Master of Correctional Administration
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Graduate Diploma of Correctional Administration
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Graduate Certificate in Correctional Administration
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Fees apply
Enrolment through
Wagga Wagga Campus
Study mode
Distance education
Normal course duration
Master degree: Part-time 3 years (6 sessions)
Graduate Diploma: Part-time 2 years (4 sessions)
Graduate Certificate:
Part-time 1 year (2 sessions)
Admission criteria
Master degree:
Applicants will have successfully completed the Graduate Diploma of
Correctional Administration.
Graduate Diploma:
Applicants will have successfully completed the Graduate Certificate in
Correctional Administration.
Graduate Certificate:
This program is specifically intended for correctional officers working in the
area of correctional administration. Entry is available to those applicants
without a tertiary degree who have substantial correctional experience and
whose employing body attests to their likely academic and vocational success;
or people who, in the opinion of the Course Coordinator, would be suitable for
the program.
Articulation
The Master, Graduate
Diploma and Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses. Credit
is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower
level course.
Graduation requirements
To graduate, students
must satisfactorily complete 96 points (twelve 8 point subjects) for the Master
degree, 64 points (eight 8 point subjects) for the Graduate Diploma and 32 points
(four 8 point subjects) for the Graduate Certificate.
Enrolment pattern
Students may be
admitted to the course in either Autumn or Spring Sessions. Regardless of
commencement time, the following enrolment pattern will apply:
Graduate Certificate
Session 1
JST430 Introduction to Corrections in Asia and the Pacific
JST104 Foundations in Criminology
Session 2
JST433 Principles of Correctional Management
ETH404 Ethical Issues in Correctional Management
Graduate Diploma
Session 1
PHL409 Theories of Justice
[ ] Elective
Session 2
JST431 Psycho-Social Aspects of Correctional Management
JST432 Practicum – Correctional Administration
or
[ ] Elective
Master degree
Session 1
JST515 Correctional Policy and Practice in Asia and the Pacific
[ ] Elective
Session 2
SRM500 Social Research Methods
or
JST508 Researching Crime and Deviance
JST516 Correctional Administration Reading Subject
or
[ ] Elective
Restricted electives
These may be chosen from the following subjects:
ACC501 Business Accounting and Finance
HRM545 Skills of Conflict Resolution
LAW517 Mediation: Processes and Uses
JST444 Deviance and Control
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST477 Community Corrections
JST507 Crime, Media and Society
JST509 Prisons: Institutions and Experience
Inquiries
Course Coordinator
Bill Anscombe
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Telephone: (02) 6933 2631
Facsimile: (02) 6933 2792
Email:
banscombe@csu.edu.au