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Bachelor of Justice Studies (Policing)

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This course is specifically targeted as a pathway to employment with the NSW Police Service. The final year of the course constitutes those subjects comprising trimesters 3, 4 and 5 of the Associate Degree in Policing Practice (ADPP) (prior to 2005 called the Diploma of Policing Practice (DPP)), which is the recruit education program of the NSW Police Service. Graduates are then required to apply for entry to the Associate Degree in Policing Practice and undertake the study requirements of trimester 5 of that program in order to satisfy NSW Police Service study requirements for progression to appointment as a Constable.

Prior to 2002, this course was a specialisation in the Bachelor of Social Science (Justice Studies). At that point the policing specialisation became a separate course. Students admitted to the policing specialisation prior to 2002, or to the course during 2002, should consult the Course Coordinator regarding their program.

Enrolment through

Bathurst Campus

Note: the third year of the course is completed via a combination of on campus study at the NSW Police College in Goulburn and post-employment distance-education study.

Study mode

Mixed mode

Normal course duration

Full-time 3 years (7 sessions)

Credit

Credit is in accordance with the Charles Sturt University Credit Policy with monitoring through the School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies Assessment Committee and the Faculty of Arts Assessment Committee.

Graduation requirements*

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points (25 subjects), including the practical subjects: PPP121 PPP124 PPP126 PPP231 .

Professional suitability and employment with the NSW Police Service

CSU strongly recommends that applicants seek clarification of pre-employment qualifications and professional suitability requirements with the NSW Police Service PRIOR to enrolment in this course. Information relating to employment with the NSW Police Service is available from the following website: www.police.nsw.gov.au/recruitment/

Once admitted to the course, students will need to complete the NSW Police Services Professional Suitability Assessment (PSA) during Session 3 of their enrolment. The PSA assesses individual students suitability for employment with the NSW Police Service and is conducted independently of the University. Students who fail to satisfy the PSA will be offered a transfer to either the Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice) or the Bachelor of Arts, with credit for study already completed, subject to the relevant provisions of the Universitys academic regulations.

Note: The first two years of the course are undertaken over four Autumn/Spring sessions, whilst the third year of the course is undertaken over three trimesters. The term session is used throughout this entry, with the following equivalencies applying:

Upon successful completion of Session 5, students are eligible to apply for appointment to the NSW Police Service provided they are still deemed to be professionally suitable by the NSW Police Service.

Sessions 6 and 7 of the course, which are taken by distance education, can only be completed by students who are employed as Probationary Constables with the NSW Police Service and who are able to undertake the full range of policing duties. Recruitment to the NSW Police Service, therefore, is a prerequisite for progression to session 6 of the course.

The University will offer students who fail to be recruited to the NSW Police Service a place in another course of the University, with relevant credit for their studies, provided they have maintained a satisfactory rate of progress in the Bachelor of Justice Studies (Policing) course to that point.

Upon completion of Session 7, students are deemed to have successfully completed all requirements for the award of the Bachelors degree. Graduates are then required to apply for entry to the Associate Degree in Policing Practice and undertake the study requirements of trimester 5 of that program in order to satisfy NSW Police Service study requirements for progression to appointment as a Constable. Credit for the first four trimesters is awarded, based on the Bachelor of Justice Studies (Policing) and, upon completion of trimester 5 requirements, students graduate with the Associate Degree in Policing Practice.

Inability to perform police duties

Where a student is temporarily unable to perform the full range of duties of a Probationary Constable while enrolled in Sessions 6 and 7 (for example, as a result of prolonged illness, injury or pregnancy) the student will be granted leave of absence from the course. It should be understood that any leave of absence will affect the period of probation and will delay confirmation of appointment.

Termination of enrolment

A student enrolled in the course who, in any session of the course, is determined by the NSW Police Service to be professionally unsuitable for employment in the Service will have his/her enrolment in the course terminated by the University.

The University will decide the academic conditions that apply to a particular termination. Such academic conditions may allow the student to complete some or all of the subjects that he/she has commenced but would not normally allow the student to complete a subject for which placement in the NSW Police Service is a requirement. The academic conditions will not allow the student to enrol in any new subjects in the course.

Students who are aggrieved by the decision of the NSW Police Service to deem them professionally unsuitable should take the matter up with the NSW Police Service.

Exclusion from the course

Students who fail to meet the academic standards of the course or fail to maintain the minimum rate of progression will be asked by the University to show cause why they should not be excluded from the course. Students excluded from the course in sessions 6 or 7 will be unable to meet the conditions for employment as a Probationary Constable with the NSW Police Service. Their employment will be subject to termination by the Police Service as a result.

Academic misconduct

A student suspected of academic misconduct will be dealt with by the University under the Universitys Student Academic Misconduct Rule which provides a right of appeal. Where academic misconduct is proven, the Head of School, Policing Studies (CSU) will report the finding and the penalty to the Commander of the NSW Police College who may initiate further action with regard to professional suitability determination.

General misconduct

A student in session 5 suspected of general misconduct will be dealt with by the Commander of the NSW Police College under the Colleges rules. Where general misconduct is proven and the Commander deems that the student is professionally unsuitable, the Commander shall take action as provided under the provisions of Professional Suitability. A student expelled from the College may not be entitled to complete subjects in which he/she is currently enrolled.

*The number of subjects and specific subject choices are described in the course structure and enrolment pattern for the course.

Course structure

The course consists of 25 core subjects (1 x 16 point subject, 4 x 4 point subjects and 20 x 8 point subjects).

JST108 Justice Studies: Theory and Practice (16 points)
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
JST205 Criminology
JST222 Policing and Society
JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation
JST228 Policing and the Community
JST318 Human Rights and Policing
JST319 Evidence and Procedure
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
POL106 Government and Policing
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
PSY211 Psychology of Crime
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PPP101 Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) and Weapons & Tactics 1 (4 points)
PPP106 Simulated Policng (Acquiring Confidence) and Weapons & Tactics 2 (4 points)
PPP121 Simulated Policing - Acquiring Competence (4 credit points)
PPP122 Police as Investigators
PPP123 Ethical Reasoning and Policing
PPP124 Police and Road Safety
PPP125 Police, Crime and Society
PPP126 Operational Safety and Tactics (4 points)
PPP231 Practicum
PPP232 Police as Investigators 3
PPP242 Problem-oriented Policing and Vulnerable People

Enrolment pattern

Session 1

JST108 Justice Studies: Theory and Practice (16 points)
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services 

Session 2

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

Session 3

JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST205 Criminology
JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation
JST228 Policing and the Community

Term 3  (School of Policing Studies)

PPP101 Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) and Weapons and Tactics 1 

Session 4

JST318 Human Rights and Policing
JST319 Evidence and Procedure
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society

Term 1  (School of Policing Studies)

PPP106 Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) and Weapons and Tactics 2 

Term 2  (Studied full-time on campus at the NSW Police Academy, Goulburn)

PPP121 Simulated Policing - Acquiring Competence (4 points)
PPP122 Police as Investigators
PPP123 Ethical Reasoning and Policing
PPP124 Police and Road Safety
PPP125 Police, Crime and Society
PPP126 Operational Safety and Tactics (4 points)

Term 3 (Studied by distance education whilst employed as a probationary constable)

PPP231 Practicum
PPP232 Police as Investigators 3

Term 1  (Studied by distance education whilst employed as a probationary constable). Parallel enrolment.

PPP242 Problem-oriented Policing and Vulnerable People  (Bachelor of Justice Studies (Policing) enrolment)

Contact

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