Graduate Certificate in Investigations GradCertInvestigns
Graduate Diploma of Investigations GradDipInvestigns
Master of Investigations MInvestigns
Online - Bathurst
Online - Bathurst
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Course duration referenced below is the effective time taken to complete a course when studied full time (full time equivalent duration). At Charles Sturt the standard calendar refers to 32 points a session over a 2 session calendar year. The Actual Duration is the time taken to complete the course following the prescribed enrolment pattern. A course's actual duration can be affected by the session calendar (number of sessions undertaken per year) and/or mode (full time, part time or mixed) and credit packages which may have been granted upon admission. Therefore, depending on the prescribed enrolment pattern, mode, calendar utilised and credit awarded a course may take less time or more time to complete than the duration noted as full time equivalent years. Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern to determine the actual duration of study.
Full-time: 1.5 years (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 1.0 year (or part-time equivalent)
Full-time: 0.5 years (or part-time equivalent)
Applicants must be employed in an investigations role (police or private sector), and have one of the following:
Applicants must be employed in an investigations role (police or private sector), and have one of the following:
Standard Charles Sturt University Credit Policy applies: https://policy.csu.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=120
Standard Charles Sturt University Credit Policy applies: https://policy.csu.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=120
Standard Charles Sturt University Credit Policy applies: https://policy.csu.edu.au/document/view-current.php?id=120
The Master, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate [Exit Point Only] make up an articulated set of courses and credit is given in each higher level course for the subjects completed in the lower.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.
Graduate Certificate in Investigations
JST409 Investigations Principles
ITC597 Digital Forensics
2 elective subjects (maximum 16 points) from the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security postgraduate subjects
Graduate Diploma of Investigations
In addition to the subjects required for the Graduate Certificate, students must complete 1 core subject and upto 2 electives.
JST497 Multi Agency Investigations (16)
2 elective subjects (maximum 16 points) from the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security postgraduate subjects
Master of Investigations
In addition to the subjects required for the Graduate Diploma, students must complete 2 core subjects, from the following Coursework or Research study options.
Coursework option
Core
JST536 Emerging Issues and Professional Practices in Trans-national Crime Investigations (16)
JST540 Independent Knowledge Integration: Theory and Professional Practice
and
1 elective subject from the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security postgraduate subjects.
Research Option
Core
JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal (16)
JST531 Dissertation (16)
Due to the flexible nature of the program, and intake across all three academic sessions, there is no prescribed enrolment pattern whilst working through the course structures of the articulated set. Students may choose the order in which they study the subjects, taking into account subject availability across the year.
Please note that the following subjects may contain a Residential School component. Further details of Residential School requirements are located via the subject page
JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal
Enrolled students can find further information about CSU Residential Schools at About Residential School
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: July 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.