Criminology & Crim Justi / Law - 4763
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical Duration: 5 Years
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 27
Min UOC For Award: 240
UAC Code: 426000
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours)
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Major)
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws (Major)
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Program Description
International Students: please note that there is no mid-year intake for this program.
The Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice (BCCJ) is an innovative and interdisciplinary field of study with a real world focus designed to explore your interests in crime, deviance, social control and the legal system. Contemporary criminological scholars investigate a broad range of topics including justice, conflict, risk, security, policing, state crime, alternative justice systems, criminalisation and regulation. Key concerns include the nature of crime, how crime is defined and measured, why people commit crime and how societies might respond. Criminologists tackle ‘real world’ social problems including victimisation, juvenile justice, drug-related harm, community safety, indigenous justice, organised crime and corrections. Criminology is shaped by scholars in law, philosophy, psychology and sociology, and other interdisciplinary fields including history, politics, economics, architecture, and cultural studies. The UNSW BCCJ also provides you with the skills of applied social research and policy analysis.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
Prescribed law elective - 6 UOC
Law elective courses - 42 UOC
Law Total - 144 UOC
Criminology Core (36 UOC)
Social Research and Policy Core (42 UOC)
Prescribed Criminology Electives (18 UOC)
Criminology Total - 96UOC
Total - 240 UOC
Criminology Core
Compulsory courses (36 UOC) made up of:
Level 1
CRIM1010 Introduction to Criminology
CRIM1011 Introduction to Criminal Justice
Level 2
CRIM2020 Criminal Law and Justice 1
CRIM2021 Criminal Law and Justice 2
Students enrolled in the Criminology & Criminal Justice/Law degree (4763) are excluded from enrolling in the two core courses CRIM2020 Criminal Law and Justice 1 and CRIM2021 Criminal Law and Justice 2 as these are based on the compulsory core Law courses LAWS1001 Criminal Law 1 and LAWS1011 Criminal Law 2. Students should instead enrol in two substitute Criminology prescribed electives at Level 2 (see prescribed electives list below).
Level 3
CRIM3001 Explaining Crimes
CRIM3000 Criminology Capstone
Prescribed Criminology Electives
- ARTS2845 Sex, Human Rights & Justice (6 UOC)
- ARTS3871 Forensic Sociology (6 UOC)
- CRIM2014 Issues in Policing (6 UOC)
- CRIM2030 History from Crime (6 UOC)
- CRIM2031 Indigenous Perspective (6 UOC)
- CRIM2032 Disability in Criminal Justice (6 UOC)
- CRIM2034 Crime, Politics and the Media (6 UOC)
- CRIM2036 Prison and Punishment (6 UOC)
- CRIM2038 Young People, Risk and Harm (6 UOC)
- CRIM3004 Crime and Punishment (6 UOC)
- CRIM3011 Crime Prevention Policy (6 UOC)
- CRIM3012 Violent & Sexual Offenders (6 UOC)
- CRIM3013 Understanding Violence (6 UOC)
- CRIM3015 State Crime and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- CRIM3019 Restorative Justice (6 UOC)
- HUMS2000 Arts Internship (6 UOC)
- PSYC3301 Psychology and Law (6 UOC)
Social Research and Policy Core
Compulsory courses (42 UOC) made up of
Level 1
SRAP1000 Policy and Society
SRAP1001 Social Research and Policy
Level 2
SRAP2001 Qualitative Social Research
SRAP2002 Policy Analysis
Level 3
SRAP3000 Policy and Social Theory (6 UOC)
SRAP3001 Quantitative Social Research
SRAP3002 Social Research and Policy Project
Prescribed Criminology Electives
A Prescribed Criminology Elective is any course chosen by the student from the approved list of Criminology elective courses provided by the Program.
Award with Distinction in NonLLB degree
High achieving students who secure a WAM of 75 across their program and who have completed at least 48 uoc of their program at UNSW are eligible for the award of their Pass Degree "with Distinction".
Approved Sequence of Study
General Education Requirements
Honours
Honours Class 1
Honours Class 2, Division 1
Honours Class 2, Division 2
To be awarded Honours in Law, students are not required to complete an additional year. Honours in Law is based on academic excellence throughout the degree. There are three criteria relevant for awarding Honours:
• Honours Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
The Honours WAM weighting for core/electives for the Honours WAM is currently under review.
• Satisfactory performance in written research
The Research Requirement for Honours is under review.
• Not been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion and not more than one failure in the law program
For more information, please visit Honours Page on the Law website.
Honours in Bachelor of Arts
High achieving Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice students (in Single or Dual mode) who have successfully completed all program requirements may apply for admission to honours in the Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) program 4505. A minimum WAM of 70 is required for entry into Honours.
Bachelor of Criminology (Honours) program 4505.
Academic Rules
To qualify for the award of the degree at Pass level, a student must:
1. enrol in the Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice and complete 96 units of credit;
2. complete the requirements for the Criminology Core
3. complete the requirements for the Social Science and Policy Core
4. complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II courses
5. complete at least 30 UOC of Level II courses before enrolling in Level III courses
6. complete at least 72 UOC overall before enrolling in the program's Capstone course
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4701. Although 4701 program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here.
A direct link is given below:
Bachelor of Laws 4701
Fees
Graduation
Area(s) of Specialisation