Master of Police Practice
MPolicePrac
Graduate Diploma of Police Practice
GradDipPolicePrac
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Fees apply
These programs focus on
providing the student with an advanced capacity to do justice in the policing
of everyday life and to better deal with the moral hazards of police practice;
in other words, to develop a superior capacity to meet the intellectual and
moral challenges inherent in contemporary police practice.
The Graduate Diploma
and the Master of Police Practice will meet the needs of generalist police
practitioners who wish to pursue higher education in their professional field,
increase the depth of their skills and knowledge in community practice and
equip themselves to occupy master-level positions within the general duties
career pathway of police agencies.
Enrolment through
Goulburn Campus
Study mode
Distance education
Normal course duration
Master degree: Part-time 3 years (6 sessions)
Graduate Diploma:
Part-time 2 years (4 sessions)
Admission criteria
Generally, entry to
either the Graduate Diploma or the Master degree will require the qualification
of Bachelor of Policing, Bachelor of Policing (Investigations) or similar
qualification (such as Bachelor of Criminology or Bachelor of Criminal
Justice), since both courses are primarily intended for police practitioners.
The Dean or his nominee may approve admission for other applicants on a case by
case basis.
Articulation
The Graduate Diploma
articulates with the Master degree and credit is given in the Master degree for
subjects completed in the Graduate Diploma.
Graduation requirements
To graduate, students
must satisfactorily complete 96 points for the Master degree, and 64 points for
the Graduate Diploma.
Enrolment pattern
Graduate Diploma
Session 1 (Autumn)
PPP501 Strategic Issues in Policing a Diverse Society
[ ] Elective
Session 2 (Spring)
PPP502 Advanced Police Practice
[ ] Elective
Session 3 (Autumn)
PPP503 Comparative Models of Policing Conflict Situations
[ ] Elective
Session 4 (Spring)
PPP504 Pathways to Crime: the Abuse of Drugs and Alcohol and its Implications for High Volume Crime
[ ] Elective
Master degree
Sessions 1-4 as above
Session 5 (Autumn)
JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal (16 points)
Session 6 (Spring)
JST531 Dissertation (16 points)
Restricted electives
ACC593 Forensic Accounting
ACC594 Advanced Forensic Accounting
GPM401 Management Theory and Police practice
GPM501 Leadership for Change
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
JST400 Dynamics of Power and Vulnerability
JST408 Computers and Crime
JST410 Investigation Management 1
JST411 Investigation Management 2
JST412 Fraud prevention
JST413 Risk Management
JST420 Victims and Investigators
JST421 The Child as Witness
JST437 Asset Tracing
JST448 Intelligence Theory and Practice
JST449 Intelligence Research and Analysis
JST450 Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System
JST451 Collection Planning and Management
JST452 Intelligence Management
JST453 Crime in the Modern Age
JST458 Organisational Behaviour and Change Management
LAW401 Legal Issues and Children
WEL404 Child Protection
Inquiries
Course Coordinator
Geoff Cartner
School of Policing Studies
Telephone: (02) 4823 2960
Facsimile: (02) 4823 2786
Email:
gcartner@csu.edu.au