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100pt Program
Master of CriminologyCourse Entry PointYear: 2020
100pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Claire Spivakovsky
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'make an enquiry' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/2-master-of-criminology
Overview
The Master of Criminology offers a curriculum that reflects cutting edge theory while providing specialist training for enhanced professional purposes, usually to graduates working in the fields of criminology, the criminal justice system and social policy and research relating to these areas, but may also be taken for general interest. This course does not necessarily lead to higher degree study, however high achieving students may qualify for entry to a masters by research or PhD.
Students will study contemporary global and local problems such as drug use, international crime, transitional justice, white-collar crime and Indigenous politics, with an emphasis both on the latest criminological knowledge and on new law and policy responses to them. They will understand criminal justice as a contested area of social practice, and the ways in which a public criminology can rethink ways of responding to crime.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
100 credit points
100 point program
Duration: 1 year full-time/ up to 3 years part-time
Coursework Only Option:
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- elective subjects (75 points)
or
Minor Thesis Option:
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points)
- minor thesis part 1 and 2 (37.5 points)
- elective subjects (25 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (at least 25 points). Students must complete one capstone option:
Capstone Stream 1: CRIM90030 Criminology and Sociology Internship Part 1 and CRIM90031 Criminology and Sociology Internship Part 2 (Total 25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and skills to solve problems that arise in professional contexts and develop an integrated understanding of theory and practice
Capstone Stream 2: CRIM90028 Criminology Thesis Part 1 and CRIM90029 Criminology Thesis Part 2 (Total 37.5 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a specific criminology research question
Capstone Stream 3: CRIM90010 Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches (12.5 points) and CRIM90017 Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation (12.5 points)
Purpose: an opportunity to develop an understanding of issues arising from mass violence across a range of international examples and an opportunity to explore innovation in crime prevention policies and practice.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework. Students also should also refer to information in the Student Policy Directory.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90018 | Making Sense of Crime and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90019 | Advances in Criminological Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Minor Thesis Subjects
Minor Thesis Option - 50 points total
Please note the following prior to enrolling in the minor thesis -
- students admitted into the 100 point program must have a GPA of 80% (H1) or above from the last one hundred points of previous study (or equivalent); and
- to be eligible to enrol in the thesis, students must submit a 300 word thesis proposal for approval by the course coordinator prior to the semester of enrolment in the thesis; and
- students enrolling in the minor thesis must also complete POLS40013 Social Sciences Research Seminar; and
- the minor thesis must be completed over two consecutive semesters (part 1 and 2).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90028 | Criminology Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
CRIM90029 | Criminology Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
Coursework Only Option - 75 points
or
Minor Thesis Option - 25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ASIA90001 | Human Rights in Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40002 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40003 | Drugs and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40005 | Punishment and Detention: New Challenges | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90004 | Taming Business? Crime, Law and Politics | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90007 | Genocide, State Crime and the Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90009 | Judging Crime | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90010 | Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90011 | Research and Criminal Justice Governance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90015 | Terror, Law and War | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90016 | Industry Project: Crime and Justice | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90020 | Crime, Culture & the Media | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90025 | Organised Crime and Human Trafficking | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90027 | Criminology Special Topics 1 | Not available in 2020 | 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 |
CRIM90032 | Criminology Special Topics 2 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90033 | Criminal Justice: Australia and Japan | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90034 | Post-conflict Justice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90035 | Victims | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
CRIM90036 | Data in Criminology Policy and Practice | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90037 | Disability, Crime and Justice | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90026 | History, Memory and Violence in Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT50002 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POLS40002 | Australian Politics:Democracy & Justice | No longer available | |
POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90037 | Corruption in Today's World | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
SOCI90005 | Social Research Design and Evaluation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90012 | Inclusive Policy Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
SOCI90018 | Indigenous Policy Analysis | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90038 | New Horizons in Criminology | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 18 December 2020