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A2008 · Monash University · UG specialist

Bachelor of Criminology

Faculty of Arts

Minimum ATAR
70
Full time
3 years
Part time
6 years
Credit points
144
Campus
Clayton, Caulfield
Mode
On campus

Overview

Criminology is the study of crime and social control. Crime, how we define it, how we understand its causes, and the ways we respond to it provides a window into a society’s challenges, values and aspirations. You will consider the local, national and global aspects of crime and justice and become familiar with a range of lenses for understanding and assessing the efficiency and impact of society’s changing understandings and responses. You will gain an understanding of victimisation and perpetration, inequality and its impacts, and approaches to understanding crime and difference and learn about crime committed by individuals, groups, organisations and states and the mechanisms of the criminal justice system including police, courts and corrections.

You will engage with research and policy leaders in crime and justice and experience criminal justice in action in a range of international, national and local contexts. The course challenges you to apply abstract knowledge to real-world problems of crime and justice and develop solutions. You will be equipped to identify credible evidence, to understand how to measure and analyse the impact of policy, and to develop informed, independent thinking skills.

This course equips you with industry-relevant specialist skills to prepare for working and living in a world of constant technological, environmental, political and population change. These skills include the capacity to critically evaluate evidence, develop and support arguments, conduct research using a variety of methodological approaches, advanced oral and written communication and an understanding of the possibilities and challenges of reform.

You will also have the opportunity to enrich your degree by honing your academic and professional skills through a range of flagship rich educational experiences (FREE). For more information on eligibility please see FREE.

First-year units

Level 1 units every student in this course takes or chooses from.

Course structure

Open a major, minor or specialisation to see its units.

Rules for completing this course

To satisfy the requirements of the Bachelor of Criminology you must complete 144 credit points as specified in the course requirements, including: - a maximum of 60 credit points at Level 1 and, -a minimum of 36 credit points at Level 3, of which at least 24 credit points must be from criminology.

Part A. Core studies

66 cp

You must complete the following units: Note: You can only complete one of ATS2456 or ATS2469.

  • ATS1420The global crime problem6 cp
  • ATS1421Understanding crime6 cp
  • ATS1422Crime prevention and crime control 6 cp
  • ATS1423Criminal justice in practice6 cp
  • ATS2456Cybercrime and cybersecurity6 cp
  • ATS2469Victims, justice and the law6 cp
  • ATS2552Crime and justice policy6 cp
  • ATS2553Indigenous justice in Australia6 cp
  • ATS2555Foundations in researching crime and justice6 cp
  • ATS3255Developing professional skills: Data collection and evidence-based practice6 cp
  • ATS3256Being a Criminologist: Research and professional practice6 cp
  • ATS3466Sex, gender and crime6 cp

Part B. Specified elective studies

30 cp

You must complete either option 1 or 2 below (30 credit points). Option 1: 12 credit points at Level 1 in any Arts discipline and 18 credit points from the following elective units, including 6 credit points at Level 3; or Option 2: 30 credit points from the following elective units, including 6 credit points at Level 3. Elective list

  • ATS1058Deconstructing homicide6 cp
  • ATS2056Crime and inequality6 cp
  • ATS2326Youth social change and justice6 cp
  • ATS2456Cybercrime and cybersecurity6 cp
  • ATS2457Crime, media and culture6 cp
  • ATS2458Policing6 cp
  • ATS3081Investigation and intelligence6 cp
  • ATS3082Hate crime: Theories, contexts and responses 6 cp
  • ATS3106Developing criminal justice policy6 cp
  • ATS3161Prisons and punishment6 cp
  • ATS3222Developing research literacy6 cp
  • ATS3223Gender and family violence6 cp
  • ATS3224Gender, family violence and criminal justice system responses6 cp
  • ATS3866Crimes of the powerful6 cp
  • ATS3942Crime and the city6 cp
  • ATS3004Crime, risk and security6 cp
  • ATS2469Victims, justice and the law6 cp
  • ATS3187Artificial Intelligence and algorithmic decision-making in the criminal justice system6 cp
  • ATS3084 Justice in practice: Interdisciplinary approaches to criminology and criminal law 6 cp

Part C. Free elective studies

48 cp

You must complete 48 credit points of free elective study. Units from Part B. Specified elective studies are recommended as they enable you to further your knowledge of criminology more broadly. Free elective units may be chosen from the faculty or across the University as long as you have the prerequisites and there are no restrictions on admission to the units. The units may be at any level ensuring that the course rules are satisfied for the Bachelor of Criminology. You can enrich your degree by using some of your free electives to take a study tour, field trip or exchange opportunity. You can also use this space to hone your academic and professional skills with an internship or a range of practical units. See Arts enrichment and Intercultural studies list of units to discover the breadth of options available. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3. You may need permission from the owning faculty to enrol in some units taught by other faculties. If you are enrolled in a double degree course, some units required for the other degree are credited as electives towards the criminology degree.