Advanced Law Enforcement and Investigations (graduate certificate)

Program Overview

Advanced Law Enforcement and Investigations allows you to combine law enforcement experience with advanced fitness training and conflict management to gain additional professional certifications for a rewarding career in the justice sector. Whether you choose to join an investigation agency, private security firm or work in law enforcement, your experience and newly acquired skills will give you the edge you need.

Graduate certificate

Investigation

Law Enforcement

Admission Requirements

Diploma or degree with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5
Proof of English language proficiency required

A minimum of two years of work experience in a related field detailed in a professional resumé with a letter of intent may be considered
Proof of English language proficiency required

Please note: this program has post-admission requirements. Visit the Admission Requirements tab for details.

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Intakes and Availability

Date	Domestic Availability	International Availability
September 2020	Open	Open

Tuition

Year one domestic: $3,654 (CDN)
Year one international: $14,254 (CDN)

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Semester 1 Courses

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Career Options

WHAT YOU COULD BE:

Corporate investigator
Corrections officer
Loss prevention investigator
Nuclear officer
Park warden
Platoon dispatcher
Police officer
Probation officer
Residential counsellor
Special constable
Youth group home worker

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Program Details

This program is designed for individuals with previous education or work experience (please see the entrance requirements section of this page for further detail). Aimed at college and university graduates, it will teach you the specialized knowledge and skills required to work as a law enforcement officer with supervisory-level knowledge and attributes. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of advanced skills in the subject areas required for practitioners in the fields of law enforcement and security including:

Advanced fitness training and preparation for career specific fitness and application testing
Opportunity to obtain additional professional certification
Skills gained by placement experience in various law enforcement, security and related agencies on an extended basis

As a graduate, you will be able to achieve the certificate of completions or professional designations (where noted) as follows:

APCO Institute Inc. Public Safety Telecommunicator I (professional designation)
Basic Emergency Management (Emergency Management Ontario certification)
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training Certificate – Level 1 (Crisis Prevention Institute)
Mental Health First Aid – (Mental Health Commission of Canada)
Elder Abuse Certification (Canadian Police Knowledge Network)
SafeTALK – Suicide Alertness Training Certificate (LivingWorks)
Private Investigator License Number – embedded into the curriculum is course content based on ministry mandated requirements for eligibility to write the provincial licensing examination for private investigators in the province of Ontario as per the training standards prescribed by the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services under the Privacy Security and Investigative Services Act – Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Ministry generated TCN (Training Completion Number), to be used when booking a provincial licencing examination at a Ministry test center.

Admission Requirements

Diploma or degree with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5
Proof of English language proficiency required

A minimum of two years of work experience in a related field detailed in a professional resumé with a letter of intent may be considered
Proof of English language proficiency required

Applicants whose first language is not English or who are internationally educated in a non‐English speaking country must meet Durham College’s English Language Proficiency Policy.

POST-ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Current Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation Basic Rescuer Certificate in CPR (Level C) certificate
Current Criminal Background Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening
Current first aid certificate
Entry immunization form completed by a health-care provider

Please note: Applicants may choose to attend a voluntary applicant orientation session.

Courses

Semester 1

Semester 2

Courses and course descriptions are subject to change.

Costs

YEAR ONE FEES	Domestic	International
Tuition	$3,654	$14,254
Compulsory Ancillary	$1,337	$1,812
Program Incidental	$165	$165
Total Fees:	$5,156	$16,231

Please note: fees are based on the 2019-2020 academic year and do not include textbooks. For more information please see Other fees to consider.

Career Options

WHAT YOU COULD BE:

Corporate investigator
Corrections officer
Loss prevention investigator
Nuclear officer
Park warden
Platoon dispatcher
Police officer
Probation officer
Residential counsellor
Special constable
Youth group home worker

WHERE YOU COULD WORK:

Federal, provincial and municipal governments
Not-for-profit organizations
Police/corrections companies
Security companies
Youth services organizations

Program Transfer, Degree Completion and Additional Credentials

Graduates may also be eligible to apply their academic credits toward further study through Durham College’s partnerships with many Canadian and international colleges and universities.

Field Placement

Your learning experience will be complemented by a field placement in each semester, which provides the opportunity to integrate theory with practice under the supervision of professionals in the field of justice.

Please note: there are pre-placement requirements for the field placement component of this program.

Experiential Learning

Project Lord Ridgeback

Project Lord Ridgeback (PLRB) is multi-disciplinary experiential learning exercise that simulates a local disaster. Interacting with actors who play victims, casualties, emotionally distressed persons and the elderly in a staged, choreographed event, students from a wide range of programs learn by acting and responding as they would in real emergencies. Subject matter experts design injects into disaster-related scenarios which simulate authentic workplace demands.

The day following the mock disaster, students participate in follow up exercises to apply learning in mock court testimony, critical incident stress debrief, crime-scene lab work, and form completion specific to their program areas.

Student participants are from a wide range of DC programs including: Practical Nursing, Primary Care Paramedic, Police Foundations, Protection Security & Investigation, Paralegal, 911 Call Centre Communications, Advanced Law Enforcement and Investigations, Journalism Mass Media Program, Social Service Worker, Activation Co-ordination – Gerontology, Court Support Services.

Advanced Law Enforcement and Investigations (graduate certificate)

Program Overview

Admission Requirements

Intakes and Availability

Tuition

Semester 1 Courses

Career Options

WHAT YOU COULD BE:

Program Details

Admission Requirements

POST-ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Courses

Semester 1

Semester 2

Costs

Career Options

WHAT YOU COULD BE:

WHERE YOU COULD WORK:

Program Transfer, Degree Completion and Additional Credentials

Field Placement

Experiential Learning

Project Lord Ridgeback

Helpful Resources

College guide September 2020 [PDF]

College guide September 2020 [Interactive]

Graduate Employment Report [PDF]