Wilfrid Laurier University has produced career-ready professionals for 110 years. When you study online at Laurier, you’ll enter a program with an established curriculum taught by faculty who have worked in the field. Below is a list of all of the programs offered by Laurier Online:

Criminology and Policing Degrees


Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing

The Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing online program was designed in partnership with law enforcement and is restricted to officers with a minimum of twelve months of on-the-job experience, making it unlike any other policing program found in Canada.

Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Policing

The online Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Policing program delves into the social and psychological aspects of why crimes occur. The program helps to diversify your knowledge through courses in youth justice, addiction and crime, and crimes against humanity.

Public Safety Programs


Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Master of Public Safety

The Master of Public Safety online degree prepares you to assess and improve organizational performance. Students also learn to understand the ethical, social, political, legal, historical and other overtones and issues that inherently arise in public safety.

Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Border Strategies Graduate Diploma

The graduate diploma in Border Strategies online program helps you to examine the context, relevance and impact of the systems and services essential to the health, safety, security, and economic well-being of Canadians.

Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Countering Crime Graduate Diploma

The Countering Crime online graduate diploma prepares you to investigate the strategic integration of intelligence into the overall mission of countering crime organizations. Learn how to reduce costs, create efficiencies, facilitate a supportive and informed command structure, and promote community engagement.

Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Emergency Management Graduate Diploma

In the Emergency Management online graduate diploma, students learn to design solutions to the barriers to effective and integrated emergency planning and preparedness. Examine the history of emergency planning and management through the lens of various public safety jurisdictions.

Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Public Safety GIS and Data Analytics Graduate Diploma

The GIS and Data Analytics graduate diploma helps you evaluate theoretical positions to explain the relationship between crime, emergency incidents, natural disasters, and place. Students learn to assess the strengths and limitations of computer generated maps, including research and advancement in technology.

Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

National Security Graduate Diploma

The graduate diploma in National Security helps students examine the complexity of national security at a global level in today’s era of heightened perception of terrorism and international crime. Learn to assess the expertise and approaches required to analyze and detect crime and terrorism.

Computer Science Degrees


Online Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Master of Computer Science

The online Master of Computer Science program is designed to help you reach your professional potential. Cultivate the advanced, real-world skills you’ll need to excel in parallel programming, application development, algorithm design, data mining and analysis, cyber-attack and defense, machine learning and technology entrepreneurship.

Admissions Requirements
Program Curriculum

Courses vary by program; learn more about specific tracks by clicking on the program page of your choice:

Honours Bachelor of Arts in Policing

Combined Honours Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Policing

Master of Public Safety

Public Safety Graduate Diplomas