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Police Foundations |
School of Social & Community Services |
2012/2013 Program AvailabilityLakeshore Fall: Open Winter: Open Orangeville Fall: Open |
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Type:
Diploma
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Campus:
Lakeshore, Orangeville
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Program Code:
11071 |
Length: Humber Lakeshore Campus -
Four semesters, beginning in September and January
Humber Orangeville Campus -
Four semesters, beginning in September |
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CONTACT INFORMATION: Henri A. Berube, MSc, EPP, program co-ordinator | 416.675.6622 ext. 3266 | henri.berube@humber.ca
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Humber’s Police Foundations diploma program enjoys an excellent reputation within the criminal justice community – and for good reason: the program’s current and relevant curriculum, developed with the insights and expertise of members of the college’s Police Foundations Advisory Committee, ensures you’ll learn the knowledge and skills to succeed in policing. Practical courses allow you to learn about psychology, sociology, criminology, the criminal code, contemporary social and community problems, policing protocols and strategies, investigating and evidence, and conflict management. Your education will also include instruction in fitness and lifestyle management that teaches about the importance of health and wellness in policing.
You’ll learn from instructors with real-life work experience in public and private policing. As a graduate with a range of security, problem-solving and administrative skills, and with a commitment to justice and to the community, you’ll be on your way to the rewarding field of law enforcement.
Note: This program is offered on both a full-time and part-time basis. Graduates of the Police Foundations program will be subject to all requirements of the Ontario constable selection process and local police requirements when applying for a position as a police constable in Ontario.
Information sessions may be held throughout the year for applicants who wish to learn more about this program. For dates, call 416.675.6622 ext. 3484.
This program has successful partnerships with an extensive list of agencies that have provided employment opportunities for Humber graduates: Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Toronto Police Service, York Regional Police, Halton Regional Police, Durham Regional Police, Peel Regional Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Go Transit, Correctional Service of Canada, Toronto West Detention Centre, and Syl Apps Youth Centre.
Humber also offers the Bachelor of Applied Arts – Criminal Justice degree program 22201, the Community and Justice Services diploma program 11171, the Protection, Security and Investigation diploma program 24201 and the part-time Police Foundations online/in-class diploma program 1107E.
Qualified graduates may be eligible to apply their academic credit towards further study at many postsecondary institutions.
Graduates with an overall GPA of 75 per cent or higher may be considered for admission to the four-year Bachelor of Applied Arts – Criminal Justice degree program 22201. Graduates may then complete the degree with the equivalent of six semesters of full-time study plus two eight-week work terms. Graduates must also possess ENG4U or Humber’s COMM 200 or COMM 300 with a grade of 70 per cent or more. Admission will be based on availability in the program.
Police Foundations graduates may also apply for advanced standing in the Protection, Security and Investigation program 24101.
For detailed information, visit our website at humber.ca/transferguide.
For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.
Approximately $300 – $500 per semester for textbooks and supplies.
Semester 1 | ||
| Course Code | Course | Credits |
| COMM 200 | College Writing SkillsCollege Writing SkillsCourse Code: COMM 200 Credits: 3 College Writing Skills emphasizes elements of the writing process. Although subject matter and format may change from one program to another, the skills necessary for effective writing remain the same, as do the professional standards that all Humber students are expected to attain.
Students will practice the reading and writing skills that will be valuable in their college programs and build a strong base for professional business writing. Those students who plan to further their studies will develop the fundamental skills for writing acceptable academic English.
To help students reach these goals, the course covers the following: analytical reading and critical thinking; essay organization and development; and the elements of clear writing, including grammar and punctuation skills.
To complete COMM 200 successfully, students must produce writing that meets or surpasses the minimum departmental standards as set out in the attached criterion sheet.
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| PFP. 101 | Canadian Criminal Justice SystemCanadian Criminal Justice SystemCourse Code: PFP. 101 Credits: 3 This introductory course provides the student with an overview of the Canadian criminal justice system with a particular emphasis on the history, function, role and organization of Canadian law enforcement services. The operation of the criminal justice system will be examined and analyzed in light of contemporary issues affecting the system. Each of the major components from enforcement through the courts and correctional services will be explored. | 3 |
| PFP. 106 | Principles of Ethical ReasoningPrinciples of Ethical ReasoningCourse Code: PFP. 106 Credits: 3 This course places the study of criminal justice ethics within the context of the larger field of ethics. The role of the criminal justice professional as a public servant is emphasized. Several key terms in the study of ethics will help students distinguish between ethics and morality and what are considered ethical issues and ethical dilemmas. Students study the primary sources that set out the major schools of ethical thought and moral reasoning. Various models are used to critically analyze Canadian criminal cases and social issues such as euthanasia, abortion, animal rights, capital punishment, racism/ethnocentrism, police misconduct and corruption. In addition, students will have the opportunity to reflect upon their own ethical reasoning and consider alternative approaches. | 3 |
| PFP. 107 | Issues in Diversity/First Nations PeoplesIssues in Diversity/First Nations PeoplesCourse Code: PFP. 107 Credits: 3 In this course, the student will critically identify and discuss issues in diversity from various perspectives (citizens, police officers), which have hindered positive police-community relations. Strategies for strengthening positive police-community relations will also be examined. In addition, this course will increase the student's knowledge and awareness of issues in the aboriginal cultures of Canada. Justice and social services are significant areas that will be critically examined. The necessity for self-awareness and sensitivity when providing police service to diverse populations is critical to effective human service practice. By increasing understanding of diversity, professionals such as police officers can guard against unnecessary bias and stereotyping that emerges from lack of knowledge and understanding of these differences. | 3 |
| PFP. 108 | Fitness and Lifestyle Management 1Fitness and Lifestyle Management 1Course Code: PFP. 108 Credits: 1 This course is designed to:
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| PFP. 205 | Public AdministrationPublic AdministrationCourse Code: PFP. 205 Credits: 3 This course focuses on organizational theories as they pertain to Canadian Public Administration and the creation of legislation affecting the daily lives of each and every Canadian. The concepts of policing in a democratic society, the legitimacy of government, the rule of law and the role of the police and military within a democratic society are used to create a direct relevance between public administration and the police foundations student. Students will explore the organizational administration workings and interaction among the federal, provincial, and municipal governments. Students will develop an awareness of dominant and underlying issues related to law enforcement that affects the formal and informal political, public administration, and management processes. | 3 |
| PSYC 100 | Psychology - An IntroductionPsychology - An IntroductionCourse Code: PSYC 100 Credits: 3 How many times in the course of a day do we wonder about human behaviour? We shake our heads and ask why the person in the car ahead of us cut us off. We ask why it is that the person sitting beside us has his/her nose pierced. We try to explain why our boss blew up at a co-worker over an insignificant issue. We question the motives for our own actions. In the course of day it seems that we are challenged over and over again to explain the behaviour of those around us and indeed our own selves. Most often we do so in an ad hoc fashion, relying on our limited experience, our socialization and our own biases. Psychology is the field of study that examines human behaviour scientifically. This course will introduce the student to psychological theories of development and a variety of psychological research topics and behavioural issues including the biological bases of behaviour, learning and memory, development, psychopathology, social attitudes and behaviour. Students will be encouraged to be introspective and to apply what they learn to their personal behaviour in order to gain a better understanding of themselves and others. Students who have taken PSYC 008, PSYC 105 or are in the Early Childhood Education program cannot take this course.This course is also offered through continuing education and online. | 3 |
Semester 2 | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| COMM 300 | Business Writing SkillsBusiness Writing SkillsCourse Code: COMM 300 Credits: 3 Business Writing Skills introduces students to the strategies of effective written workplace communication. This course is designed to build on and reinforce the writing skills developed in COMM 200 and requires students to apply these skills to vocationally relevant assignments. Students will learn how to select and organize pertinent information according to purpose and audience and will practise presenting their ideas clearly, precisely, and effectively in various written formats. To complete COMM 300 successfully, students must produce writing that meets or surpasses the minimum departmental standards as set out in the criterion sheet. | 3 |
| PFP. 201 | CriminologyCriminologyCourse Code: PFP. 201 Credits: 3 This course provides an examination of various theoretical explanations of criminal and deviant behaviour including the classical, sociological, biological and psychological perspectives. Criminological theory is related to various types of criminal activity and the reality of crime in Canada including victimology is examined through crime statistics and correlates of criminal behaviour. The impact of theory on the development and effectiveness of the criminal justice system is discussed with an emphasis on future trends within the system. | 3 |
| PFP. 203 | Contemporary Social ProblemsContemporary Social ProblemsCourse Code: PFP. 203 Credits: 3 Learning about social problems can be a highly rewarding experience for the students. Although we live in difficult and challenging times, this course provides a way to develop critical thinking and teach the student how to apply sociological concepts and perspectives to analyze specific social problems such as crime, violence, abuse, social stratification, ageism, sexual orientation, family, poverty, drug addictions and gender. To the students taking this course, welcome to an innovative examination of social problems - one of the most stimulating and interesting fields of study in sociology. | 3 |
| PFP. 206 | Community and Social ServicesCommunity and Social ServicesCourse Code: PFP. 206 Credits: 3 This course will provide the opportunity for students to engage in project development, social innovation by enabling them to examine organizational philosophies, policies, and practices, which occur within their 40 hours of community engagement practicum. The course will provide the opportunity to critically examine an encompassing range of issues which include, but are not limited to: personal philosophies, community building processes, globalization, urbanization, unique attributes, skills of community builders, self-care within the community engagement process. The focus of the course will be for the student to integrate learning acquired from the academic course with their practical experiences within community engagement. | 3 |
| PFP. 208 | Fitness and Lifestyle Management 2Fitness and Lifestyle Management 2Course Code: PFP. 208 Credits: 1 This course is designed to:
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| PFP. 302 | Criminal CodeCriminal CodeCourse Code: PFP. 302 Credits: 3 In this course students will analyze specific elements of selected Criminal Code offences. These include offences against the person, property and public order. Students will research case law and learn to apply it toward developing critical analysis capabilities and to assess the impact of court decisions on criminal offences, enforcement, and police behaviour and use case law to argue and defend decisions. | 3 |
| SOCI 002 | Sociology: IntroductionSociology: IntroductionCourse Code: SOCI 002 Credits: 3 This course is designed to engage students in major sociological issues, debates, and theoretical perspectives, and to introduce key concepts and sociological research methods. Topics for analysis are wide in scope and are relevant to the everyday lived experiences of students. These include culture, class, race and ethnicity, sex and gender, ability and disability, deviance, education, aging, religion, and health. | 3 |
Semester 3 | Course Code | Course | Credits |
| PFP. 301 | Criminal and Civil LawCriminal and Civil LawCourse Code: PFP. 301 Credits: 3 This course will enable the student to analyze the elements of an offence, to classify offences and to identify possible defences in criminal cases. This course will also enable the student to analyze the rights and obligations of citizens involving areas of civil law. The student will recognize the responsibilities and limitations of citizens and police officers in light of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The student will develop legal research and analysis skills to locate, interpret and apply statute and case law. | 3 |
| PFP. 303 | Police Powers 1Police Powers 1Course Code: PFP. 303 Credits: 3 This course will examine pertinent sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and their impact on the Canadian criminal procedure focusing on citizen and police arrest and release authorities, police powers of search and seizure, with and without warrant, police discretion and its implication. This course will enable the student to become familiar with police terminology and apply procedure required to affect arrest and release. | 3 |
| PFP. 304 | Interviewing and InvestigationsInterviewing and InvestigationsCourse Code: PFP. 304 Credits: 3 This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills. Students develop the interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from witnesses, victims and suspects. Students will also learn the basic steps of investigation including the practical development of notetaking and observation skills. | 3 |
| PFP. 305 | Youth in Conflict with the LawYouth in Conflict with the LawCourse Code: PFP. 305 Credits: 3 This course provides the student with the opportunity to explore issues specifically related to youth in conflict with the law. There will be an emphasis on the formation of perceptions and concepts about youth in society in relation to the experience of conflict. Social attitude and societal response to youth conflict will be addressed from a historical, contemporary and social structural perspective. Approaches and interventions to youth crime and conflict will be discussed. | 3 |
| PFP. 306 | Community Policing 1Community Policing 1Course Code: PFP. 306 Credits: 3 This course will introduce students to theory and models of community policing. Problem-solving models and alternative dispute resolution strategies will be examined. Community development and community involvement in dispute resolution will be discussed. Public relations will be explored. | 3 |
| PFP. 307 | Traffic ManagementTraffic ManagementCourse Code: PFP. 307 Credits: 3 This course will introduce students to federal and provincial laws pertaining to vehicles and individuals (drivers, passengers, and pedestrians) who utilize the highways of Ontario. Students will specifically develop the knowledge, skills, and the ability to locate motor vehicle laws in both the Criminal Code and in the Highway Traffic Act. Students will practice finding traffic offences in the acts and regulations; will master the definitions required to interpret traffic laws; and will apply the laws concerning police authority, drivers licences, permits, and rules of the road to specific scenarios. In addition, hit-and-run laws, alcohol-related driving offences and accidents will be examined. Students will also be required to attend traffic court to observe traffic court proceedings. | 3 |
| PFP. 308 | Lifestyle Management 1Lifestyle Management 1Course Code: PFP. 308 Credits: 1 Based on the skills and knowledge gained in PFP. 108 and PFP. 208 Fitness and Lifestyle Management 1 and 2, this course will centre on the theoretical and practical application of both physical and occupational requirements of a police officer. Students will be required to apply appropriate fitness skills in order to continue to increase and/or maintain an overall physical fitness level that will allow the student to work towards achieving the standards of the PREP and other fitness tests as required. By semester's end, students will be required to achieve a minimum acceptable standard of fitness in order to pass the physical component of the course. This standard will be made available to all students. In addition to regularly scheduled lectures and practical sessions, students will be required to attend outside school hours for fitness testing. Dates to be announced. | 1 |
| POLS 104 | Introduction to PoliticsIntroduction to PoliticsCourse Code: POLS 104 Credits: 3 Canadians are fortunate to live in a country where one may choose one?s degree of participation in government. Some become activists either in a political party or in support of causes; others seek elected office, work in campaigns or contribute money or time to parties or candidates. On the other end of the scale, people can choose to do little or nothing in politics and only suffer the mild consequence of being ignored by those in power. The choice is ours, but in either case a general understanding of political ideas, institutions, and issues is helpful, even essential. An introduction to politics focuses on political theories about the best form of government, the limits placed on government, and the rights of the citizen and the state. Basic political institutions and how they function to resolve conflict in Canada and internationally are emphasized. Political ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, socialism and fascism underpin political systems identified as democratic, communist, and authoritarian. We shall examine both the ideologies and the governments they give rise to. In the twenty first century all the ideologies are changing under the force called globalization. Is democracy bound to emerge as economies change or is this thesis far too simplistic? International development, international relations, and the causes/prevention of wars, and/or terrorism will also be examined. Police Foundation students who have taken POLS 107 The Political Game cannot take this course. | 3 |
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| PFP. 401 | Provincial OffencesProvincial OffencesCourse Code: PFP. 401 Credits: 3 In this course students will examine scenarios and determine the appropriate enforcement action for the most common provincial statutes. Topics studied will include arrest, search and seizure authorities, common offences, and the involvement of non-police agencies. Statutes examined will be: Provincial Offences Act, Mental Health Act, Tenant and Property Act, Trespass to Property Act, Liquor Licence Act, Child and Family Services Act, Coroner's Act, Family Law Act, Blind Person's Rights Act, Police Services Act, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and the Safe Streets Act. | 3 |
| PFP. 402 | Criminal Code and Federal StatutesCriminal Code and Federal StatutesCourse Code: PFP. 402 Credits: 3 This capstone course is a continuation of PFP. 302 Criminal Code and incorporates learning outcomes from various courses. Students will be challenged to develop realistic and creative fact scenarios and evidence that will support criminal prosecutions in moot court. Students will also adopt various trial roles in their prosecution and defence of those charges. While the focus of study relates to criminal weapon and drug offences, students will be exposed to the complexities and challenges of the trial process from a variety of perspectives within this applied learning model. | 3 |
| PFP. 403 | Police Powers 2Police Powers 2Course Code: PFP. 403 Credits: 3 This course is a continuance of PFP. 303 Police Powers 1 and will focus on police governance and accountability issues related to the Police Services Act, police complaints, Special Investigations Unit, and management and labour issues. Use of force theory, law and other legal issues related to the use of force will be discussed. Theory related to officer safety will be examined. | 3 |
| PFP. 404 | Investigation and EvidenceInvestigation and EvidenceCourse Code: PFP. 404 Credits: 3 The Investigation and Evidence course will provide the student with a basic knowledge of forensic science and the role it plays in a criminal investigative. How forensic evidence contributes to the investigative process, such as interpreting crime scenes, injury and sudden death will be discussed. The role of trace evidence, fingerprint identification and fibre identification will be examined. The student will gain an understanding of recording, collecting, and preserving evidence from a crime scene and its presentation in court. | 3 |
| PFP. 405 | Conflict ManagementConflict ManagementCourse Code: PFP. 405 Credits: 3 This course focuses on the dynamics of conflict. The student will be introduced to concepts and practices of managing conflict within the criminal justice and societal context. Students will engage in the application of philosophy, and techniques of addressing conflict on a societal, institutional and individual level. | 3 |
| PFP. 406 | Community Policing 2Community Policing 2Course Code: PFP. 406 Credits: 3 This advanced course will allow students to apply and demonstrate crime prevention, problem-oriented policing strategies and apply elements of volunteerism. Students will be required 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. | 3 |
| PFP. 408 | Lifestyle Management 2Lifestyle Management 2Course Code: PFP. 408 Credits: 1 Based on the skills and knowledge gained in PFP. 108 and PFP. 208 Fitness and Lifestyle Management 1 and 2, and PFP. 308 Lifestyle Management 1, this course will centre on the theoretical and practical application of bonafide physical and occupational requirements of a police officer. Students will be required to apply appropriate fitness skills to continue to increase and/or maintain an overall physical fitness level that will allow the student to work towards meeting or achieving the standards of PREP and PARE. | 1 |
| PSYC 003 | Psychology: SocialPsychology: SocialCourse Code: PSYC 003 Credits: 3 This course is designed to introduce students to social psychology, a discipline that examines how people think about, influence, and relate to one another. Students will critically evaluate a number of social psychological theories and findings as they seek to better understand the social world around them. Core topics to be discussed in this course include attitude formation and change, persuasion, conformity and obedience, aggression, prejudice and discrimination, group dynamics, gender, culture, altruism and interpersonal attraction.
The course will also focus on specific areas of applied social psychology, such as media and social behaviour and psychology and the law.
Students who have taken PSYC 009 Individual and Group Dynamics cannot take this course. | 3 |
