Academic Programs Committee Reports


AGENDA ITEM NO: 10.1

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
 FOR INFORMATION ONLY

PRESENTED BY: Trever Crowe, Chair, Academic Programs Committee
DATE OF MEETING: March 15, 2007
SUBJECT:

Item for Information:
 Approval of Arts & Science minor in Crime, Law and Justice Studies

COUNCIL ACTION: For information only

Under the authority delegated to the Academic Programs Committee by Council in 2002, APC approves new Fields of Specialization at the Minor level (www.usask.ca/university_council/acad_prog/reports/04-25-02.shtml).

At its meeting on February 9, 2007, the Academic Programs Committee approved the attached proposal for the introduction of a Minor in Crime, Law and Justice Studies in the College of Arts & Science, pending confirmation that the College of Law did not object to the name for this minor. This confirmation was received on Feb. 25 (see attached memo).

Summary:
 This proposal is based on student demand for courses in criminology, which is the study of crime, criminals, criminal behaviour, and corrections. The minor in Crime, Law and Justice Studies may be completed in conjunction with any Three-Year, Four-Year or Honours degree in the College of Arts and Science.
Non-Sociology Majors
 Students must complete 21 credit units Sociology:
- SOC 212.3, 232.3, 233.3, 234.3; SOC 214.3 or 219.3;
- 6 credit units selected from SOC 311.3, 312.3, 329.3 334.3 or 341.3.
Sociology Majors (B.A. Four-year only)
 In addition to the requirements for the B.A. Four-year Sociology, students must complete 18 credit units Sociology: - 15 credit units selected from SOC 212.3, 234.3; one of SOC 214.3 or 219.3; any two of SOC 311.3, 312.3, 329.3, 334.3 or 341.3
- 3 credit units selected from SOC 41 5.3,419.3 or 439.3; or a class from list provided above.

Impact and Relationships:
 This proposal has no impact on programs outside the Department of Sociology. See memo attached from the College of Law.

Respectfully submitted,
Trever Crowe, Chair