Bachelor of Criminal Justice
+ Award nomenclature
Bachelor of Criminal Justice
BCrimJustice
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
| Bachelor of Criminal Justice (1415CJ) |
|---|
| On Campus | Bathurst |
| Port Macquarie |
| Distance Education | Bathurst |
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Full-time 3.0 years (6.0 sessions)
Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy
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 ATAR 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 CSU Credit Policy
Recognition of Prior Learning will be assessed on an individual basis. Students who believe they may be eligible for credit based on prior study should make an application for credit.
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
Course structure
The course consists of a total of 192 points as follows:
Core subjects (136 points, 17 subjects)
Elective subjects (56 points, 7 subjects of which 40 points (5 subjects) are to be taken from the list of electives. The electives have been grouped into areas. Students may chose to take five subjects from a particular area or any five subjects from the list.
A further 16 points (2 subjects) may be taken from any CSU undergraduate university subject for which the student has adequate assumed knowledge).
Core Subjects
JST110 Introduction to the Australian Legal System
COM120 Reasoning, Values and Communication
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
JST123 Indigenous Australians and Justice
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology
JST203 Punishment and the State
JST204 Young People and Crime
JST205 Criminology: History and Theory
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
JST228 Police and the Community
SOC205 Social Research
JST220 Gender and Crime
JST318 Human Rights and Social Justice
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
JST337 Crimes of the Powerful
JST321 Justice Studies Workplace Learning
Electives Elective grouping is provided to guide students who wish to focus their electives in a particular area.
Justice Studies
JST226 Introduction to Police Investigations
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
JST319 Evidence Law and Procedure
JST338 Crime, Media, and Culture
JST339 Sentencing Law and Practice
SPE211 Foundations in Social Policy
Welfare
HCS103 Fields of Practice
HCS205 Child Abuse and Protection
HCS310 Mental Health and Mental Disorder
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
LAW221 Law for Human Services
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL218 Developing Cross-cultural Competencies
WEL229 Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling
History and Politics
HST211 Gender, Sexuality and Identity in Europe from 1890
HST213 Australian Civics and Citizenship
PHL209 Theories of Justice
POL205 Political Ideas
POL210 Politics of Identity
POL213 Australian Government and Politics
POL303 Organised Crime
POL305 Politics and the Media
Psychology (Core - PSY101 Prerequisite)
PSY102 Foundations of Psychology
PSY201 Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (assumed knowledge)
PSY202 Developmental Psychology (assumed knowledge)
PSY203 Social Psychology (assumed knowledge)
PSY304 Psychopathology (assumed knowledge)
PSY305 Psychology of Personality (assumed knowledge)
PSY306 Theories of Psychological Intervention (assumed knowledge)
Psychology (Applied - PSY111 prerequisite)
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
PSY211 Psychology of Crime
PSY214 Health Psychology
PSY216 Psychology of Aging
PSY218 Psychology of Substance Abuse
PSY313 Psychology and the Legal System
PSY316 Psychology of Stress and Trauma
Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality
SOC203 Sociology of Youth
SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
SOC308 Community Analysis
SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society
Enrolment pattern
Year 1 Session 1 (30)
JST110 Introduction to the Australian Legal System
JST123 Indigenous Australians and Justice
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
COM120 Reasoning, Values and Communication
Year 1 Session 2 (60)
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology (or PSY101 for students wanting to take electives from the Psychology Core specialisation)
JST203 Punishment and the State
JST204 Young People and Crime
JST205 Criminology: History and Theory
Year 2 Session 1 (30)
JST228 Police and the Community
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
SOC205 Social Research
Restricted Elective (recommended elective for students wanting to apply to the ADPP is JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation)
Year 2 Session 2 (60)
JST220 Gender and Crime
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
JST318 Human Rights and Social Justice
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
Year 3 Session 1 (30)
JST337 Crimes of the Powerful
Restricted Elective
Restricted Elective
Open Elective
Year 3 Session 2 (60)
JST321 Justice Studies Workplace Learning
Restricted Elective
Restricted Elective
Open Elective
Part Time
Year 1 Session 1 (30)
JST110 Introduction to the Australian Legal System
COM120 Reasoning, Values and Communication
Year 1 Session 2 (60)
PSY111 Foundations of Psychology
JST205 Criminology: History and Theory
Year 2 Session 1 (30)
JST123 Indigenous Australians and Justice
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
Year 2 Session 2 (60)
JST203 Punishment and the State
JST204 Young People and Crime
Year 3 Session 1 (30)
JST228 Police and the Community
SOC205 Social Research
Year 3 Session 2 (60)
JST220 Gender and Crime
JST309 Indigenous Issues in Policing
Year 4 Session 1 (30)
JST201 Criminal Law and Process
Restricted Elective (recommended elective for students wanted to apply to the ADPP is JST226 Introduction to Police Investigation)
Year 4 Session 2 (60)
JST318 Human Rights and Social Justice
JST320 Drugs, Crime and Society
Year 5 Session 1 (30)
JST337 Crimes of the Powerful
Restricted Elective
Year 5 Session 2 (60)
Restricted Elective
Restricted Elective
Year 6 Session 1 (30)
Restricted Elective
Restricted Elective
Year 6 Session 2 (60)
JST321 Justice Studies Workplace Learning
Open Elective
+ Residential School
Please note that the following subject may have a residential school component.
JST313 Investigative Interviewing
Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.
+ Workplace Learning
Please note that the following subject has a Workplace Learning component.
JST321 Justice Studies Workplace Learning
Articulation agreements
BJS has an articulation agreement with National Policing University of China. The subjects agreed to as part of this articulation will need to be reviewed.
BSS has an articulation agreement with Fraser College in Canada. The subjects agreed to as part of this articulation will need to be reviewed.
A meeting has already been set up with CSU International and Justice Studies Course Director to review the impact of the course review changes on these two agreements.
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 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.