Diploma - Police Foundations
- 2 years
- Duration
- 36,695 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Welland / Canada
- Location
Program description
Do you want to make a difference in your community and want to serve and protect the public by upholding the law?
As a graduate of the Police Foundations program, you will play an active role in the law enforcement system, ensuring public safety by maintaining law and order, protecting members of the public and their property, and preventing, detecting, and investigating crime.
Highlights
- Former police officers with extensive investigative experience teach a reality-based curriculum.
- Volunteer with municipal police departments and local service organizations to gain hands-on experience.
- The Justice Studies Simulation Lab provides hands-on experiential learning.
- Students who complete first year and the First Aid course successfully are eligible to take the Ontario Security Guard licensing exam.
Program structure
Term One
- Essentials of Writing to be Understood
- Canadian Justice System
- Law Enforcement Principles
- Psychology
- Sociology and Canadian Society
- Fitness and Use of Force Management I
Term Two
- Communications for Justice Studies II
- Criminology
- Criminal and Civil Law
- Provincial Offences
- Fitness and Use of Force Management II
- Ethics and Code of Conduct
- Contemporary Social Issues
Term Three
- Police Powers I
- Interviewing and Investigations
- Criminal Code and Police Services Act
- Principles of Investigation and Articulation
- Community Policing
- Fitness and Use of Force Management III
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Canada
Term Four
- Youth in Conflict with the Law
- Criminal Code and Federal Statutes
- Investigation and Evidence
- Conflict Management in Law Enforcement
- Traffic Management
- Criminal Procedure and Trial Preparation
- Fitness and Use of Force Management IV
Price
Level One
- Tuition - 7,575 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,965 CAD
- Material Fees - 153 CAD
- Level Total - 9,693 CAD
Level Two
- Tuition - 7,575 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,005 CAD
- Material Fees - 100 CAD
- Level Total - 8,680 CAD
Year One Total - 18,373 CAD
Level Three
- Tuition - 7,575 CAD
- Ancillary Fees - 1,921 CAD
- Material Fees - 190 CAD
- Level Total - 9,686 CAD
Level Four
- Tuition - 7,575 CAD
- Ancillary Fees — 961 CAD
- Material Fees - 100 CAD
- Level Total - 8,636 CAD
Year Two Total - 18,322 CAD
Estimated Program Total - 36,695 CAD
Requirements for applicants
Admission Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
- English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent
- Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations in Contemporary Society – Grade 11 (C)
- Canadian Politics and Citizenship – Grade 11 (O)
- Challenge and Change in Society – Grade 12 (M)
- Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology – Grade 11 (M)
- Understanding Canadian Law – Grade 11 (M)
Language Proficiency Admission Requirements
You will be required to provide proof of one or more of the following:
- Niagara College Mature Student Test for English
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level (Ontario High School Curriculum)
- ACE English (Academic Upgrading)
- International Credential Assessment for studies outside of Canada
If English is your subsequent language, Niagara College (for the purposes of admission to standard non-competitive programs) will also accept these English Language Test Scores
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - 169 – No skill under 162
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) including Indicator Test** 6.0 – No individual band under 5.5.
- Duolingo Language Test - Overall score of 105+, with no individual score under 95
- Internet-based (IBT) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) including Special Home Edition Test - Paper-based: 500, Computer based: 173, iBT: 79, Minimum: 20 Writing, 20 Speaking
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) - 46+, with no individual skill under 36
- Canadian Academic English Language Test (CAEL) including CAEL Online Proficiency Test - 60 – No individual band under 50.
- Niagara College’s English for Academic Preparation program (EAP) - Completion of Level 5 English for Academic Preparation (EAP) program with 70% and no individual grade under 50%
About the university
Niagara College, with campuses in Welland and Niagara-on-the-Lake, is conveniently located in the center of the Niagara Region, only minutes away from one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. The college is home to more than 130 cutting-edge academic programs.
All of our campuses are home to state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching methods, including small class sizes, cutting-edge research, and real-world application.
These courses put students in an interactive and technologically advanced learning environment. Our grads are well-versed in multiple cultures, quick learners, and risk takers who push the envelope of what's possible in business in Niagara, Canada, and beyond.
Why Niagara College?
- 130+ certificate, diploma, apprenticeship and Bachelor's Degree programs
- 600+ credit, vocational and general interest courses
- We care about you and want you to succeed - employers report high levels of satisfaction with the skills and knowledge possessed by NC graduates.
- Building a sustainable future
- More than seven thousand students per year participate in cooperative education, field placements, internships, learning enterprises, apprenticeships, clinical placements, course-based research, and fieldwork in about one hundred different academic disciplines.
