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Criminal Justice - New Brunswick Community College - Miramichi Combining theoretical and practical education, New Brunswick Community College 2-year Diploma in Criminal Justice, delivered at the Miramichi Campus, is designed for students aspiring to attain employment, career advancement, skill upgrading, or further education and/or training in Criminal Justice or related fields. The Program provides students with a broad, primarily liberal arts-based education in criminal justice including courses in Communications, Community-based Policing and Justice Interventions, Computer Applications, Conflict Resolution in Policing, Creative Art, Criminal Justice System, Criminal Law, Criminology, English, Law Enforcement, Marketing, Philosophy, Physical Education, Policing Operations, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and White Collar Crime. Students will acquire not only an understanding of criminal justice-relevant issues in Canada and the world but also the specific skills required for the criminal justice field such as analytical reasoning, communication, crisis and suicide intervention, critical thinking, first aid and CPR, fire training, interviewing and helping, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), occupational health and safety, program development, and research. Graduates may pursue entry-level positions, career advancement, and/or educational opportunities in Criminology, Criminal Justice, or related fields. Career-wise, graduates may be employed in various positions across Canada, including working for educational or governmental institutions or for employers in the non-profit or private sector. For example, graduates may work in the areas of administration, crime prevention, criminal investigation, criminal law, government, insurance, law and law enforcement, national security, offender case management, policing, private and public investigation, the courts, victim services, and young offenders, to name but a few. Some careers, however, may require further training, like working for municipal police forces or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Graduates can also take on further studies in the field at various institutions, colleges, and universities across Canada, often with advanced credit. For example, graduates can 'apply to St. Thomas University to complete a further two years of study culminating in the terminal' Bachelor of Applied Arts in Criminal Justice (BAA).degree. The latter is terminal in that graduates 'with a BAA will require as much as one additional full year of university study if they also wish to receive a BachelorĘs Degree in another arts discipline such as history, philosophy, political science, or a Bachelor of Social Work, or a Bachelor of Education.' Furthermore, BAA graduates may need to complete 'another bachelorĘs degree or do a qualifying year of study' if they want 'to apply to law school or other graduate programs.' Therefore, students are advised to 'check with appropriate universities for details regarding other degree requirements.' To be eligible for admission to the Program, applicants must have a 'High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency or a minimum score of 900 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test' and 'minimum average of 70% in FIVE successfully completed Grade 12 academic courses' which must include 'Grade 12 Academic English (compulsory).' The other four Grade 12 academic courses must be chosen from: Arts, Music or Theatre Arts (maximum one of these three); Business Organization and Management or Introduction to Accounting or Law, or Modern World Problems/World Issues (maximum one of these four); Communications or Journalism or Media Studies (maximum one of these three); Biology, Chemistry, Comparative Religion, Computer Education, Economics, Environmental Science/Environmental Studies, French (including immersion courses); Geography Geology, German, History, Latin, Literature (Atlantic, Black, and/or Canadian, among others), Native Studies, Oceanography, Physics, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish; and Mathematics (NB Trigonometry and 3-space 121/122 and/or Advanced Math with Calculus 120; NS Academic Math 12, Advanced Math 12, Pre-calculus Math 12; NF Math 3204, or 3205 and 3207; PEI Math 621A, 621B, and/or 611B). Applicants who are 19 years of age or older and do not meet any the of aforementioned criteria but who have 'related experience or training' may apply under "mature student status,' the latter 'may be considered for acceptance following additional assessment done at the college.' Applicants applying under "mature student status" are advised to contact the College for further information. Furthermore, all applicants 'accepted to the program will be required to submit, at their own expense, the results of a Criminal/Police Records Check,' which may be 'obtained through the CPIC (Canadian Police Information Center), the PIRS (Police Information Retrieval System), and local police indices.' The College does have 'the right to refuse admission to candidates whose record check indicates a criminal charge (positive results). Individuals who are convicted of a criminal code offence while enrolled as a student may be asked to leave the program.'
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