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For enrolment in 2010

Course structure

The course comprises 17 core subjects, a choice between two psychology subjects, a minor comprised of five subjects and one restricted elective (192 points):

Core subjects
JST104 Foundations of Criminology
JST107 Communication Processes
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST203 Punishment and the State
JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
JST205 Criminology
JST222 Policing and Society
JST302 Criminological Perspectives on Social Problems
JST318 Human Rights and Policing
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
JST321 Government, Civil Society and Justice
POL106 Government and Policing
PSY211 Psychology of Crime
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC205 Social Research
SPE201 Politics and Social Policy in Australia

Psychology Subjects
PSY111 Psychology for Health Services (unless intending to take a psychology core minor, in which case, PSY101 Foundations of Psychology must be taken instead).
OR
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology*

Minors

Students complete a minor of five subjects from one of the following:

Juvenile Justice
Students must complete five of the following:
HSC205 Child Abuse and Child Protection
HSC321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
JST212 Juvenile Justice - Context
JST215 Juvenile Justice - Practice
JST330 Restorative Justice - Community Conferencing
JST331 Crime Prevention and Young People
LAW307 Youth and the Law
SOC203 Sociology of Youth
WEL218 Developing Cross-cultural Competencies
WEL407 Child and Adolescent Welfare in Aboriginal Communities

Management
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
and three from:
MGT320 Managing Change
INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
HRM210 Human Resource Management
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
EMG100 Introduction to Emergency Management
EMG101 Emergency Management Planning 1
EMG102 Emergency Management Planning 2

Sociology
Students must complete five of the following:
SOC102 Social Inequality
SOC203 Sociology of Youth
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
SOC308 Community Analysis
SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society

Psychology (core minor)*
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2M
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
and three from:
PSY202 Developmental Psychology
PSY203 Social Psychology
PSY304 Psychopathology
PSY305 Psychology of Personality
PSY306 Theories of Psychological Intervention
PSY308 Psychology of Learning

* PSY101 Foundations of Psychology needs to have been completed in order to complete this minor)

Psychology (applied minor) #
Students must complete the following:
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY214 Health Psychology
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
PSY218 Psychology of Substance Abuse
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
# no subjects in the Applied minor are accredited 

Policing
Students must complete five of the following:
POL303 Organised Crime
JST225 Police Practicum **
JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation **
JST222 Policing and Society
JST228 Policing and the Community
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
JST319 Evidence and Procedure
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
** (conditions apply in terms of Professional Suitability)

Justice Practice
Students must complete five of the following:
JST330 Restorative Justice - Community Conferencing
JST331 Crime Prevention and Young People
JST333 Community Corrections
SOC308 Community Analysis
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL306 Non-metropolitan Welfare Services

Welfare
Students must complete five of the following:
HCS111 Introduction to Social Welfare
HCS103 Fields of Practice
HCS310 Mental Health and Mental Disorder
LAW211 Law for Human Services 1
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL229 Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling 2
WEL306 Non-metropolitan Welfare Services

Politics
POL212 Global Politics and Culture
POL205 Political Ideas
POL210 Politics of Identity
POL303 Organised Crime
POL305 Politics and the Media

Restricted elective
The restricted elective is chosen from the following:
JST212 Juvenile Justice 1 - Context
JST215 Juvenile Justice 2 - Practice
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
JST319 Evidence and Procedure
LAW307 Youth and the Law
PHL209 Theories of Justice
POL303 Organised Crime
PSY218 Psychology of Substance Abuse
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
or one additional subject selected from the minors listed above.

Full-time enrolment pattern

Session 1
JST104 Foundations of Criminology
JST107 Communication Processes
PSY111 Psychology for Health Services *
or
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1 *
SOC101 Introductory Sociology

*Students who undertake a core psychology minor should take PSY101 rather than PSY111

Session 2
JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
JST222 Policing and Society
POL106 Government and Policing
PSY211 Psychology of Crime

Session 3
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST205 Criminology
SOC205 Social Research
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 4
JST203 Punishment and the State
JST302 Criminological Perspectives on Social Problems
SPE201 Politics and Social Policy in Australia
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 5
JST321 Government, Civil Society and Justice
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
[          ] Elective or Minor
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 6
JST318 Human Rights and Policing
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
[          ] Elective or Minor
[          ] Elective or Minor

Part-time or distance education enrolment pattern

Session 1
JST104 Foundations of Criminology
PSY111 Psychology for Health Services *
or
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1 *
 * Students who undertake a core psychology minor should take PSY101 rather than PSY111

Session 2
JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
PSY211 Psychology of Crime

Session 3
JST107 Communication Processes
SOC101 Introductory Sociology

Session 4
JST222 Policing and Society
POL106 Government and Policing

Session 5
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST205 Criminology

Session 6
JST203 Punishment and the State
SPE201 Politics and Social Policy in Australia

Session 7
SOC205 Social Research
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 8
JST302 Criminological Perspectives on Social Problems
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 9
JST321 Government, Civil Society and Justice
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 10
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 11
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
[          ] Elective or Minor

Session 12
JST318 Human Rights and Policing
[          ] Elective or Minor

 

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