STG JD / Cri MA: Requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the JD program, the School of Graduate Studies, and the MA program.

Academic Path to Completion

Every CDP involves a specific combination of approved degree programs. The CDP requirements build on those of the two separate degree programs. Each CDP has a unique pattern of academic activity year by year.

YearProgressionSpecific Requirements
1
  • Year 1 JD program requirements.
  • Complete all Year 1 courses of the JD program at the Faculty of Law.
2 and 3
  • JD program requirements.
  • MA program requirements.
  • Complete 45 JD credits including a moot, an extended paper, a perspective course, and an international/comparative/transnational (ICT) course.
  • Complete 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) toward the MA program requirements including CRI2010H (0.5 FCE) and a course in theory or research methods. Students may choose to complete the continuous course CRI3360Y Research Paper (1.0 FCE).
  • Complete a minimum of 1.0 FCE with a CRI designation in each of Years 2 and 3, and a maximum of 2.0 FCEs in CRI courses per year. The number of JD credits completed each year will be adjusted accordingly, with the only requirement being that 45 credits are completed over the two years.

Program Length

3 years

Time Limit

4 years