criminology involves the scientific analysis of crime, of the criminalization process, and of social control. criminology is also an applied discipline in which students explore various forms of intervention to help resolve problems and conflicts. it focuses on five broad phenomena: the nature and dynamics of behaviour that contravenes social norms; the social construction of norms and of the notion of crime; the criminalization of specific behaviours; individuals and groups in social relations; the goals and workings of the criminal justice system; and contemporary forms of intervention.

the university of ottawa french immersion stream is designed for anglophone and allophone students who wish to pursue part of their university studies in french. students who have attended high school in a language other than french and have followed a french-as-a-second-language program are eligible. the french immersion program allows students to study bilingually by taking 35% of their courses in french and discover le monde francophone at world’s largest french-english university. immersion courses will help students transition to french courses, by combining a three hour content course with a one and a half hour accompanying language course that is based on material in the content course but focused on comprehension skills. students also have the choice to take up to eight french courses as pass/fail grades, which won't count in their academic average (not available in the faculty of science or faculty of engineering).