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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 ANTH90009 Explanation and 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);
- ANTH90009 Explanation and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIM40008 | Criminology Thesis Part 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| CRIM40009 | Criminology Thesis Part 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| ANTH90009 | Explanation and Understanding | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core methods subject
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIM90042 | Qualitative Research Methods | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM90009 | Judging Crime | Not available in 2026 | 12.5 |
| CRIM90010 | Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM90011 | Criminal Justice Knowledge Production | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM90015 | Terror, Law and War | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM90017 | Violence, Trauma and Reconciliation | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
| CRIM90020 | Crime, Culture & the Media | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM90035 | Victims: Recognition and Redress | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CRIM90039 | Criminology Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
| CRIM90041 | Carcerality | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS90063 | Indigenous Social & Political Movements | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honours
Last updated: 16 December 2025