Criminology Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1015 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

Coordinator

Discipline Chair, Criminology: Professor Alison Young

Contact

Arts and Music Student Centre
Room 104, Ground Floor, Old Arts Building
Tel: +61 3 8344 5235
Fax: +61 3 9347 0424

Overview:	A major in criminology usually consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises: two first-year subjects in criminology (25 points); and three second-year subjects in criminology (37.5 points), including the compulsory subject Social Science Research Methods; and three third-year subjects (37.5 points).
Subject Options:	Criminology: Level 1 Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 191-101 From Graffiti to Terrorism Semester 1 12.50 191-110 Law in Society Semester 2 12.50 Criminology: Level 3 Subject Only students completing a major in criminology may complete this subject. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 191-302 Criminology and Public Policy Semester 1 12.50 Criminology: Level 2 Electives Social Science Research Methods is compulsory for students completing a major in Criminology. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 191-004 Social Science Research Methods Semester 1 12.50 166-216 Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms Semester 2 12.50 191-211 Law, Justice and Social Change Semester 2 12.50 191-221 Critical Criminal Law Semester 1 12.50 191-222 Policing Semester 2 12.50 191-223 Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance Not offered in 2009 12.50 166-276 Punishment and Social Control Semester 1 12.50 Criminology: Level 3 Electives Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 191-301 Law in Social Theory Semester 2 12.50 191-311 Global Criminology Semester 1 12.50 191-314 Crimes of the Powerful Semester 2 12.50 191-315 Crime and Culture Semester 1 12.50 191-316 Victims Semester 2 12.50 191-318 Crime, Whiteness and Indigenous People Semester 2 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor Laws Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Arts (Combined Theology) Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Teaching Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical &Manufacturing) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Software) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering and Bachelor of Arts

Overview:

A major in criminology usually consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises:

two first-year subjects in criminology (25 points); and
three second-year subjects in criminology (37.5 points), including the compulsory subject Social Science Research Methods; and
three third-year subjects (37.5 points).

Subject Options: