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Plan Summary

 
Faculty: Faculty of Law
 
 
School: School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Contact: http://slsp.arts.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Program: 4763 - Social Science (Crim)/Laws
 
 
Award(s):
 
 
Bachelor of Social Science (Major)
 
 

Plan Outline

The Bachelor of Social Science in Criminology combines core studies in social science with core studies in criminal law, criminal procedures and criminal justice institutions; theories of crime; research in crime and justice, and electives in other criminological topics. The core sequence in social science includes courses in social and economic theory and policy; case studies in policy analysis; research methods and statistical applications; and social science research projects.

Plan Structure

Students must also complete a total of 36 units of credit in Criminology consisting of:
  • Two Criminology core courses in the BSocSc Crim program (12uoc):
  • Four approved Criminology-related electives (24 uoc):
CRIM2012 - Crime Prevention Policy
CRIM2013 - Juvenile Justice
CRIM2014 - Issues in Policing
CRIM2015 - Sentencing: Law, Policy & Practice
CRIM2016 - Criminal Justice System
CRIM2018 - Crime, Power & Human Rights
CRIM2022 - Restorative Justice
CRIM3010 - Comparative Criminal Justice
ENGL2480 - Crime Fiction
HIST2468 - History from Crime
HIST2820 - Crime and Punishment
PHIL2709 - Ethics and Accountability
POLS2020 - Sex, Human Rights & Justice
PSYC3301 - Psychology and Law
SOCA2208 - Deviant Fieldwork
SOCA3103 - Professions
SOCA3409 - Crime, Gender and Sexuality
SOCA3410 - Deviance
SOCA3411 - Forensic Sociology
SOCA3701 - Discipline of the Law
SOCA3710 - Moral Panics
SOCA3810 - The Space of Terror

Exclusions
- CRIM2020 Criminal Law and Justice 1
- CRIM2021 Criminal Law and Justice 2

These two core courses from the BSocSc Crim program may not be taken by students of the combined Social Science (Criminology)/Law since there are equivalent courses already existing in the Law program.

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