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Jonathan Driver, Vice-President, Academic & Provost, and Chair, SCUP
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Full Program Proposal for a
Certificate in Police Studies in the School of Criminology (SCUP 09-25)
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July 20, 2009
At its July 8, 2009 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the full program
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proposal for a Certificate in Police Studies in the School of Criminology from
the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Motion
That Senate approve and recommend to-the Board of Governors, the proposal
for a Certificate in Police Studies in the School of Criminology from the Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences.
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Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its
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in Police Studies."
The relevant documentation for review by SCUP is attached.
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FACULTY OF ARTS AND
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MEMORANDUM
Paul Budra, Chair
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From:
Gail Anderson,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Undergraduate Director
Curriculum Committee
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School of Criminology
Subject:
Certificate in Police Studies
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Date:
25 March 2009
At its meeting of 25 March 2009 the School of Criminology approved the attached Full
Program Proposal for the Certificate in Police Studies.
Would you please place this proposal on the agenda of the next meeting of the Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee.
Thank you.
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Gail S. Anderson'
Undergraduate Director
School of Criminology
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CERTIFICATE IN POLICE STUDIES
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Full Program Proposal
Executive Summary
The School of Criminology offers a wide range of courses in policing. The School is expanding
in this area, with a concentration in Police Studies being offered primarily at the SFU Surrey
campus. The timing of this initiative is very important to the School of Criminology due to the
prominence that the School's various programs and advanced specialties hold at the Surrey
campus, and we will continue to expand as the campus develops over the next three to five years.
This is a reality that will be greatly magnified by the re-location of RCMP 'E' Division
Headquarters with some 3,200 members
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to a new, neighbouring location that is virtually
contiguous with the SFU Surrey campus.
The course choices offered in the proposed Certificate are already part of our undergraduate
program, and as such, they are of significant and proven interest, particularly to serving police
officers, coroners and other members of the criminal justice system. This Certificate will,
therefore, be aimed at serving police officers and other members of the criminal justice system,
thus assisting them through greater accessibility to become further educated in many of the
complex aspects of Criminology and Police Studies. It will also be aimed at existing students in
Criminology and other cognate disciplines.
Several different areas of specialty are offered within the Police Studies concentration giving
students a broad range of course choices. The certificate will be offered primarily at SFU Surrey.
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CREDENTIAL TO BE AWARDED
Students will be awarded a Certificate in Police Studies. This certificate includes a range of
courses related to police studies which will be of interest to sworn members of police forces
as well as those interested in policing practices, and is packaged into a coherent
undergraduate program.
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LOCATION OF PROGRAM
The Certificate in Police Studies will be located in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Simon Fraser University, Surrey Campus primarily, although courses will also be offered at
the Burnaby campus and by the Centre for On-Line and Distance Education
3. SCHOOL OFFERING PROGRAM
The Certificate will be run by the School of Criminology.
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ANTICIPATED PROGRAM START DATE
The Certificate in Police Studies is anticipated to be available by January 2010. All courses
for this certificate already exist in the SFU calendar, and are offered on a regular basis.
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5. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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Aims, Goals and Objectives
The Certificate in Police Studies will allow SFU to:
• Assist students in focusing their studies on policing and issues of importance
to police officers and police managers
• Attract students from policing and other areas of the criminal justice system
which may not have previously considered a university education.
• Enhance the profile of SFU Surrey-based programming by offering an
undergraduate credential other than a concentration within the major in
Criminology.
5.2 Anticipated Contribution to the Mandate and Strategic Plan of Simon Fraser
University
Criminology programming is a cornerstone of the Arts and Social Sciences' Strategic
Plan for SFU Surrey. Within Criminology, there are two areas marked for distinctive
programming at the new campus: Cybercrime and Police Studies. This Certificate in
Police Studies follows success in faculty searches, course development, student
recruiting and enrollments. We anticipate an increase in student demand in response
to the Certificate. The credential will enable students to communicate their
qualifications, and it will enable SFU to report Program FTEs more accurately.
5.3 Target Audience
This Certificate is targeted at all existing and future students who are interested in
police studies, police issues, police management and policies, as well as sworn police
officers and other members of the criminal justice system.
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Content and Summary of Requirements for Graduation
• Prospective students must apply to Simon Fraser University for admission and
meet the normal admission requirements or meet the requirements for
admission under either the Diverse Qualifications Admission Policy or other
Special Categories.
• The Certificate requires a minimum of 18 units from a list of designated
courses (see attached list). Sworn police officers will not be required to take
prerequisite courses, but students who are not police officers will be required
to take two prerequisites to prepare them for the certificate.
• Certificate courses are drawn from existing courses currently offered by the
School of Criminology (see attached list of courses). Course descriptions will
be provided in the full proposal. Relevant special topics courses offered by the
School of Criminology or other departments may be included with permission
of the Undergraduate Director.
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Delivery Methods
Courses will be offered on campus, primarily at the Surrey cam
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will be offered at the Burnaby Campus and through the Centre for On-Line and
Distance Education.
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Linkages between the Learning outcomes and the Curriculum Design.
The Certificate provides an education in the foundations of police work, focusing on
crime analysis and prevention, criminals and criminality, forensics, criminal justice,
restorative justice, and key issues in policing.
No work experience or work placement is required for completion of the certificate.
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Distinctive Characteristics
The Certificate will attract serving police officers and other criminal justice
professionals to SFU Surrey, and will enable undergraduates to benefit from the
unique opportunity to learn alongside serving police officers.
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Anticipated Completion Time in Semesters
Certificate completion is possible in two terms but additional terms may be required.
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Enrolment Plan for the Length of the Program
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Students will apply to the School of Criminology for admission.
5.10 Student Evaluation
The courses will be presented and participants will be evaluated by faculty members
on a course-by-course basis using the same agreed upon processes used in the
undergraduate program. The identified courses will be taught by School of
Criminology faculty and occasionally by sessional instructors appointed by the
School. The School will be responsible for maintaining the academic rigour of the
curriculum and the quality of instruction. Students must maintain a CGPA of 2.25 to
remain in the Certificate program, as they must to remain in the major and minor
programs.
5.11 Faculty Appointments
All courses are presently taught by existing faculty. Courses may be taught by
sessional instructors who must meet the minimum qualifications of any other
sessional instructor in the School of Criminology (minimum MA).
5.12
Program Assessment
The program will be reviewed annually by the School's Undergraduate Program
Committee and every seven years as part of the normal cycle of external reviews.
In addition, the Certificate in Police Studies will have an Advisory Group (PSAG)
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that will reflect the overarching needs and interests of the program. The membership
will include managers from police departments throughout the Lower Mainland,
representatives from the Police Academy at the Justice Institute and managers from
RCMP detachments, particularly in Surrey and Langley. To supplement the work of
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the PSAG, direct consultations, inquiries, surveys and studies may be used, from
time-to-time, to maintain the relevance and efficacy of the Program.
5.13 Resources
The Certificate draws on existing resources at SFU Burnaby and SFU Surrey.
However, it is the SFU Surrey budget that has enabled the development of distinctive
programming in Police Studies. In the last few years, the School of Criminology has
hired four faculty members and one Academic Program Coordinator (APSA) for its
Surrey
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operations, while also benefitting from various resources provided by the
Office of the Associate Dean for Surrey programs, Dr. Heather Dawkins.
The following faculty members are teaching full time in the Police Studies program at
the Surrey campus: Dr. Rick Parent (ethics and accountability, community policing,
police use of force); Dr. Curt Griffiths (police management and administration; first
nations policing); Dr. Eric Beauregard (criminal profiling, crime analysis); Dr. Martin
Bouchard (drugs and drug markets, organized crime); and Dr. Jennifer Wong
(research, policy, and policy evaluation). Police Studies program topics are also
taught by faculty at SFU Burnaby who are in the forensic studies program, the
restorative justice program, the environmental criminology program (includes crime
analysis), and the youth justice research program.
5.14 Level of Support and Recognition from other Post-Secondary Institutions
Enrollment in Police Studies courses at SFU Surrey suggests that the Certificate
program will generate significant interest. In addition, the School's discussions with
Police organizations in various jurisdictions suggest that there will be significant
professional interest in this Certificate. Police officers receive salary and promotion
incentives for undertaking training and education courses at institutions of higher
learning and it is anticipated that many will be directed to the Police Studies
Certificate because of the high quality of the courses and teaching faculty.
No programs of this kind are offered by the research universities in British Columbia.
Some of the teaching universities offer limited police studies courses but not on the
same scale or with the same levels of expertise. SFU has the added benefit of the
system of distance education available through CODE.
6. CONTACT PERSONS
Dr. Gail S. Anderson, Professor, Undergraduate Director, School of Criminology
778 782 3589, ganderso(sfu.ca.
Mr. Philip Jong, Senior Advisor, School of Criminology
778 782 3645, pjjjoncz@sfu.ca
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CERTIFICATE IN POLICE STUDIES
The concentration is primarily for sworn police officers and students who wish to focus their
criminology undergraduate studies on courses that relate to policing. Two introductory courses
must be taken prior to applyin g
to this program. Serving police officers may apply to have the
following course requirements waived:
CRIM 101-3 Introduction to Criminology
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251-3
Introduction to Policing
The Certificate in Police Studies will consist of six courses (18 units) chosen from the following
list. Students may either focus their studies by concentrating on specific clusters or take their six
courses from anywhere on the list. An overall CGPA of 2.25 must be maintained. A minimum of
C- is required in all courses. Courses must be completed at Simon Fraser University.
The Police Studies Certificate requires a minimum of 18 units from the list below:
(Note: Some of the following may have prerequisites.)
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Minorities and the Criminal Justice System
CRIM 311-3 Minorities and the Criminal Justice System
CRIM 419-3 Aboriginal/Indigenous Justice
CRIM 429-3 Indigenous Peoples and International Law
Forensic Studies
CRIM 355-3 The Forensic Sciences
CRIM 356-3 The Forensic Sciences II
CRIM 3
57-3
Forensic Anatomy
CRIM 451-3 Advanced Techniques in Forensic Science
CRIM
452-3
Skeletal Pathology and Criminalistics
Restorative Justice
CRIM
315-3
Restorative Justice
CRIM 442-3 Restorative Justice Practice: Advanced Topics
Crime Analysis and Crime Prevention
CRIM 350-3 Techniques of Crime Prevention I
CRIM 352-3 Environmental Criminology: Theory and Practice
CRIM 433-3 Communities and Crime
CRIM 450-5 Techniques of Crime Prevention II
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457-4
Crime and Criminal Intelligence Analysis
Special Types of Offenders or Crimes
CRIM 310-3 Young Offenders and Criminal Justice: Advanced Topics
CRIM 316-3 Sexual Offenders and Sexual Offences
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CRIM 317-3 Prostitution in Canada
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CRIM 413-3 Terrorism
CRIM 453-3 Policing Illegal Dru
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CRIM 454-3 Criminal Profiling
Key Issues in Policing
CRIM 314-3 Mental Disorder, Criminality and the Law
CRIM 351-3 Police Accountability and Ethics
CRIM 4 10-3 Decision-Making in Criminal Justice
CRIM 455-3 Advanced Issues in Policing
CRIM 465-3 Crime, Economics, and the Economy
and any other 300 or 400 level course that is designated as a police studies course. Such courses
may be in the School of Criminology (e.g. Special Topics), or may be in other departments and
faculties (e.g. First Nations Studies, Sociolo g
y and Anthropology, Archaeology, Computing
Science, and Psychology). See the School's Academic Advisor for further information.
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