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

Police Studies Minor

Program Declaration and Continuation

Students with a minimum 2.25 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) apply for program declaration to the School of Criminology after completing 30 units including all of the criminology lower division requirements with minimum C- grades.

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

Prerequisites

Students are responsible for satisfying the prerequisites for all required and elective courses. The school does not routinely waive the completion of prerequisite courses.

Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

All of

CRIM 101 - Introduction to Criminology (3)
CRIM 131 - Introduction to the Criminal Justice System - A Total System Approach (3)
CRIM 251 - Introduction to Policing (3)

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.

Note that same upper division course may not be used for formal credit in both the criminology major and the police studies minor. Students cannot obtain credit for both the post baccalaureate diploma in police studies and this minor program.

Students complete a minimum of 15 upper division units, chosen from the following list, or from any other 300 or 400 division course that is designated as a police studies course from either the School of Criminology (e.g. special topics courses), or from another department. See the School of Criminology's academic advisor for further information.

Minorities and the Criminal Justice System

CRIM 311 - Social Inequalities and the Criminal Justice System (3)
CRIM 419 - Aboriginal/Indigenous Justice (3)
CRIM 429 - Indigenous Peoples and International Law (3)

Forensic Studies

CRIM 355 - The Forensic Sciences (3)
CRIM 356 - The Forensic Sciences II (3)
CRIM 357 - Forensic Anatomy (3)
CRIM 451 - Advanced Techniques in Forensic Science (3)
CRIM 452 - Skeletal Pathology and Criminalistics (3)

Restorative Justice

CRIM 315 - Restorative Justice (4)
CRIM 442 - Restorative Justice Practice: Advanced Topics (3) *

* When offered with a focus of policing

Cybercrime

CRIM 380 - Introduction to Cybercrime (3)
CRIM 480 - Computer Forensics and Cybercrime (3)
CRIM 481 - Advanced Issues in Cybercrime (3)

Crime Analysis and Crime Prevention

CRIM 350 - Techniques of Crime Prevention (3)
CRIM 352 - Environmental Criminology: Theory and Practice (3)
CRIM 433 - Communities and Crime (3)
CRIM 460 - Applied Crime Prevention (3)

Special Types of Offenders or Crimes

CRIM 310 - Young Offenders and Criminal Justice: Advanced Topics (3)
CRIM 316 - Sexual Offenders and Sexual Offences (3)
CRIM 317 - Sex, Work, and the Law (3)
CRIM 413 - Terrorism (3)
CRIM 423 - Advanced Issues in Terrorism (3)
CRIM 454 - Criminal Profiling (3)
CRIM 459 - Organized Crime (3)
CRIM 464 - Street Gang Patterns and Policies (3)

Key Issues in Policing

CRIM 314 - Mental Disorder, Criminality and the Law (3)
CRIM 351 - Police Accountability and Ethics (3)
CRIM 410 - Decision-making in Criminal Justice (3)
CRIM 453 - Policing Illegal Drug Markets (3)
CRIM 455 - Advanced Issues in Policing (3)
CRIM 456 - Investigative Psychology in Policing (3)
CRIM 458 - Community Policing (3)

Special Topics in Police Studies

CRIM 318 - Special Topics in Criminology (3) *
CRIM 416 - Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3) *
CRIM 417 - Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3) *
CRIM 418 - Current Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice (3) *

* When offered with a focus of policing

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.