PD-ARTS Criminology (PD-ARTS_INFSPC_8)

Overview

Please note that PD-ARTS Postgraduate Diploma in Arts will no longer be accepting new applications as of the 1st January 2015, the program from 2015 will be offered as GDA-ARTS Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced). Please refer to the correct handbook entry for program information for commencing students from 2015.

See program overview

Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation should:

have a rounded knowledge of criminological theory regarding the nature of crime and its control;
acquire skills in research procedures for the analysis of criminological issues, including the ability to plan and organise research;
gain an understanding of major elements of public policy debates relating to crime and its control, especially as these impact upon various parts of the criminal justice system;
develop an overview of the emerging alternatives posed for organising various aspects of the criminal justice system;
receive instruction and advice, and have experience, in writing a preparatory research thesis on a criminological topic.

Last updated: 30 January 2024

Structure

The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

thesis subject (50 points)
one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
one core methods subject (12.5 points)
three elective subjects (37.5points)

Total 100 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Thesis Subject

37.5 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CRIM40007		No longer available

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
POLS40013	Social Science Research Seminar	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Core Methods Subject

12.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CRIM40002	Qualitative Research Methods	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Elective Subjects

37.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
CRIM40003	Drugs and Justice	Not available in 2024	12.5
CRIM40005	Carcerality	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CRIM90004		No longer available
CRIM90006		No longer available
CRIM90007		No longer available
CRIM90008	Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples	Not available in 2024	12.5
CRIM90009	Judging Crime	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CRIM90010	Crime Prevention: Critical Approaches	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CRIM90011	Research and Criminal Justice Governance	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CRIM90015	Terror, Law and War	Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)	12.5
CRIM90016	Community Justice Project	July (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	Not available in 2024	12.5
MULT50002		No longer available
POLS40002		No longer available
POLS40004		No longer available

Links

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