Criminology // Structure
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Criminology
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr. Mark Wood
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
Students undertaking pure honours in criminology must complete:
- A 15,000 word thesis: CRIM40008 Criminology Thesis Part 1, and CRIM40009 Criminology Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- One Compulsory subject (12.5 points);
- One Core Methods subject (12.5 points);
- Two elective subjects or CRIM90030 Criminology & Sociology Internship Part 1, and CRIM90031 Criminology & Sociology Internship Part 2 (25 points)
Students undertaking combined honours in criminology and another program must complete:
- A 15,000 word thesis: CRIM40008 Criminology Thesis Part 1, and CRIM40009 Criminology Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points);
- Coursework subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)
or
- Thesis in the combining discipline (50 points);
- Coursework subject from the combining discipline (12.5 points);
- CRIM40002 Qualitative Research Methods (12.5 points); and
- Two Criminology elective subjects or CRIM90030 Criminology & Sociology Internship Part 1, and CRIM90031 Criminology & Sociology Internship Part 2 (25 points)
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.
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40008 | Criminology Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
CRIM40009 | Criminology Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Core methods subject:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90020 | Crime, Culture & the Media | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90030 | Criminology & Sociology Internship Pt 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
CRIM90031 | Criminology & Sociology Internship Pt 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
CRIM40003 | Drugs and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90004 | Taming Business? Crime, Law and Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90009 | Judging Crime | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90011 | Research and Criminal Justice Governance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90019 | Advances in Criminological Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40002 | Australian Politics:Democracy & Justice | No longer available | |
CRIM40005 | Punishment and Detention: New Challenges | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90016 | Doing Structural Justice: Clinic | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90007 | Genocide, State Crime and the Law | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
CRIM90018 | Making Sense of Crime and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90010 | Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
CRIM90015 | Terror, Law and War | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS40004 | Justice, Democracy and Difference | No longer available |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honours
Last updated: 4 March 2025