At Georgian College in Barrie, Canada, Honours Bachelor Police Studies is offered as a honours degree in Criminal Law & Justice programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,234 per semester (CAD 3,120 per semester for local students).
This four-year Honours Bachelor Degree program, delivered in hybrid format at the Barrie campus, prepares students for careers across policing and the wider criminal-justice field. Students engage directly with topics such as forensics, cold-case investigation, criminology, criminal-behaviour analysis, geographic profiling, and cybercrime, alongside broader themes of criminal justice, diversity, professionalism, leadership, and scholarship. Coursework is designed to build critical thinking and sound decision-making by encouraging students to approach policing problems from multiple perspectives. A fourteen-week co-op placement gives students hands-on experience within police services or related justice agencies, supported by the program's partnerships with municipal, provincial, and federal police services and other criminal- and civil-justice organizations; these connections also help students build professional networks ahead of graduation. The program is offered on a full-time basis, with an Advanced Standing option for students entering with related prior credentials, as well as part-time study. Graduates are prepared for a range of roles within policing and the broader justice sector. The program suits students aiming for a career in law enforcement or criminal justice who want a degree combining academic study of criminology and justice issues with practical field experience gained through co-op placement and close ties to policing and justice organizations.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:65.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Georgian College's Police Studies programme page requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature student status, with an overall average of at least 65 per cent across six Grade 12 U or M level courses, including Grade 12 U English. Mature applicants must be 19 or older at the program's start, have been away from formal education for at least a year, and meet the same subject prerequisites before registering; the page notes that selection is competitive and that meeting the minimum average does not guarantee a seat, as first-year places are limited. No standardised English-language test score is published for this route, leaving Grade 12 U English as its stated language criterion. Applicants with a criminal record are told to discuss their situation with the college before enrolling, since it may affect their ability to complete placements or find related work after graduation. Police Foundations diploma graduates can instead apply through the program's BAPA advanced-standing stream.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date for Georgian's highly competitive programs, which now covers Fall 2027, Winter 2028 and Summer 2028 entry, and later applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats last; offers of admission for this 2026-2027 cycle must be accepted by 1 May 2027. Programs outside the highly competitive list carry no equal-consideration date and are assessed on a rolling basis year-round. International applicants apply directly through Georgian's own portal with no published closing date and are assessed on a rolling basis while seats remain, though Georgian warns a program open when applied to may close before assessment. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
