Program Overview

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Honours Bachelor of Police Studies Honours Bachelor Degree program

Program information

Program description

The Honours Bachelor of Police Studies degree encourages a broadened critical understanding of the nature, role and function of policing. Students will explore a variety of topics offering opportunities for careers in law enforcement. The program learning outcomes value an integrated learning approach to police education that will provide a diverse range of students with the critical mix of professionalism, technical/legal expertise and analytical skills necessary to succeed in justice-related careers. This multi-dimensional degree complements, rather than duplicates, existing educational initiatives, offering courses that encourage increasing levels of thinking and analysis, which are dynamic in design, rationale and delivery. The learning outcomes are designed to directly calibrate with the policing community and its high professional standards.

Intake information

• Start date: Fall 2025
• Campus: Orillia

Tuition and fees

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Work-integrated learning

• This program includes a co-op work term component where you’ll gain experience in a workplace related to your field of study.
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Admission requirements

Honours Bachelor of Police Studies admission requirements

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, mature student status
• minimum overall average of 65 per cent
• six Grade 12 U or M level courses
• Grade 12 English (U)

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.

Career opportunities

Your Honours Bachelor of Police Studies degree gives you many career opportunities

This program will prepare our graduates with a variety of career and educational opportunities. The primary career categories include the Ontario Provincial Police Service and municipal police services. Opportunities may also include out-of-province police services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Armed Forces, By-Law Enforcement, Private Police and Investigators, Canada Border Services and Corrections.

Pathways

Transfer options

Graduates of Police Foundations, Community and Justice Services and Protection, Security and Investigation may receive up to two years of advanced standing toward the unique four-year Honours Bachelor of Police Studies degree.

Already working in the field?

Fast-track your degree with advanced standing through our online Honours Bachelor of Police Studies degree offered on a part-time basis. Qualified first-class constables can receive advanced standing for 50 per cent of the program and up to an additional exemption of 25 per cent for postsecondary education. We welcome students from all over Canada and from a range of ranks and backgrounds including military police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and other policing agencies.

Course information

Course overview

• 27 Core Courses
• 4 Non-Core Courses
• 1 Non-Core Psychology Course
• 4 Elective Courses (Specialty Topics: Core or Non-Core)
• 4 Elective Non-Core Courses
• 1 Co-op Work Term

Program-specific courses

• 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

Meet our faculty

Learn from passionate, experienced professors

• Eleanor Gittens
  • BA, M.Sc., PhD, Professor
• Lance Triskle
  • BA, LLB, LLM, Professor
• Melanie Marchand
  • BA, MA, Professor and Program Coordinator
• Wendy Blank
  • BA, MA, PhD, Professor

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