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Criminology and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Joint Major

Bachelor of Arts

The Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and the School of Criminology have complementary interests in gender, sexuality, and women's issues. This joint major is for those who share these interests. Students are encouraged to plan their program in consultation with advisors in both departments.

Program Declaration and Continuation

Students must satisfy the program declaration requirements for both criminology and GSWS 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 GSWS declaration requirements and the following courses with minimum C- grades

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 non-CRIM lower division requirements (listed below)

GSWS declaration: students must complete

One lower division GSWS course

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 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 220 - Research Methods in Criminology (3)
CRIM 230 - Criminal Law (3)

and one 200 level CRIM course

and all of

PSYC 100 - Introduction to Psychology I (3)
PSYC 102 - Introduction to Psychology II (3)
SA 150 - Introduction to Sociology (S) (4)

and any 100 or 200 division PHIL course

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)
STAT 201 - Statistics for the Life Sciences (3)
STAT 205 - Introduction to Statistics (3)

Lower Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Requirements

Students complete 18 lower division GSWS units including two of

GSWS 100 - Sex Talk: Introduction to Contemporary Issues in Sexuality Studies (3)
GSWS 101 - Gender Talk (3)
GSWS 102 - Feminist Action (3)

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 21 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 321 - Qualitative Research Methods in Criminology (3)
CRIM 330 - Criminal Procedure and Evidence (3)

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

CRIM 304 - Women and Criminal Justice (3)
CRIM 311 - Social Inequalities and the Criminal Justice System (3)
CRIM 316 - Sexual Offenders and Sexual Offences (3)
CRIM 432 - Gender in the Courts and the Legal Profession (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.

Upper Division Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Requirements

Students complete 20 upper division GSWS units. Courses which have high GSWS content will be considered for credit towards this plan. With the approval of the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, students may use as substitution credit one upper division course offered by another department.

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.

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.