The course includes the following awards:

Diploma of Policing Investigations DipPolicingInvestigns

Course Study Modes and Locations

Diploma of Policing Investigations (1112PI)

Distance Education - Manly

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

Normal course duration

Diploma of Policing Investigations

Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Part-time 2.0 years (4.0 sessions)

Actual duration FTE 0.5 All participants receive 32 points credit.

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

CSU Admission Policy

To be admitted to the course, applicants must possess the following attributes:-

• A current position in a military policing organisation;
• Successful nomination for a position on the Australian Defence Force Investigator Course (ADFIC);
• Successful completion of the Service Police Basic Course, or equivalent;
• Successful completion of the  Service Police Intermediate Course, or equivalent; and
• Have obtained promotion to the rank of non-commissioned officer (NCO), or equivalent, and the recognition of skills, training, and performance that promotion to that rank displays. 

Credit

CSU Credit Policy

Upon admission students are awarded a standard entry credit level package of 32 points in recognition of prior skills and training.

This will be represented on academic transcripts as: XYZ04C 4 Unspecified Electives - 32 credit points

Graduation requirements

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.

Course Structure

The course consists of the following:

Students receive a 32 point credit package on enrolment.

Pre-residential subject

JST310 Information and Investigation

Studied by distance education in conjunction with the regular distance education offerings of that subject to Australian and International civilian police.

Residential School

In conjunction with the stringent requirements of the residential defence force senior investigator training course, two current Bachelor of Policing subjects will be delivered face-to-face to the participants.

JST311 Evidence and Investigations
JST345 Police and Victims

Post residential school subject

JST324 Team Management and Leadership

Studied by distance education in conjunction with the regular distance education offerings of that subject to Australian and International civilian police.

Enrolment Pattern

Trimester 1

JST310 Information and Investigation

Studied by distance education in conjunction with the regular distance education offerings of that subject to Australian and International civilian police.

Residential School

Two current Bachelor of Policing subjects will be delivered face-to-face in the classroom situation in a residential school setting only available to the participants of the diploma.

JST311 Evidence and Investigations

JST345 Police and Victims

Trimester 3

JST324 Team Management and Leadership

Studied by distance education in conjunction with the regular distance education offerings of that subject to Australian and International civilian police.