Arts Academic Plans

Students enrolled in any General or Honours academic plan may pursue the Legal Studies and Criminology Option.

The Legal Studies and Criminology Option requires successful completion of a minimum of five academic course units (ten courses) with  a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including:

1. five Legal Studies courses:
   • two of HIST 277; LS 101, 102, 403; PHIL 327; PSCI 260; PSYCH 230; SOC 370
   • two of AFM 231 or COMM 231; AFM 431 or PHIL 215/ARBUS 202; CLAS/HIST 210; ECON 451; ENGL 210I; ENVS 201, 401; HIST 236, 329; INTST 101; ISS 350G; LS 201/WS 206; LS 496, 498; PACS 323; PLAN 471; PSCI 226, 291; SOC 249, 325
     Note: Students in the Faculty of Environment must take ENVS 201 and one of ENVS 401 or PLAN 471. Planning students must take PLAN 471.
   • one additional course from the above lists
2. five Criminology courses:
   • two of PSCI 292; PACS 202; SOC 222, 227, 229
   • two of LS 496; PACS 329; PSCI 459; PSYCH 330; SOC 201, 223, 226, 228, 327, 428; SPCOM 430
   • one additional course from the above lists
3. of the ten courses, a minimum of five courses must be in different disciplines
4. a maximum of five courses can be taken in any one discipline

Notes:

1. No more than three courses may be double-counted between Legal Studies and any other academic plan.
2. Students in any Legal Studies academic plan are not eligible to take the Legal Studies and Criminology Option.