Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice)
BSocSc(CrimJustice)
The degree aims to produce graduates with three key attributes. Graduates will possess a strong theoretical background relevant to criminal justice. Graduates will also possess highly-developed critical and analytical skills. Finally, graduates will understand the importance of reflexivity and ethics in practice. The degree is intended to prepare graduates for a wide variety of careers in criminal justice and for honours study and higher research degrees.
Enrolment through
Bathurst Campus
Study mode
On campus
Distance education
Normal course duration
Full-time 3 years
Part-time 6 years
Admission criteria
Standard UAC admission criteria apply for this degree. HSC subjects are not assumed knowledge. There are no professional or other employment requirements.
Prospective students from regional areas may be guaranteed an offer for fulltime internal study prior to the release of their UAI by participating in the Principal's Report Entry Program (PREP). The region served by CSU for the application of the PREP scheme is defined as the northern half of Victoria, the ACT and most of regional NSW, apart from the Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong areas.
Credit
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Justice Studies (Policing) will, depending upon subjects completed, be eligible for credit of up to 16 subjects towards the Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice).
Students who have completed the Associate Degree in Social Science (Justice) at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE will be eligible for 16 subjects towards the Bachelor of Social Science (Criminal Justice).
Graduation requirements*
To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
*The number of subjects and specific subject choices are described in the course structure and enrolment pattern for the course.
Course structure
The course comprises 16 core subjects, a choice between two psychology subjects, a minor comprised of five subjects and one restricted elective (192 points):
Core Subjects
JST108 Justice Studies: Theory and Practice (16 credit points)
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 & 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
SPE211 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:
HCS205 Child Abuse and Child Protection
HCS321 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 3 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 & Society
Psychology (core minor)*
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology 2M
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
and 3 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 five of the following:
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY213 Abnormal 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 (or six if undertaking PPP1** subjects) of the following:
POL303 Organised Crime
JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation
JST222 Policing and Society
JST228 Policing and the Community
JST319 Evidence and Procedure
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
PPP101 * Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) & Weapons and Tactics (4 credit points)
PPP106 * Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) & Weapons and Tactics 2 (4 credit points)
(* conditions apply in terms of Professional Suitability)
(** must be both completed)
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.
Distance Mode
The course comprises 16 core subjects, a choice between two psychology subjects, a minor comprised of five subjects and one restricted elective (192 points):
Core Subjects
JST108 Justice Studies: Theory and Practice (16 credit points)
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
SPE211 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:
HCS205 Child Abuse and Child Protection
HCS321 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 Adolsecent Welfare in Aboriginal Communities
Management
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
and 3 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 3 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 five of the following:
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY213 Abnormal 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 (or six if undertaking PPP1** subjects ) of the following:
POL303 Organised Crime
JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation
JST222 Policing and Society
JST228 Policing and the Community
JST319 Evidence and Procedure
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
PPP101 * Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) & Weapons and Tactics 1 (4 credit points)
PPP106 * Simulated Policing (Acquiring Confidence) & Weapons and Tactics 2 (4 credit points)
(* conditions apply in terms of Professional Suitability)
(** must be both completed)
Justice Practice
Students must complete the 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.
Enrolment pattern
Full-time
Session 1 (Autumn)
JST108 Justice Studies: Theory and Practice (16 credit points)
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
OR
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology*
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
* Students who undertake a core psychology minor should take PSY101 rather than PSY111.
Session 2 (Spring)
JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
POL106 Government and Policing
PSY211 Psychology of Crime
JST222 Policing and Society
Session 3 (Autumn)
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST205 Criminology
SOC205 Social Research
[Minor/elective]
Session 4 (Spring)
JST203 Punishment and the State
JST302 Criminological Perspectives on Social Problems
SPE211 Politics and Social Policy in Australia
[Minor/elective]
Session 5 (Autumn)
JST321 Government, Civil Society and Justice
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
[Minor/elective]
[Minor/elective]
Session 6 (Spring)
JST318 Human Rights & Policing
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
[Minor/elective]
[Minor/elective]
Distance education
Session 1 (Autum)
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
OR
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology*
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
* Students who undertake a core psychology minor should take PSY101 rather than PSY111.
Session 2 (Spring)
JST204 Crime, Delinquency and Social Welfare
PSY211 Psychology of Crime
Session 3 (Autumn)
JST108 Justice Studies: Theory and Practice (16 credit points)
Session 4 (Spring)
POL106 Government and Policing
JST222 Policing and Society
Session 5 (Autumn)
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST205 Criminology
Session 6 (Spring)
JST203 Punishment and the State
SPE211 Politics and Social Policy in Australia
Session 7 (Autumn)
SOC205 Social Resarch
[Minor/elective]
Session 8 (Spring)
JST302 Criminological Perspectives on Social Problems
[Minor/elective]
Session 9 (Autumn)
JST321 Government, Civil Society and Justice
[Minor/elective]
Session 10 (Spring)
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
[Minor/elective]
Session 11 (Autumn)
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
[Minor/elective]
Session 12 (Spring)
JST318 Human Rights and Policing
[Minor/elective]
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au