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Master of Fraud and Financial Crime Articulated Set

By coursework

Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime
GradCertFraud& FinCrime

Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime
GradDipFraud&FinCrime

Master of Fraud and Financial Crime
MFraud&Fin Crime

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Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Master of Fraud and Financial Crime (1713FF)
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Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime (1613FF)
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Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime (1313FF)
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Normal course duration

Master of Fraud and Financial Crime

Full-time 1.5 years (3.0 sessions)

Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime

Full-time 1 years (2.0 sessions)

Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Admission criteria

Master of Fraud and Financial Crime

An applicant for admission to candidature for a Master of Fraud and Financial Crime shall have an appropriate Bachelors degree from an Australian university or equivalent overseas tertiary institution, taken over a minimum of three years (full-time equivalent).

or

Applicants must have completed all of the requirements of the Graduate Diploma in Fraud and Financial Crime at a credit level or above or an equivalent graduate diploma completed at an Australian university or overseas equivalent.

Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime

Applicants must have completed all of the requirements of the Graduate Certificate  in Fraud and Financial Crime

or

A degree in a relevant field or its equivalent in professional experience and qualifications are required. Examples of equivalence include police service detective training and more than three years investigative experience; or more than three years industry experience and associated industry training in a non-police Fruad and Financial Crime Role.
 

Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime

Students must have a univeristy degree in a relevant field or have at least 3 years industry experience.

Credit

Master of Fraud and Financial Crime

A 8 point TCR may be awarded to students that have successfully completed a Detectives Training course with a well known and well regarded law enforcement agency

Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime

A 8 point TCR may be awarded to students that have successfully completed a Detectives Training course with a well known and well regarded law enforcement agency.

Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime

No credits given

Articulation

The Master, the Graduate Diploma and the Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.

Graduation requirement

Master of Fraud and Financial Crime

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course structure

The course consists of:

(1) subjects equalling 32 points for the Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime; and

(2) subjects building on the knowledge obtained by students in the Graduate Certificate equalling 64 points for the Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime; and

(3) subjects building on the knowledge obtained by students in the Graduate Diploma equalling 96 points for the Master of Fraud and Financial Crime.


(1) Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime

The following complusory subjects:

JST412 Financial Crime Control and Risk Management (8 points)

JST498 Foundations in Financial Crime (16 points)

JST473 Forensic Accounting and Asset Recovery (8 Points)

(2) Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime

Successfully completion of the Graduate Certificate and 32 points from the following:

JST499 Investigating and Prosecuting Financial Crime (16 points)

Plus 2 x 8 point 400 level elective subjects or 1 x 16 point 400 level elective subject from the subjects offered by the AGSPS.

(3) Master of Fraud and Financial Crime (by Course work)

Successfully completion of the Graduate Diploma and 32 points from the following:

JST529 Fraud & Financial Crime: Operational Issues (16 points)

Plus 2 x 8 point 500 level elective subjects or 1 x 16 point 500 level elective subject from the subjects offered by the AGSPS.

OR

(3) Master of Fraud and Financial Crime (by Research)

Successfully completion of the Graduate Diploma and 32 points from the following:

JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal (16 Points)

JST531 Dissertation (16 Points)

+ Residential School

Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.

JST498 Foundations in Financial Crime
JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal

+ Workplace Learning

No subjects with a Workplace Learning component have been identified in this course.

Enrolment pattern

(i) Graduate Certificate of Fraud and Financial Crime

Session 1

JST498 Foundations in Financial Crime 16 Points

Session 2

JST473 Forensic Accounting and Asset Recovery 8 Points

JST412 Financial Crime Control and Risk Managment 8 Points

(ii) Graduate Diploma of Fraud and Financial Crime

Sessions 1-2 as above

Session 3

JST499 Investigating and Prosecuting Fraud and Financial Crime (16 Points)

Session 4

[ ] Elective 1
[ ] Elective 2

(iii) Master of Fraud and Financial Crime (by coursework)

Sessions 1-4 as above

Session 5 (by coursework)

JST529 Fraud & Financial Crime: Operational Issues (16 Points)

Session 6 (by coursework)

[ ] Elective 3
[ ] Elective 4

OR

(iii) Master of Fraud and Financial Crime (by research)

Session 5 (by research)

JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal (16 Points)

Session 6 ( by research)

JST531 Dissertation (16 Points)

Articulation agreements

If a student has successfully completed a Detectives Training Course at a well known and well regarded Law Enforcement Agency, then a TCR of 8 points may be awarded.

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

The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: November 2012. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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