Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice, BA
The BA in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice (FPAC) approaches the study of criminal behavior and criminal justice from multiple theoretical lenses. This transdisciplinary program will include factors relating to the individual (psychological factors), social and cultural factors, and factors relating to the criminal justice system and other relevant institutions, and will provide learners with academic and applied experiences that will give them skills relevant to their chosen careers. Courses will come from Brock’s Psychology, Child and Youth Studies, and Political Science departments. The program seeks to combine these approaches to the study of criminal and aggressive behaviour. Rather than assuming that a behaviour, or a system’s response to behaviour stems from any one factor or perspective, FPAC is premised on the idea that factors across disciplines are required in order to provide more nuanced, critical, and complex understandings of behaviour and responses.