Criminology minor // Structure
Criminology minor
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Shih Joo Tan
Email: sj.tan@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
75 credit points
This minor 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 subject
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
The subject MULT20003 is core in the Criminology, Politics and International Studies, and Sociology majors and minors. Students who are completing a major and minor in any two of these disciplines can only count MULT20003 towards one major or minor. One additional Level 2 subject must be completed for the other major or minor.
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 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