M.A. in Criminology

Saint Mary's University

Master

In Halifax (Canada)

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Halifax (Canada)

  • Duration

    2 Years

  • Start date

    September

The Master of Arts in Criminology offers students an opportunity to do advanced critical work in the areas of crime and punishment, policing and law enforcement, socio-legal studies, social justice and inequality, power, governance and regulation and the social construction of crime.

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Location

Start date

Halifax (Canada)
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About this course

Over the next year, the Department of Criminology will be focusing on a transformed iteration of our successful M.A. Criminology program to build a solid and sustainable foundation for the future. Student intake has been paused until the process is complete in 2020, so no new M.A. Criminology students are being accepted for Fall 2019. The application process will resume again in Fall 2019 for the 2020/21 academic year.

Critical criminology
Crime and media
Violence against women
Organized, state and corporate crime
Youth culture and crime
Restorative and transformative justice
Human rights
Social justice

To be accepted into the Graduate Program in Criminology at SMU, students should have earned an honours baccalaureate (BA) undergraduate degree in Criminology (or equivalent), sociology (or equivalent), or an honours baccalaureate undergraduate degree with a concentration in Criminology (or equivalent).

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Subjects

  • Criminology
  • Criminological
  • Social justice issues
  • Social Justice
  • Social Policy
  • Critical Criminology
  • Crime and media
  • Violence against women
  • Youth culture
  • Human Rights

Course programme

The benefits of studying Graduate Criminology at Saint Mary’s

  • Small seminar formats and student-focused education.
  • Strong integration of theory and methods in analyzing criminological, socio-legal and social justice issues.
  • Students learn how to collect data, analyze results and write a thesis.
  • We emphasize critical thinking and critical social policy.
  • We have a diverse and wide-ranging faculty with strong local, national and international expertise.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to develop rewarding careers that include further graduate study or employment in government agencies, non-government agencies and the private sector

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M.A. in Criminology

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