Succeed in business by understanding people
Learn how to safeguard businesses by understanding crime and crime trends, with a practical double degree that combines business with criminology and justice. You’ll study the legal and criminal justice systems, and how to develop fair and effective methods for crime prevention. You’ll also build strong analytic and problem-solving skills – essential for both business and crime prevention, to ensure you remain in front of emerging trends such as cyber scams and fraud.
New in 2020
Learn how to safeguard businesses by understanding crime and crime trends, with a practical double degree that combines business with criminology and justice. You’ll study the legal and criminal justice systems, and how to develop fair and effective methods for crime prevention. You’ll also build strong analytic and problem-solving skills – essential for both business and crime prevention, to ensure you remain in front of emerging trends such as cyber scams and fraud.
In this program you will:
- Gain a strong foundation in the fundamentals of modern business, including economics, management, marketing, international trade business law, corporate governance and social responsibility
- Develop strong analytical skills to interpret trends relating to crime or business
- Understand the role of the justice system
- Examine policies that impact policing, courts, corrections and allied agencies
- Have the chance to complete a professional placement in your final year in the field of criminology and justice
Career opportunities
- Policing and law enforcement
- Security and intelligence (private and public)
- Advocacy
- Youth justice
- Custodial corrections officer
- Crime prevention
- Research and policy
- Business manager
- Entrepreneur
Program structure
Business courses
Introductory courses (5) 60 units
BUS102 Introduction to Mathematics
BUS104
BUS105
BUS106 Introduction to Economics
BUS108 Introduction to Management
Developing and Graduate courses (3) 36 units
BUS203 Introduction to Marketing
BUS306 Accounting for Business
BUS320 Introduction to Informatics
Major (8) 96 units
1 Major (96 units) selected from the USC Business School:
- Economics and Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
Criminology and Justice courses
Introductory courses (7) 84 units
CRM101 Business Law and Ethics
CRM102
CRM103 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
CRM105 Introduction to Criminology
JST101 Understanding Crime
SCS101 Punishment and Corrections
SCS110 Policing
Developing and Graduate courses (9) 108 units
CRM204 Justice and the Australian Legal System
CRM205 Foundations of Human Behaviour
SCS225 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
CRM304 Applied Crime Prevention
CRM308
PLUS select 4 Criminology Discipline elective courses from:
CRM201 Social Research
CRM203 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
CRM302
CRM305 Criminal Profiling
CRM307 Homicide
CRM309 Youth Justice
JST202 Professional Placement
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
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Total units: 384
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.