湯普森河大學

Residency requirements

A minimum of 15 TRU credits (distance or on-campus)

Degree requirements

120 credits, including 45 upper-level credits, with a GPA of 2.00 or higher over all courses required for this credential, as follows:

General education requirements (24 credits)

These may be met with lower- or upper-level university courses; see the General Education requirements for arts and science degree programs.

Six credits in English (university-level composition and literature),excluding technical writing and business writing courses
Six credits in humanities, other than English
Three credits in mathematics and/or science
Three credits in statistics (PSYC 2101, Statistics in the Social Sciences or STAT 1201, Instruction to Probability and Statistics or equivalent)
Three credits in introductory criminology
CRIM 1161,The Canadian Legal System (3) or equivalent

Lower-level requirements (15 credits)

CRIM 2251, Sociological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour (3) or equivalent
CRIM 2261, Criminal Law (3) or equivalent
CRIM 2521, Introduction to the Criminal justice System (3) or equivalent
PSYC 2161, Abnormal Psychology (3) or equivalent
SOCI 2710 (TRU on-campus course), or PSYC 2111, Introduction to Research in Experimental Psychology, or RSMT 3501, Introduction to Research Methods (3), or equivalent

Upper-level requirements (30 credits)

Three credits in advanced theory in criminology
Three credits in social science research methods
21 credits of other upper-level criminology, sociology or psychology courses
Three credits of Directed Studies

Elective requirements (51 credits)

15 credits of upper-level elective courses
36 credits of lower- or upper-level elective courses

Directed studies

A directed studies course consists of concentrated study of a topic you select in consultation with your Open Learning Faculty Member. Directed studies is open to you if you have fulfilled the general education and lower-level requirements and have completed at least 15 credits of upper-level requirements in your major.

Registration procedures differ for directed studies, so it is essential that you consult your program advisor before you register in a directed studies course.