Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) - Criminal Justice

The Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) – Criminal Justice is a four-year degree examining crime, law and the justice system analytically rather than vocationally.

Coursework covers criminological theory, the Canadian criminal justice system and its institutions, criminal law and procedure, policing and police accountability, corrections and community sanctions, youth justice, victimology, restorative justice, mental health and addiction in the justice system, Indigenous justice and systemic discrimination, research methods and statistics, and criminal justice policy analysis.

The distinction from Police Foundations matters when choosing. Police Foundations is a two-year vocational diploma aimed at police service recruitment; this degree is analytical training for policy, research, corrections management and graduate study — and it also satisfies the degree preference that several federal justice agencies now apply.

The work placement is a graded part of the program, so you finish with documented Canadian experience and a referee rather than only a transcript.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The Lakeshore campus sits on the shore of Lake Ontario in south Etobicoke, next to Colonel Samuel Smith Park, and is home to Humber’s business degrees, media and creative arts, and social and community services programs. Heritage buildings, a residence opened in 2024 and a free shuttle to the North campus make it the most distinctive of Humber’s sites.

Its field maps to CIP 43.0104 (Criminal justice studies). Because this is a degree, graduates are exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction that applies to college credentials. Full-time on-campus study and graduation remain the conditions, and IRCC makes the final decision.