Honours Bachelor of Police Studies

Honours Bachelor of Police Studies is a Bachelor program taught at Georgian College, Canada. Intake: Fall. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 Years (BAPS), 2 Years (BAPA))) options.

Georgian College offers the Honours Bachelor of Police Studies (BAPS), where students study topics such as forensics, cold case investigations, criminology, criminal behaviour analysis, geographic profiling, and cybercrime. The program also covers policing themes including diversity, professionalism, leadership, and scholarship.

Students learn through a hybrid format that includes both online and in-person parts, with co-op work term experience through a fourteen-week co-op component. The degree includes 28 mandatory core courses, 4 core elective courses (specialty topics), 2 mandatory non-core courses, 6 elective non-core courses, and 1 co-op work term.

The program prepares graduates for careers in the justice field, including municipal, provincial and federal police services and other justice-related roles.

Modules

• POLC 1000 – Introduction to Police Studies
• POLC 1001 – Strategic Communications
• POLC 1002 – Canadian Criminal Justice
• POLC 1009 – Diversity, Equity, and Human Rights
• INTS 1007 – Interdisciplinary Modes of Communication

The minimum requirements for admission in Honours Bachelor of Police Studies at Georgian College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Georgian College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Georgian College as pre-requiste for admission in Honours Bachelor of Police Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status

Minimum overall average of 65 per cent

Six Grade 12 U or M level courses

Grade 12 English (U)

Note: Police Foundations diploma graduates can apply to our advanced standing stream through OCAS using the major code of BAPA.

Mature applicants may also be considered for admission to this program providing their previous school performance and/or recent work record suggests a strong possibility of academic success. In order to qualify, applicants must be 19 years of age on or before the commencement of the program and must have been away from formal education for at least one year immediately prior to beginning studies. Mature applicants must meet subject prerequisites prior to registration.

Applicants should be aware that first-year enrolment is limited; satisfying minimum entrance requirements does not guarantee admission.

Selection Process

Selection is based on academic grades and subject prerequisites; applicants must meet minimum averages to receive final acceptance.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.georgiancollege.ca/programs/honours-bachelor-police-studies/

• municipal police services
• provincial police services
• federal police services
• Canadian Armed Forces
• Canada Border Services
• by-law enforcement
• youth justice
• private police
• investigation
• corrections

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