Program Related Skills
Academic courses in this program provide opportunities to develop the following types of skills. Check out our My Career Centre webpage to learn how to articulate skills you’ve developed in your program to employers and/or academic admissions committees in our Skills from your Academics module (under our ‘Assess Yourself’ section). Make a career counselling or an employment strategy appointment[EM1] to discuss how you can demonstrate these skills to employers.
- Communication: Effectively convey complex themes and information to different audiences (this can include both verbal and written communication through various mediums).
- Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze historical, sociological and legal perspectives of criminal justice system in Canada.
- Data Analysis: Use statistical and analytical tools to extract and interpret quantitative/qualitative data to forecast trends and plan accordingly.
- Research: Ability to gather information from various sources to make evidence-based arguments related to socio-legal issues.
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Updated December 2024