a minimum 2.25 cumulative grade point average (CGPA)* should make formal application for program declaration to the School of Criminology after they complete the following requirements with minimum C- grades:

31 lower division units including

All of

CRIM 101 - Introduction to Criminology (3)
CRIM 131 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System - A Total System Approach (3)
CRIM 135 - Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective (3)
CRIM 220 - Research Methods in Criminology (3)

and 19 units minimum to complete all group B courses (listed below under Lower Division Requirements)

To continue in the extended minor, students must maintain a 2.25 CGPA. Students whose CGPA falls below 2.25 cannot enroll in any upper division CRIM courses.

*transfer students who meet the criminology program declaration requirements upon admission to SFU may use their admission CGPA for declaration purposes

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

60 units under group A, group B and general electives.

  • eight courses from group A with minimum C- grades
  • six courses from group B with minimum C- grades
  • an additional six courses of general electives

Group A Lower Division Requirements

All of

CRIM 101 - Introduction to Criminology (3)
CRIM 103 - Psychological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior (3)
CRIM 104 - Sociological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behavior (3)
CRIM 131 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System - A Total System Approach (3)
CRIM 135 - Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions: A Criminal Justice Perspective (3)
CRIM 220 - Research Methods in Criminology (3)
CRIM 230 - Criminal Law (3)

and one of

CRIM 210 - Law, Youth and Young Offenders (3)
CRIM 241 - Introduction to Corrections (3)
CRIM 251 - Introduction to Policing (3)

Group B Lower Division Requirements

Six courses, including

SA 150 - Introduction to Sociology (S) (4)

and one of

POL 100 - Introduction to Politics and Government (3)
POL 151 - Justice and Law (3)

and

STAT 203 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences (3)

or one of

BUS 232 - Business Statistics (3)
PSYC 210 - Introduction to Data Analysis in Psychology (4)
STAT 201 - Statistics for the Life Sciences (3)
STAT 205 - Introduction to Statistics (3)

and

any 100 or 200 division PHIL course

and both of

PSYC 100 - Introduction to Psychology I (3)
PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology II (3)

General Electives Lower Division Requirements

Students complete the balance of the first 60 units by choosing other 100-200 division courses. Breadth requirements must be completed for graduation and general electives should be considered for that purpose.

Upper Division Course Access and Requirements

Students with a minimum 2.25 CGPA are eligible to enroll in upper division criminology courses upon successful completion of 60 units and criminology program declaration.

Students complete a minimum of 15 upper division units in criminology*.

*Declared criminology students may not take CRIM 301 for credit.

Graduation Requirements

Students must obtain a minimum grade of C- in all required courses. In addition to normal university grade point average requirements, the School of Criminology requires the following: for graduation, students must obtain a minimum 2.25 CGPA, 2.25 UDGPA, 2.25 criminology course CGPA (calculated on all CRIM courses completed at SFU), and 2.25 criminology course UDGPA (calculated on all upper division CRIM courses completed at SFU).

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Degree Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs, students complete 120 units, which includes

  • at least 60 units that must be completed at Simon Fraser University
  • at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at Simon Fraser University
  • at least 60 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
  • satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
  • an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division overall CGPA of at least 2.0, and program CGPA and upper division program CGPA of at least 2.0 on the course work used to satisfy the minimum program requirements. FASS departments may define additional GPA requirements for their respective programs.

For students in other faculties, please check your faculty's overall degree requirements: https://www.sfu.ca/students/calendar/faculties-research.html

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to Simon Fraser University beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit

Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at Simon Fraser University within the student's major subject; two courses (minimum three units each)

Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division; two courses (total six units or more)
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth

Must be outside the student's major subject, and may be lower or upper division:

Two courses (total six units or more) Social Sciences: B-Soc
Two courses (total six units or more) Humanities: B-Hum
Two courses (total six units or more) Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

Two courses (total six units or more) outside the student's major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements).

Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.