Criminology // Structure
Criminology
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Shih Joo Tan
Email: sj.tan@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 electives and Arts Discovery subjects including:
- A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
- 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 is 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 towards one major. One additional Level 2 subject and one additional Level 3 subject must be completed for the other major.
*Notes:
Please note: Students must undertake an Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery subject can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: An Arts Discovery subject and one Level 1 Elective subject for the first major and two Level 1 Elective subjects for the second major.
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM10001 | Crime, Criminology, and Critique | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM10002 | Law in Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM20002 | Criminal Law and Political Justice | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
CRIM20003 | Policing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20004 | Order, Disorder, Crime, and Deviance | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20006 | Punishment and Social Control | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20007 | Cybercrime and Digital Criminology | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
CRIM20009 | Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20010 | Law, Justice and Social Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20003 | Screening Genders, Bodies, Sexualities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20017 | Sex in Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20012 | Young People, Crime and Justice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM30014 | Contemporary Critical Criminology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM30001 | Crime and Public Policy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30002 | Global Criminology | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
CRIM30005 | Corporate Power and White Collar Crime | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30006 | Crime and Culture | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
CRIM30010 | Managing Justice: Agencies and the State | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30012 | Law in Social Theory | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Australian Indigenous Public Policy | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SOCI30013 | Survey Design and Analysis | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SOCI30014 | Race and Racism in Australia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30013 | Gender and Crime | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30015 | Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study-areas/criminology
Last updated: 19 March 2025