Fleming College

Canadian Government and Law Introduce students to the law making process and constitutional government.

This course provides the student with a familiarization of the roles and responsibilities of a Security Officer in relation to day-to-day security operations. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of clear and precise notebook keeping and report writing. Effective patrol and traffic control procedures will be identified. The legislation and licensing requirements will be examined. Practical exercises emphasising powers of arrest, bomb threat procedures and interviewing techniques will all be completed during the course of study.

This course will introduce the students into the proper format of note-taking and writing reports. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

Policing today is a challenging career which requires self-awareness and adaptability. This course leads students through examination of stress and management strategies. Students will be introduced to tools that will support their academic success and future career goals.

The scientific examination of how people think, feel and behave within important community contexts. Students will engage in self-examination while critically considering the challenges of the world we live in.

This course is an introduction to the study of Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, and Inuit) peoples in Canada. Students will explore the complex historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The course will also guide students to begin to understand the diversity and depth of Indigenous societies, worldviews, and knowledge through a multi-disciplinary lens.

This course focuses on offences contained in the Criminal Code of Canada. These include offences against the person, property, and public order. Students will research case law and assess its impact on criminal offences.

Society has come to recognize that physical fitness and wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course introduces the student to the concepts of physical fitness and provides the means to become fit and develop a healthy lifestyle. Students through practical experience will address the various components of fitness. The student will engage in an effective fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the various police services fitness standards.

This course examines pertinent sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and their impact on the Canadian criminal procedure. Citizen and police arrest and release authorities, police powers of search and seizure with and without a warrant, police discretion and its implications will be discussed. This course will enable students to become familiar with police terminology and apply the procedures required to affect arrest and release.

This course will continue to develop the proper format of note-taking, writing reports and other applicable police documents. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

In this course, students will interpret and apply Federal and Provincial Statutes. They will interpret elements of offences related to the statutes. Federal statutes examined will be the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Provincial statutes examined will be: the Provincial Offences Act, the Mental Health Act, the Liquor License Act, the Coroners Act, the Trespass to Property Act, the Residential Tenacies Act, the Child and Family Services Act, and the Blind Persons Rights Act.

The focus of this course is to ensure that students are the most professional and well-prepared applicants competing for jobs in policing or other fields they pursue. This course encourages students to develop community minded behaviours and volunteerism. Students will develop a professional resume, cover letter and learn the value of a professional portfolio.

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.

This course will allow students to apply and demonstrate crime prevention, problem oriented policing strategies and apply elements of volunteerism. Students will be able to assess a community problem and develop, implement and evaluate results to resolve a community problem. Students will also explore the relationship between community policing and police complaints. Students will be exposed to the mental and physical elements required to handle every day crises. This course will also explore the community service agencies that operate within or in conjunction with the criminal justice system. The main emphasis will be on the working relationships between the agencies and the police services.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from incident participants including victims, witnesses and suspects. Students will also learn basic investigation skills including observation, analysis, evidence identification, collection and preservation, as well as note taking skills.

This course focuses on ethical issues faced by individuals as citizens and professionals. It will help students to clarify their values and establish a framework for ethical decision making. Ethical issues that relate to a wide variety of concerns will be examined. Students will also examine a variety of professional ethical codes and apply ethical decision-making models to dilemmas in their personal and professional lives.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties.Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all Police Foundations academic courses. Students must pass a 3 panel interview for Field Placement.

This course is designed to foster confidence and competence when dealing with people in crisis, where the potential exists for conflict. The processes of intervention and mediation require an understanding of the dynamics of all of the actors participating. It is also imperative that students understand that personal biases, attitudes, and comfort level with emotional reactions will determine perception and interpretation of a situation. These emotional reactions will be their own as well as those of the other actors in the situation.

Our concern about crime and frustration over criminals are major issues that command our attention. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field that helps us understand and take action. Historically, it has offered many explanations that have influenced our reactions to and social policy toward crime and criminals. This course will consist of three main parts: definitions and measurement of crime, theories of crime, crime and society.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties. Students must pass a three panel interview for Field Placement.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management II (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Resiliency (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

In this course, students will develop the knowledge, skills, and ability to locate and apply sections of the Provincial Traffic Laws, regulations, and selected Criminal Code offences.

In this course students will critically examine issues in diversity. Specifically, students will focus on topics pertaining to inequalities such as race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, in various social settings. Incorporating social/legal explanations of diversity, students will develop a clear understanding of the impacted groups and learn how to apply possible strategies and practices to their professional and personal lives.

Canadian Government and Law Introduce students to the law making process and constitutional government.

This course provides the student with a familiarization of the roles and responsibilities of a Security Officer in relation to day-to-day security operations. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of clear and precise notebook keeping and report writing. Effective patrol and traffic control procedures will be identified. The legislation and licensing requirements will be examined. Practical exercises emphasising powers of arrest, bomb threat procedures and interviewing techniques will all be completed during the course of study.

This course will introduce the students into the proper format of note-taking and writing reports. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

Policing today is a challenging career which requires self-awareness and adaptability. This course leads students through examination of stress and management strategies. Students will be introduced to tools that will support their academic success and future career goals.

The scientific examination of how people think, feel and behave within important community contexts. Students will engage in self-examination while critically considering the challenges of the world we live in.

This course is an introduction to the study of Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, and Inuit) peoples in Canada. Students will explore the complex historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The course will also guide students to begin to understand the diversity and depth of Indigenous societies, worldviews, and knowledge through a multi-disciplinary lens.

This course focuses on offences contained in the Criminal Code of Canada. These include offences against the person, property, and public order. Students will research case law and assess its impact on criminal offences.

Society has come to recognize that physical fitness and wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course introduces the student to the concepts of physical fitness and provides the means to become fit and develop a healthy lifestyle. Students through practical experience will address the various components of fitness. The student will engage in an effective fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the various police services fitness standards.

This course examines pertinent sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and their impact on the Canadian criminal procedure. Citizen and police arrest and release authorities, police powers of search and seizure with and without a warrant, police discretion and its implications will be discussed. This course will enable students to become familiar with police terminology and apply the procedures required to affect arrest and release.

This course will continue to develop the proper format of note-taking, writing reports and other applicable police documents. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

In this course, students will interpret and apply Federal and Provincial Statutes. They will interpret elements of offences related to the statutes. Federal statutes examined will be the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Provincial statutes examined will be: the Provincial Offences Act, the Mental Health Act, the Liquor License Act, the Coroners Act, the Trespass to Property Act, the Residential Tenacies Act, the Child and Family Services Act, and the Blind Persons Rights Act.

The focus of this course is to ensure that students are the most professional and well-prepared applicants competing for jobs in policing or other fields they pursue. This course encourages students to develop community minded behaviours and volunteerism. Students will develop a professional resume, cover letter and learn the value of a professional portfolio.

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.

This course will allow students to apply and demonstrate crime prevention, problem oriented policing strategies and apply elements of volunteerism. Students will be able to assess a community problem and develop, implement and evaluate results to resolve a community problem. Students will also explore the relationship between community policing and police complaints. Students will be exposed to the mental and physical elements required to handle every day crises. This course will also explore the community service agencies that operate within or in conjunction with the criminal justice system. The main emphasis will be on the working relationships between the agencies and the police services.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from incident participants including victims, witnesses and suspects. Students will also learn basic investigation skills including observation, analysis, evidence identification, collection and preservation, as well as note taking skills.

This course focuses on ethical issues faced by individuals as citizens and professionals. It will help students to clarify their values and establish a framework for ethical decision making. Ethical issues that relate to a wide variety of concerns will be examined. Students will also examine a variety of professional ethical codes and apply ethical decision-making models to dilemmas in their personal and professional lives.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties.Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all Police Foundations academic courses. Students must pass a 3 panel interview for Field Placement.

This course is designed to foster confidence and competence when dealing with people in crisis, where the potential exists for conflict. The processes of intervention and mediation require an understanding of the dynamics of all of the actors participating. It is also imperative that students understand that personal biases, attitudes, and comfort level with emotional reactions will determine perception and interpretation of a situation. These emotional reactions will be their own as well as those of the other actors in the situation.

Our concern about crime and frustration over criminals are major issues that command our attention. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field that helps us understand and take action. Historically, it has offered many explanations that have influenced our reactions to and social policy toward crime and criminals. This course will consist of three main parts: definitions and measurement of crime, theories of crime, crime and society.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties. Students must pass a three panel interview for Field Placement.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management II (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Resiliency (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

In this course, students will develop the knowledge, skills, and ability to locate and apply sections of the Provincial Traffic Laws, regulations, and selected Criminal Code offences.

In this course students will critically examine issues in diversity. Specifically, students will focus on topics pertaining to inequalities such as race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, in various social settings. Incorporating social/legal explanations of diversity, students will develop a clear understanding of the impacted groups and learn how to apply possible strategies and practices to their professional and personal lives.

Canadian Government and Law Introduce students to the law making process and constitutional government.

This course provides the student with a familiarization of the roles and responsibilities of a Security Officer in relation to day-to-day security operations. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of clear and precise notebook keeping and report writing. Effective patrol and traffic control procedures will be identified. The legislation and licensing requirements will be examined. Practical exercises emphasising powers of arrest, bomb threat procedures and interviewing techniques will all be completed during the course of study.

This course will introduce the students into the proper format of note-taking and writing reports. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

Policing today is a challenging career which requires self-awareness and adaptability. This course leads students through examination of stress and management strategies. Students will be introduced to tools that will support their academic success and future career goals.

The scientific examination of how people think, feel and behave within important community contexts. Students will engage in self-examination while critically considering the challenges of the world we live in.

This course is an introduction to the study of Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, and Inuit) peoples in Canada. Students will explore the complex historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The course will also guide students to begin to understand the diversity and depth of Indigenous societies, worldviews, and knowledge through a multi-disciplinary lens.

This course focuses on offences contained in the Criminal Code of Canada. These include offences against the person, property, and public order. Students will research case law and assess its impact on criminal offences.

Society has come to recognize that physical fitness and wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course introduces the student to the concepts of physical fitness and provides the means to become fit and develop a healthy lifestyle. Students through practical experience will address the various components of fitness. The student will engage in an effective fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the various police services fitness standards.

This course examines pertinent sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and their impact on the Canadian criminal procedure. Citizen and police arrest and release authorities, police powers of search and seizure with and without a warrant, police discretion and its implications will be discussed. This course will enable students to become familiar with police terminology and apply the procedures required to affect arrest and release.

This course will continue to develop the proper format of note-taking, writing reports and other applicable police documents. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

In this course, students will interpret and apply Federal and Provincial Statutes. They will interpret elements of offences related to the statutes. Federal statutes examined will be the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Provincial statutes examined will be: the Provincial Offences Act, the Mental Health Act, the Liquor License Act, the Coroners Act, the Trespass to Property Act, the Residential Tenacies Act, the Child and Family Services Act, and the Blind Persons Rights Act.

The focus of this course is to ensure that students are the most professional and well-prepared applicants competing for jobs in policing or other fields they pursue. This course encourages students to develop community minded behaviours and volunteerism. Students will develop a professional resume, cover letter and learn the value of a professional portfolio.

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.

This course will allow students to apply and demonstrate crime prevention, problem oriented policing strategies and apply elements of volunteerism. Students will be able to assess a community problem and develop, implement and evaluate results to resolve a community problem. Students will also explore the relationship between community policing and police complaints. Students will be exposed to the mental and physical elements required to handle every day crises. This course will also explore the community service agencies that operate within or in conjunction with the criminal justice system. The main emphasis will be on the working relationships between the agencies and the police services.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from incident participants including victims, witnesses and suspects. Students will also learn basic investigation skills including observation, analysis, evidence identification, collection and preservation, as well as note taking skills.

This course focuses on ethical issues faced by individuals as citizens and professionals. It will help students to clarify their values and establish a framework for ethical decision making. Ethical issues that relate to a wide variety of concerns will be examined. Students will also examine a variety of professional ethical codes and apply ethical decision-making models to dilemmas in their personal and professional lives.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties.Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all Police Foundations academic courses. Students must pass a 3 panel interview for Field Placement.

This course is designed to foster confidence and competence when dealing with people in crisis, where the potential exists for conflict. The processes of intervention and mediation require an understanding of the dynamics of all of the actors participating. It is also imperative that students understand that personal biases, attitudes, and comfort level with emotional reactions will determine perception and interpretation of a situation. These emotional reactions will be their own as well as those of the other actors in the situation.

Our concern about crime and frustration over criminals are major issues that command our attention. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field that helps us understand and take action. Historically, it has offered many explanations that have influenced our reactions to and social policy toward crime and criminals. This course will consist of three main parts: definitions and measurement of crime, theories of crime, crime and society.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties. Students must pass a three panel interview for Field Placement.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management II (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Resiliency (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

In this course, students will develop the knowledge, skills, and ability to locate and apply sections of the Provincial Traffic Laws, regulations, and selected Criminal Code offences.

In this course students will critically examine issues in diversity. Specifically, students will focus on topics pertaining to inequalities such as race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, in various social settings. Incorporating social/legal explanations of diversity, students will develop a clear understanding of the impacted groups and learn how to apply possible strategies and practices to their professional and personal lives.

Canadian Government and Law Introduce students to the law making process and constitutional government.

This course provides the student with a familiarization of the roles and responsibilities of a Security Officer in relation to day-to-day security operations. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of clear and precise notebook keeping and report writing. Effective patrol and traffic control procedures will be identified. The legislation and licensing requirements will be examined. Practical exercises emphasising powers of arrest, bomb threat procedures and interviewing techniques will all be completed during the course of study.

This course will introduce the students into the proper format of note-taking and writing reports. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

Policing today is a challenging career which requires self-awareness and adaptability. This course leads students through examination of stress and management strategies. Students will be introduced to tools that will support their academic success and future career goals.

The scientific examination of how people think, feel and behave within important community contexts. Students will engage in self-examination while critically considering the challenges of the world we live in.

This course is an introduction to the study of Indigenous (First Nations, Metis, and Inuit) peoples in Canada. Students will explore the complex historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. The course will also guide students to begin to understand the diversity and depth of Indigenous societies, worldviews, and knowledge through a multi-disciplinary lens.

This course focuses on offences contained in the Criminal Code of Canada. These include offences against the person, property, and public order. Students will research case law and assess its impact on criminal offences.

Society has come to recognize that physical fitness and wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course introduces the student to the concepts of physical fitness and provides the means to become fit and develop a healthy lifestyle. Students through practical experience will address the various components of fitness. The student will engage in an effective fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the various police services fitness standards.

This course examines pertinent sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and their impact on the Canadian criminal procedure. Citizen and police arrest and release authorities, police powers of search and seizure with and without a warrant, police discretion and its implications will be discussed. This course will enable students to become familiar with police terminology and apply the procedures required to affect arrest and release.

This course will continue to develop the proper format of note-taking, writing reports and other applicable police documents. Students will also be given tools and information to develop proper notes to assist the Prosecution for court.

In this course, students will interpret and apply Federal and Provincial Statutes. They will interpret elements of offences related to the statutes. Federal statutes examined will be the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Provincial statutes examined will be: the Provincial Offences Act, the Mental Health Act, the Liquor License Act, the Coroners Act, the Trespass to Property Act, the Residential Tenacies Act, the Child and Family Services Act, and the Blind Persons Rights Act.

The focus of this course is to ensure that students are the most professional and well-prepared applicants competing for jobs in policing or other fields they pursue. This course encourages students to develop community minded behaviours and volunteerism. Students will develop a professional resume, cover letter and learn the value of a professional portfolio.

All graduates of diploma programs require general education credits. These courses allow you to explore issues of societal concern by looking at the history, theory and contemporary applications of those issues.

Your program has designated some required general education courses. In addition, you have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives each semester.

Many of these courses and some other general education courses are also available through evening classes, by distance education, or on-line. See our Part-Time Studies Calendar for these opportunities.

You may already possess general education equivalencies from other colleges or universities. Please see the General Education Co-ordinators at the Peterborough and Lindsay locations for possible exemptions.

This course will allow students to apply and demonstrate crime prevention, problem oriented policing strategies and apply elements of volunteerism. Students will be able to assess a community problem and develop, implement and evaluate results to resolve a community problem. Students will also explore the relationship between community policing and police complaints. Students will be exposed to the mental and physical elements required to handle every day crises. This course will also explore the community service agencies that operate within or in conjunction with the criminal justice system. The main emphasis will be on the working relationships between the agencies and the police services.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills and investigation skills. Students will develop interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from incident participants including victims, witnesses and suspects. Students will also learn basic investigation skills including observation, analysis, evidence identification, collection and preservation, as well as note taking skills.

This course focuses on ethical issues faced by individuals as citizens and professionals. It will help students to clarify their values and establish a framework for ethical decision making. Ethical issues that relate to a wide variety of concerns will be examined. Students will also examine a variety of professional ethical codes and apply ethical decision-making models to dilemmas in their personal and professional lives.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties.Pre-requisites: Successful completion of all Police Foundations academic courses. Students must pass a 3 panel interview for Field Placement.

This course is designed to foster confidence and competence when dealing with people in crisis, where the potential exists for conflict. The processes of intervention and mediation require an understanding of the dynamics of all of the actors participating. It is also imperative that students understand that personal biases, attitudes, and comfort level with emotional reactions will determine perception and interpretation of a situation. These emotional reactions will be their own as well as those of the other actors in the situation.

Our concern about crime and frustration over criminals are major issues that command our attention. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field that helps us understand and take action. Historically, it has offered many explanations that have influenced our reactions to and social policy toward crime and criminals. This course will consist of three main parts: definitions and measurement of crime, theories of crime, crime and society.

Field placement is approximately 100 hours at the completion of the fourth semester that will present the student with the opportunity to put into practice the skills and theory learned in the classroom and observe police related assignment duties. Students must pass a three panel interview for Field Placement.

Society has come to recognize that personal and collective wellness is essential to the enhanced quality of life. This course concentrates on the concepts of wellness and provides practical strategies for developing a healthy lifestyle. The student will develop strategies to develop and design and implement an effective personal fitness program and develop strategies to be successful at the Ontario Police Standards.

Pre-Requisites

• Fitness and Lifestyle Management II (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Resiliency (RECR 100)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management (RECR 3)
• Fitness and Lifestyle Management I (RECR 3)

In this course, students will develop the knowledge, skills, and ability to locate and apply sections of the Provincial Traffic Laws, regulations, and selected Criminal Code offences.

In this course students will critically examine issues in diversity. Specifically, students will focus on topics pertaining to inequalities such as race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, in various social settings. Incorporating social/legal explanations of diversity, students will develop a clear understanding of the impacted groups and learn how to apply possible strategies and practices to their professional and personal lives.