University of Ottawa

Course Description

• A reputed UOttawa program, the Master of Arts (MA) Criminology is devoted to the scientific analysis of crime, justice, and social control
• This course focuses on four broad questions: the social construction of norms and the notion of crime; the criminalization of specific behaviors, individuals, and groups in the society; the analysis of the goals and functioning of the criminal justice system; and the examination of contemporary forms of intervention
• This program consists of various options including an option with thesis (30 units), an option with thesis and field placement (30 units), an option with a major research paper (24 units), and an option with courses (24 units) comprising two profiles
• These options are intended to equip students with knowledge of the major theoretical and methodological frameworks in criminology so that they will be able to critically analyze them and apply this knowledge to describe and explain conceptual and empirical problems of crime, justice, and social control, both within the framework of optional courses or of an internship seminar with an on-site internship
• Students explore a wide range of courses including Research Methodology in Criminology, Counselling in Criminology, Contemporary Criminological Theories, Philosophy of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and the Victims of Crime, and Women and Criminal Justice