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Canada, Ontario
Type: University
Location Type: Rural
Founded: 1965
Total Students: 7,975 +
Int. Students: 550 +
Main Campus Address
500 University Ave, Orillia, ON L3V 0B9, Canada
Criminology involves the study of crime, including victimization, criminality, and criminal justice agents and institutions among other areas. The field is multi-disciplinary, including Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, and various other academic fields.
At Lakehead University, you will have the option to major, specialize, or minor in Criminology. The Criminology Program emphasizes a practitioner orientation, with a variety of courses that introduce and familiarize students with the Canadian criminal justice system. Three thematic areas of focus run throughout the Program’s course offerings: (1) social justice and human rights, (2) law and legal institutions, and (3) forensic science and criminalistics.
As a program graduate, you will be well situated to, among other things, consider careers in:
Or, to apply to further schooling that opens up additional career opportunities, such as:
A sample of courses in the Criminology Program at Lakehead includes: Youth Crime, Cyber-Crime, Forensic Psychology, Criminal Profiling, Policing, Death Investigation, and a wide variety of other innovative courses.
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