Crime Analytics

Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology
Webometrics Canada National Rankings: 113

Course Info

Summary

This program will build upon a college diploma, university degree, or complement the training provided by police services to individuals who are currently serving, or who aspire to launch a career in the emerging field of crime analysis. You will develop an understanding of data storage, analysis, programming, statistics, communication, and foundations of data management within the context of policing. You will gain the skills to extract meaningful insights from large and complex data sets to support evidence based decision-making using a wide range of data and technologies. You will test and apply your knowledge through exercises focusing on critical thinking and problem-solving skills and learn to work as a member of a police major case management team.

In the program, you will gain the skills to extract meaningful insights from very large and complex data sets to support organizational decision‐making. You will learn how to collect, curate, manipulate, encode, and store data sets so they can be analyzed and mined and reused or re-purposed to solve challenges and predict trends. The program combines crime analytics focused courses with computer science and technology, research, and communications courses. This enables students to find or gather data, use a wide variety of tools to analyze it, and share results through various forms of communication from reports to dashboards and infographics.

In this program, students will develop an understanding of policing, intelligence, police data management, dashboards, spatial analysis, programming, statistics, within the context of the emerging field of crime analytics. The knowledge gained will be tested and applied through exercises focusing on critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Students will learn to work as a member of an interdisciplinary analytics team. This enables students to gather data, use a wide variety of tools to analyze it, and share results through various forms of communication ranging from reports to dashboards and infographics.

Program Strengths
This program leverages and builds on existing experience and creativity in problem-solving enabling students to become strong, effective analysts who are skilled at bridging the gap between data, industry, and technology.
Students are exposed to a variety of theory, hands-on, applied, and experiential learning opportunities that prepare them to meet the needs of current job markets.
A variety of workshops, community engagements, co-curricular activities, field trips, and guest speakers provide students with opportunities to begin networking and collaborating in the analytics and related fields.
Program Highlights
1 year - 3 semesters (2 academic semesters and 1 semester of Work Integrated Learning)
Capstone project in final semester (7 week capstone course)
HyFlex learning model utilized throughout the entire program
Focus on analysis utilizing a wide array of tools including advanced ArcGIS, Microsoft Office and Excel, PowerBI, Python programming, R statistics, and SQL database to provide a versatile and in-demand analytical skill-set
Extra-curricular and additional credential opportunities to enhance your analytical skills, portfolio, and resume

Career Outcomes

Crime analysts work for a variety of law enforcement, intelligence, research, government, and a variety of other organizations. Crime analysts also work with the financial sector in areas such as private investigation, insurance investigation and fraud investigation. Common tasks involve analyzing intelligence, predictive modeling, mining data from primary and secondary sources, analyzing and interpreting results, pinpointing and predicting trends, providing concise reports, and designing, creating and maintaining databases.

Graduates are prepared for employment opportunities as:

Crime Analyst
Data Analyst
Fraud Analyst
Compliance Analyst
Intelligence Analyst
Security Analyst
Forensic Data Analyst
Financial Analyst

About Course
Course Credential

Graduate Certificate

Application Deadline

Based on course avaibility

Course Availibility

Open

Course specific Intake

January, May, September

Academics, GPA

Grade 12th Math's Required. Degree in Criminal Justice, Statistics or Social Science.

English requirements

IELTS: Overall 6.5 band no less than 6.0 band required. TOFEL: PTE: 61

Course Duration

1 Year (3 Semester)

Tuition Fees

CAD$ 19761.75

*Price shown is for indicative purpose, please check with institution

IMP Notes

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Location

Greater Sudbury

Scholarships

Here are some scholarship that are available at The Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology.

Combined Adrienne Marshall English Scholarship and Barry Marshall Science Scholarship

Value of scholarship

Tuition Fee Scholarship

Application details:

For further details, please contact the university website.

Eligibility requirements
  • Be students at the Beijing Huija Private School;
  • meet all entry requirements normally applied to the English Language Bridging course and the Bachelor of Science1 course;
  • not be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia; and
  • be liable for international full fees.
Who can apply:

All international

Combined Adrienne Marshall English Scholarship and Barry Marshall Science Scholarship

Value of scholarship

Tuition Fee Scholarship

Application details:

For further details, please contact the university website.

Eligibility requirements
  • Be students at the Beijing Huija Private School;
  • meet all entry requirements normally applied to the English Language Bridging course and the Bachelor of Science1 course;
  • not be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia; and
  • be liable for international full fees.
Who can apply:

All international