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Criminology
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Coordinator
Dr Liam Gillespie
Email: liam.gillespie@unimelb.edu.au
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);
- Compulsory subject ANTH40012 Explanation & Understanding (12.5 points);
- One Core Methods subject (12.5 points);
- Two elective subjects or CRIM90039 Criminology Internship (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);
- ANTH40012 Explanation & Understanding (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 CRIM90039 Criminology Internship (25 points)
Total 100 points
Please be advised that the Criminology Specialisation does not accept applications for mid-year admission. Candidates can only commence in Semester 1.
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 |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH40012 | Explanation and Understanding | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM40008 | Criminology Thesis Part 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
CRIM40009 | Criminology Thesis Part 2 | 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 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
POLS90063 | Indigenous Social & Political Movements | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90039 | Criminology Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM90009 | Judging Crime | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90011 | Criminal Justice Knowledge Production | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90019 | Advances in Criminological Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90016 | Community Justice Project | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90018 | Making Sense of Crime and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90010 | Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90015 | Terror, Law and War | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90035 | Victims: Recognition and Redress | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90041 | Carcerality | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honours
Last updated: 6 December 2024