1997 Postgraduate Handbook

Master of Social Science (Criminology)

Students enrolled prior to 1995 should consult the Course Coordinator regarding their program.

The course is intended for practitioners working in the legal, criminal justice, welfare, health or education field. The course has a social science orientation, and involves the disciplines of law, psychology and sociology.

Enrolment through

Bathurst campus

Study mode

Distance education

Normal course duration

Part-time 3 years (6 sessions)

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete

• 96 subject points, made up as follows:
• seven compulsory subjects, comprised of theoretical and applied material;
• an elective subject;

• and
  • a dissertation.

Course structure

Session 1 (Autumn)

• JST501 Theories of Crime & Deviance
  

Session 2 (Spring)

• JST502 Theories of Crime & Difference
  

Session 3 (Autumn)

• JST510 Law of Crime
• JST507 Crime, Media & Society

• or
  • JST503 Criminal Procedure

Session 4 (Spring)

• JST509 Prison: Institution & Experience
• JST504 Policing Society

Session 5 (Autumn)

• JST505 Offenders & Victims
• JST508 Researching Crime & Deviance

Session 6 (Spring)

• JST513 Dissertation

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Dr Gerard McGrath
School of Social Sciences & Liberal Studies
Telephone: (063) 38 4656
Facsimile: (063) 38 4401
Email: gmcgrath@csu.edu.au

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.