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  5. Structure

Criminology // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis subject (50 points)
  • one core subject (12.5 points)
  • elective subjects (25 points)

 

Total 100 points

 

Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis CRIM40008 Criminology Thesis Part 1 and CRIM40009 Criminology Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

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 Subject

12.5 points

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Thesis Subject

50 points

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

Core Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
CRIM40002 No longer available

Elective Subjects

25 points

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
CRIM90016 No longer available
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
POLS90063 Indigenous Social & Political Movements
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
CRIM90041 Carcerality
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps

Last updated: 6 November 2025