Criminology

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1012 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for criminology honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in criminology and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%).

Objectives: See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in criminology must complete:

  • Criminology Thesis (37.5 points)
  • One Compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • One Core Methods subject (12.5 points) and
  • 37.5 points of elective subjects

Students undertaking combined honours in criminology and another program must complete:

  • Criminology Thesis (37.5 points);
  • One Compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • One Core Methods subject (12.5 points) and
  • Three subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

or

  • Thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
  • Two subjects in the combining discipline (25 points);
  • One core methods subject (12.5 points); and
  • 25 points of Criminology elective subjects.
Total 100 points
Subject Options:

Compulsory subjects:

50 points for students in pure criminology honours

Combined honours students need to refer to the structure above

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75

Core methods subjects:

12.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Elective subjects:

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study/criminology
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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