Pathways from Policing and Security Diplomas to Conestoga's Bahcelor of Community and Criminal Justice Program

Conestoga College
Reference Number
2015-14
Date
Status
Complete
Partners
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Cambrian College
Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology
Centennial College
Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology
Fleming College
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology
Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology
Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology
St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology
Conestoga College ITAL (Conestoga) has worked to establish educational pathways for students holding a two year diploma from Police Foundations (PF) or Protection, Security and Investigation (PSI) programs into the Bachelor of Community and Criminal Justice (BCCJ) program. As part of its cyclical renewal process, the BCCJ program recently updated its program design to strengthen both its capacity to prepare graduates for the changing landscape of community and criminal justice, and to improve opportunities for graduates of PF and PSI programs to enter the degree program at a more advanced level. The latter was intended to better align diploma-to-degree pathways with student expectations of a ‘two-plus-two’ post-secondary education opportunity...