Criminology & Crim Justi / Law - 4763
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 240
UAC Code: 426000
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Bachelor of Laws
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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
Level 3
- CRIM3000 Criminology in Practice (6 UOC)
- CRIM3001 Explaining Crime (6 UOC)
- ARTS2845 Sex, Human Rights & Justice (6 UOC)
- ARTS3871 Forensic Sociology (6 UOC)
- ARTS3886 Living Social Justice (6 UOC)
- CRIM2014 Issues in Policing (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)
- CRIM2040 Criminal Networks (6 UOC)
- CRIM2041 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)
- CRIM3016 Crime, Borders and Security (6 UOC)
- CRIM3017 Cybercrime (6 UOC)
- CRIM3018 Victims' Rights (6 UOC)
- CRIM3019 Restorative Justice (6 UOC)
- CRIM3020 The Criminal Trial (6 UOC)
- CRIM3021 History from Crime (6 UOC)
- CRIM3022 Public Health and Crime (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 (6 UOC)
- SRAP1001 Social Research and Society (6 UOC)
- SRAP2001 Qualitative Social Research (6 UOC)
- SRAP2002 Policy Analysis (6 UOC)
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
You are eligible for the award of your Pass Degree "with Distinction" if you achieve a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 75 in all courses and complete at least 50% of the requirements of your award at UNSW.
Approved Sequence of Study
General Education Requirements
Honours
Please visit the Honours in law website for further information about the current Honours policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB in 2014 or earlier) and the new policy (applicable to students who commenced the LLB from 2015 onwards).
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