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Anthropology and Criminology Joint Major

Bachelor of Arts

These disciplines have some common methods and theoretical concerns; the relation between such variables as class, gender, ethnicity and crime; the social construction of deviance; the law as a social phenomenon; and the general social, political, and economic frameworks of society that condition the nature and perception of social problems. This program is for those who share these concerns.

Students interested in a joint program in criminology and anthropology should contact both department advisors.

Program Declaration and Continuation

Students must satisfy the program declaration requirements for both criminology and anthropology programs. Interested students should contact advisors in both programs. Students with a minimum 2.25 cumulative grade point average (CGPA)* apply for program declaration after completing following requirements:

Criminology declaration: students must complete the anthropology declaration requirements and the following courses with minimum C- grades

All of

CRIM 101 - Introduction to Criminology (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)

and one of

CRIM 220 - Research Methods in Criminology (3)
SA 255 - Introduction to Social Research (SA) (4)

Anthropology declaration: see lower division requirements (listed below); students must contact the Anthropology advisor

To continue in the joint major, 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

A minimum of 120 units, including a minimum of 45 upper division units, as specified below.

Lower Division Anthropology Requirements

Students complete a minimum of 18 units, including both of

SA 101 - Introduction to Anthropology (A) (4)
SA 201W - Anthropology and Contemporary Life (A) (4)

and one of*

CRIM 220 - Research Methods in Criminology (3)
SA 255 - Introduction to Social Research (SA) (4)

and two additional 200 division SA courses designated (A), (S) or (SA).

* Students who complete CRIM 220 must obtain a waiver of the SA 255 prerequisite for SA 355 and 356 from the SA advisor in advance of enrolling for these courses. Students who complete SA 255 must obtain a waiver of the CRIM 220 prerequisite for CRIM 320 from the CRIM advisor in advance of enrolling for this course.

Lower Division Criminology 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 230 - Criminal Law (3)

and one 200 level CRIM course

and

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

and one of*

CRIM 220 - Research Methods in Criminology (3)
SA 255 - Introduction to Social Research (SA) (4)

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 205 - Introduction to Statistics (3)

* Students who complete CRIM 220 must obtain a waiver of the SA 255 prerequisite for SA 355 and 356 from the SA advisor in advance of enrolling for these courses. Students who complete SA 255 must obtain a waiver of the CRIM 220 prerequisite for CRIM 320 from the CRIM advisor in advance of enrolling for this course.

Upper Division Anthropology Requirements

Students complete a minimum of 20 units, including

SA 301 - Contemporary Ethnography (A) (4)
SA 356W - Ethnography and Qualitative Methods (SA) (4)

and three upper division SA electives. All of these must be designated (A). One of these must be a 400 division course.

No more than four units of Directed Readings may be used towards completion of criminology and anthropology joint major.

Upper Division Criminology 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 including all lower division requirements and criminology joint major program declaration.

Students complete a minimum of 45 upper division units. Of these 45 units, students complete a minimum of 20 upper division criminology units*, including all of

CRIM 300W - Current Theories and Perspectives in Criminology (3)
CRIM 320 - Quantitative Research Methods in Criminology (3)
CRIM 330 - Criminal Procedure and Evidence (3)
CRIM 332 - Sociology of Law (3)

The remaining required units may be selected at the student's discretion. The  following course is recommended.

CRIM 303 - Historical Reactions to Crime and Deviance (3)

* Declared criminology students may not take CRIM 301 for credit. CRIM 369 or 462 may not be used for credit towards this joint major.

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). In addition to the normal university degree requirements, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology requires a minimum 2.00 SA cumulative grade point average (CGPA) (calculated on all SA courses completed at SFU), and a minimum 2.00 SA CUDGPA (calculated on all upper division SA courses completed at SFU) for graduation with an SA program.

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.

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.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

  • At least half of the program's total units must be earned through Simon Fraser University study.
  • At least two thirds of the program's total upper division units must be earned through Simon Fraser University study.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.