Criminology (JD/MA)

In order to be admitted to this combined degree program, students must independently apply and be admitted to both the Faculty of Law and the Department of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies.

This combined program is offered jointly by the law school and U of T’s Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science.

1. In the first year of the program students complete all first year courses at the Faculty of Law.
2. In the second and third years, students:

• Take 45 credits in the Faculty of Law.  Starting in 2024, students will need 46 upper year credits in Law.  Students graduating in 2023 are strongly encouraged to earn 46 credits, but 45 will be accepted.
• Satisfy the compulsory requirements of the upper years of the JD, including the moot, an International/Comparative/Transnational (ICT) course, a January  Intensive course, Legal Ethics, Administrative Law, and a Critical Perspectives Course.
• Take 6 half-courses at the Centre of Criminology.
  • One of these courses must be either a theory or a research methods course.
  • Two of these courses may be taken in the form of the Centre of Criminology's research paper.

Course selection in the second and third years of the program must be approved by the program director. 

Students enrolled in joint programs MUST complete the requirements of both programs in order to graduate in a joint program. No diplomas will be awarded until all the requirements for a joint program are fulfilled.