At University of Regina in Regina, Canada, BA/BS in Police Studies is offered as a bachelor's degree in Criminal Law & Justice programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 978 per credit (CAD 280 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Criminal Law & Justice
Duration: 4 years
Local tuition: CAD 280 / credit
International tuition: CAD 978 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Police Studies at the University of Regina, offered through the Department of Criminology, leads to a four-year Bachelor of Arts examining policing as both a profession and a social institution. The curriculum covers the history of Canadian law enforcement, police operations, and broader justice topics including human rights, Indigenous justice, and restorative approaches, drawing on criminology, sociology, psychology, law, economics, and history. Course offerings include introductions to criminology and policing along with more focused topics such as community policing, youth justice, and police organization and leadership. In the fourth year, students choose among three pathways: a professional track for students hired by a police service and completing external recruit training, a practicum track offering experiential learning with justice organizations, or an academic track built around advanced coursework and electives. The program suits students aiming for careers in policing, corrections, or community justice, and it explicitly states that admission to the program does not guarantee acceptance into a professional policing service. Graduates pursue roles such as police officers, corrections professionals, probation officers, and community justice practitioners, applying the program's combination of academic and applied law-enforcement knowledge.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Police Studies program page sets out no admission requirements of its own beyond directing applicants to select their student type and consult the Faculty of Arts application guide. Under the University of Regina's general high-school assessment, applicants are judged on a four-course average — English or Français Language Arts, a higher-level math or calculus course, and two further approved math, science, social-science or language courses — with early conditional admission available to Grade 12 students on their Grade 11 and completed Grade 12 marks; for Fall 2027 entry the Faculty of Arts sets that average at 70%. International undergraduate applicants pay a $100 CAD application fee and, unless exempt, must show English proficiency: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT overall 83 with no section below 20 (tests before 21 January 2026; overall 4.5 on the revised scale afterwards), PTE Academic 59, CAEL 60, or Duolingo English Test 120 overall with a Literacy score of 105.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to the University of Regina apply for Fall 2027 entry with a recommended early deadline of 15 March 2027 for best course selection and a final new-applicant deadline of 15 August 2027; Winter 2027-28 entry has an early deadline of 1 November 2026 and a final deadline of 15 December 2026, and Spring/Summer 2027 entry closes 15 April 2027. International (study-permit) applicants share the same final deadlines as domestic students for each term but have no separate early deadline. Numerous named programs, including Nursing, Social Work, Bachelor of Indigenous Social Work, Indigenous Fine Arts and Indigenous Education, carry their own earlier deadlines instead of the general dates. Admission is not described as rolling; late non-competitive applications are simply carried to the next term the program accepts. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
