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Police Foundations - Part-time
Humber is proud to have the highest graduate employment and employer satisfaction rate of the GTA colleges based on Colleges Ontario’s key performance indicators for college graduates in 2022-2023.
Program Overview
The part-time Police Foundations diploma program, offered exclusively online, enjoys an excellent reputation within the criminal justice community. Our program’s curriculum, developed with the insights and expertise of members of the college’s Police Foundations Advisory Committee, ensures you’ll gain the knowledge and skills needed 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. As well, instruction in fitness and lifestyle management will teach you about the importance of health and wellness in policing.
Your professors, who have real-life work experience in public and private policing, will help you graduate with a range of security, problem-solving and administrative skills, and with a commitment to justice and to your community.
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.
This program is also offered full-time.
Curriculum
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| Compulsory | 2024/2025 Academic Year | 2025/2026 Academic Year | |||||||||||||
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| Empty row | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
| PFP 101: Canadian Criminal Justice System | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 120: Introduction to Justice Careers | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 150: Criminology | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 155: Criminal Code | |||||||||||||||
| WRIT 100: College Reading and Writing Skills | |||||||||||||||
| GNED 101: An Introduction to Arts and Sciences | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 103: Diversity and Indigenous Peoples in Canada | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 153: Justice Communications and Report Writing | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 154: Community Response to Social Issues | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 156: Provincial Statutes | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 210: Fitness and Lifestyle Management | |||||||||||||||
| WRIT 200: Workplace Writing Skills | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 104: Youth in Conflict with the Law | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 200: Criminal and Civil Law | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 204: Community Policing | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 207: Police Powers | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 211: Interviewing and Investigations | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 213: Mental Health and Addictions | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 215: Canadian Border Security | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 251: Evidence and Criminal Trial Procedure | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 252: Police Oversight | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 253: Investigation and Evidence | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 254: Conflict Management | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 256: Equity, Accountability and Ethics in Policing | |||||||||||||||
| PFP 410: Fitness for Policing and Lifestyle Management | |||||||||||||||
| Take 2 of the following electives | 2024/2025 Academic Year | 2025/2026 Academic Year | |||||||||||||
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| Empty row | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
| ANTH 205: Cultural Anthropology | |||||||||||||||
| ARTS 138: Understanding Movies: An Introduction to Film Studies | |||||||||||||||
| ARTS 229: Musical Pioneers | |||||||||||||||
| BCLS 100: Black Like Who: An Introduction to Black Studies | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 120: Indigenous Perspectives on Music, Film and Media | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 206: Canadian Society and Culture | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 211: Conspiracy Theories and Critical Thinking | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 220: News: Constructed and Consumed | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 228: Popular Culture: Shaping How We Live | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 239: Digital Culture | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 242: Culture, Technology and Identity | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 243: Crossing Borders: Migration and Culture | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 245: The Body: Beauty, Sex and Consumerism | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 280: Hip Hop: Spaces of Resistance | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 288: Gender, Race & Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||
| ECON 150: Real Life Economics | |||||||||||||||
| ECON 204: People, Money and Markets | |||||||||||||||
| ECON 206: The History of Money | |||||||||||||||
| ENGL 239: Dark Days Ahead | |||||||||||||||
| GEOG 212: Political Geography | |||||||||||||||
| HIST 217: History of War | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 137: Art Matters: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 230: Women and Religious Traditions | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 235: The World’s Religions | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 240: Rethinking Animals | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 245: The Islamic World: An Introduction | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 250: God, Science and Religion | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 255: Death and the Afterlife: Global Perspectives | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 260: The World of Myths and Legends | |||||||||||||||
| INDG 100: Indigenous Experience: History, Culture and Resistance | |||||||||||||||
| INDG 120: Reptiles and Amphibians on Turtle Island | |||||||||||||||
| MILE 210: Italy: Art and Architecture | |||||||||||||||
| MILE 215: Great Cities: USA | |||||||||||||||
| MILE 220: Vietnam Study Abroad: Hanoi & Danang | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 120: Philosophy: A History of Ideas | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 150: The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 217: Ethical Issues | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 222: Justice: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 225: Philosophy of Love and Sex | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 226: World Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 228: Success: Philosophical Perspectives | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 229: Violence, Order and Justice: An Introduction to Political Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 235: Technology, Values, and Science | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 250: Science Fiction and Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 150: Introduction to Politics | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 206: Morality, Democracy and Politics | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 219: Globalization | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 223: War and Terrorism | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 224: Justice, Equality and Rights | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 225: Environmental Policy and Economics | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 150: Psychology: Introduction | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 210: Psychology: Developmental | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 224: Psychology: Social | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 230: Psychology: Abnormal | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 209: Water: A Life or Death Issue | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 213: Astronomy: The Evolving Universe | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 216: Origins of Life | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 218: Science Behind the Headlines | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 219: Dangerous Earth | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 221: The Environment | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 223: Astrobiology: Life in the Universe | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 224: Discovering Dinosaurs | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 250: The Science of Superheroes | |||||||||||||||
| SOCE 006: Canadian Society and Culture | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 150: Sociology: Introduction | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 207: Social Entrepreneurship: Profit, People and the Planet | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 211: Sociology of the Everyday Life | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 218: Population and Social Change | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 219: Sport and Society | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 226: Health and Society | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 232: Gender, Power and Society | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 233: Sociology of Cultural Difference | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 234: Society and Conflict | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 236: Issues in Crime | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 237: The Sociology of Fashion | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 238: Sociology of Food | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 239: Citizenship, Immigration and Democracy | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 240: Sociology of the Family | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 247: Leadership | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 249: Imagining the City | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 257: Canada Today | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 277: Sexual Diversity: Contemporary Social Issues | |||||||||||||||
Compulsory Courses
2 of the following electives
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Police Foundations - Part-time
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the program, a graduate will:
- Complete all tasks in compliance with pertinent legislation, as well as policing standards, regulations and guidelines.
- Analyze all relevant information and make effective and legally defensible decisions in accordance with ethical and professional standards.
- Be accountable for one’s actions when carrying out all tasks.
- Develop and implement ongoing effective strategies for personal and professional development.
- Ensure the respect of human rights and freedoms in all interactions.
- Work co-operatively in multidisciplinary teams to achieve mutual goals.
- Collaborate in the development and implementation of community policing strategies.
- Monitor, evaluate and document behaviours, situations and events accurately and discreetly in compliance with legal, professional, ethical and organizational requirements.
- Mitigate risks and maintain order by applying effective strategies in crisis, conflict and emergency situations.
- Take positive actions to help crime victims.
- Conduct investigations by collecting, documenting, preserving and presenting admissible evidence.