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Level 1
Course details
Conestoga 101
CON0101
- Hours: 1
- Credits: 0
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Academic Communications
ENGL71000
This course is intended to develop the communication skills required in academic studies, which will translate into useful writing and presentation skills in Canada’s increasingly intercultural professional and technical domains. Students will practice planning, drafting, and revising documents. The complex process of researching, creating, and revising arguments will encourage critical thinking, grammatical writing, and appropriate citation skills. Correct formatting of research papers and effective oral presentation skills will be emphasized.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Introduction to Social Justice
LAW71115
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Criminology
LAW72300
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Psychology: Basic Processes Of Behaviour
PSYC71240
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Interdisciplinary Elective Details
Level 2
Course details
Applied Ethics in Criminal Justice
CRIM71000
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Restorative Justice
CRIM71010
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Canadian Law and Legal System I
LAW71400
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Personal and Professional Orientiatons to Practice
PSYC71000
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Interdisciplinary Elective Details
Level 3
Course details
Interpersonal Communications, Interviewing and Facilitation Skills
COMM72000
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Canadian Criminal Justice System
LAW71100
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Canadian Law and Legal System II
LAW72400
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites: LAW71400
- CoRequisites:
Developmental Psychology
PSYC72105
Developmental psychology is the study of the process of change and continuity throughout the life of individuals. The course will follow the progression of these changes and continuities from conception through infancy, childhood, adolescence and early adulthood. The course will examine the theoretical, research and applied knowledge that has been gained in this discipline. Essential in this course will be an exploration of the contributing factors to both normal and abnormal developmental outcomes, such as deviance, mental health difficulties and health and wellness.
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites: PSYC71240
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Interdisciplinary Elective Details
Level 4
Course details
Co-op and Career Preparation
CEPR71050
- Hours: 14
- Credits: 1
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Health and Wellness
HEAL71010
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Youth Justice
LAW73010
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: LAW71110 OR LAW71400 AND PSYC72105
- CoRequisites:
Crime Prevention and Community Safety
LAW73035
- Hours: 56
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: PSYC71000
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Interdisciplinary Elective Details
Level 5
Course details
Field Placement I (Bachelor of Community and Criminal Justice
FPLT73000
- Hours: 84
- Credits: 4
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Safety in the Workplace
OHS71320
- Hours: 14
- Credits: 1
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Cognitive and Social Psychology
PSYC73020
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: PSYC72105
- CoRequisites:
From Trauma to Recovery: Victimhood to Social Inclusion
PSYC73040
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Understanding Research
RSCH73000
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Diversity: Special Populations in Community and Criminal Justice
SOC73040
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: LAW71115
- CoRequisites:
Level 6
Course details
Field Placement II (Bachelor of Community and Criminal Justice
FPLT73010
- Hours: 84
- Credits: 4
- Pre-Requisites: FPLT73000
- CoRequisites:
Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada
INDS73000
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Human Rights and International Justice
LAW73040
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: LAW72400
- CoRequisites:
Applied Research: Design and Analysis
RSCH73200
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: RSCH73000
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Interdisciplinary Elective Details
Level 7
Course details
Co-op Work Term I (Justice)
COOP73000
- Hours: 420
- Credits: 14
- Pre-Requisites: CDEV71050 OR CEPR71050
- CoRequisites:
Level 8
Course details
Offender Assessment, Management and Intervention
LAW74320
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: LAW71100
- CoRequisites:
Principled Leadership
MGMT74040
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: CRIM71000
- CoRequisites:
Political Issues and Public Policy
POLS74300
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: LAW73040
- CoRequisites:
Program Development and Evaluation
RSCH74220
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: RSCH73200
- CoRequisites:
Capstone Applied Research Project I: Planning and Design
RSCH74230
- Hours: 105
- Credits: 4
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Level 9
Course details
Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies
LAW72320
The student will explore the various mechanisms of alternative dispute resolution and the rationale for each. The student, through practical exercises, will develop the skills necessary to advise a client about Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and to take a matter through a form of ADR. The student will understand the role of a mediator.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Investigation and Communication
LAW74330
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: LAW71100
- CoRequisites:
Mental Health and Addictions
MNHL74000
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: PSYC72105 AND SOC73040
- CoRequisites:
Advanced Topics In Psychology
PSYC74200
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: PSYC73020
- CoRequisites:
Capstone Applied Research Project II: Implementation, Analysis and Knowledge Transfer
RSCH74240
- Hours: 105
- Credits: 4
- Pre-Requisites: RSCH74230
- CoRequisites:
Program outcomes
- Analyze system, situations and conditions that contribute to risk for diverse people and communities encountering the criminal justice system, to support professional decisions.
- Evaluate legislation, policy and culture in various community and criminal justice sectors, to support building community safety and wellbeing.
- Create and implement interdisciplinary and interprofessional intervention strategies for crime prevention and to address risk factors for community safety and wellbeing.
- Compare and contrast forms of community development and the way various community agencies work together in order to apply strategies for crime prevention and community well-being.
- Analyze key features of Canadian Justice System, and the trends and issues impacting its evolution to inform professional decision making and professional practice.
- Integrate an interdisciplinary understanding of theories related to community and criminal justice from the fields of sociology, psychology, criminology, and law to shape effective professional practice.
- Analyze justice practices that emphasize healing, including anti-oppressive, anti racist and trauma-informed perspectives, restorative and retributive justice, and Indigenous and diverse ways of living to support culturally appropriate policies and practices and their connection with the broader justice system.
- Develop professional practice capacity related to a holistic and compassionate understanding of diversity and complex social issues.
- Communicate effectively and using self-awareness and reflective skills relevant to justice and community services to support interprofessional approaches to collaborative work environments.
- Establish strategies for managing and dealing with vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue in one’s personal and professional environment.
- Develop a personal code of conduct by integrating legislative, professional, and organizational ethics and standards with personal values and attitudes to support principled leadership approaches in practice.
- Use research, investigation and evaluation skills for decision making and to support accountability and social change processes.
- Design, develop and prepare to deliver programs and services to justice-involved and marginalized individuals and groups, focused on crime prevention and community well-being.