The course includes the following awards:

Bachelor of Criminal Justice (Honours) BCrimJustice(Hons)

Course Study Modes and Locations

Bachelor of Criminal Justice (Honours) (2417CJ)

Distance Education - Bathurst
On Campus - Bathurst

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

Normal course duration

Bachelor of Criminal Justice (Honours)

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Part-time 2.0 years (4.0 sessions)

Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

Admission criteria

Applicants must:

1.       Hold an undergraduate degree in criminal justice, justice studies, criminology or a related area with an average grade of credit or better.

Or

2.       Hold an undergraduate degree with a major in criminal justice, justice studies, criminology or related area and have achieved an average grade of credit or better in that major.

Credit

Credit will be awarded only for coursework subjects successfully completed in equivalent honours or post graduate programmes. No credit packages have been negotiated.

Graduation requirements

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Course Structure

Students require 64 points to gradaute.

The course consists of three core subjects (32 points):

JST436 Criminological Research (Theory) (8 points)
JST437 Criminological Research (Methods) (8 points)
JST438 Key Competencies for Justice Research Professionals (16 points)

Plus:

Full-time Students enroll in:

JST439 Criminology Honours Dissertation Full Time (32 points)

Part-time Distance Students enroll in:

JST445 Criminology Honours Dissertation Part Time (32 points)

Note: JST439 and JST445 are identical subjects. The differentiation is only due to the study mode of the student.

Enrolment Pattern

Full-time

Session 1

JST436 Criminological Research (Theory)
JST437 Criminological Research (Methods)
JST438 Key Competencies for Justice Research Professionals (16 points)

Session 2

JST439 Criminology Honours Dissertation (32 points)

Part-time

Session 1

JST436 Criminological Research (Theory)
JST437 Criminological Research (Methods)

Session 2

JST438 Key Competencies for Justice Research Professionals (16 points)

Session 3

JST445 Criminology Honours Dissertation Part Time (32 points) (commenced)

Session 4

JST445 Criminology Honours Dissertation Part Time (completed)