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Criminology
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Molly McCarthy
Email: molly.mccarthy@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 subjects, comprising of either:
-
12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (for a single major)
OR
25 credit points of Level 1 electives (for a double major)
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
The subjects MULT20003 and MULT30018 are compulsory in the Criminology, Politics and International Studies, and Sociology majors. Students who are completing two majors in any two of these disciplines can only count MULT20003 and MULT30018 towards one major. One additional Level 2 subject and one additional Level 3 subject must be completed for the other major.
*Notes:
Students must undertake one Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: One Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 elective subject
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: One Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM10001 | Crime, Criminology, and Critique | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM10002 | Law in Society | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM20002 | Criminal Law and Political Justice | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20003 | Policing | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20004 | Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20006 | Punishment and Social Control | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20007 | Cybercrime and Digital Criminology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20008 | Terrorism and State Violence | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20009 | Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20010 | Law, Justice and Social Change | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20003 | Genders, Bodies & Sexualities | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20017 | Sexualising Society: Sociology of Sex | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT30018 | Applied Research Methods | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM30001 | Crime and Public Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30002 | Global Criminology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30005 | Corporate Power and White Collar Crime | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30006 | Crime and Culture | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30010 | Managing Justice: Agencies and the State | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30011 | Young People, Crime and Justice | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30012 | Law in Social Theory | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Australian Indigenous Public Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30013 | Survey Design and Analysis | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30014 | Sociology of 'Race' and Ethnicities | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30013 | Gender and Crime | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study-areas/criminology
Last updated: 3 May 2024