Prepare for your career as a criminologist and build on the skills and knowledge learned in your undergraduate degree with an intensive one-year Honours program designed to position you as a future leader in the field. You’ll work alongside a dedicated and passionate team of researchers on a project related to the criminology and justice discipline and will develop industry-relevant skills that give you a competitive edge for graduate employment or postgraduate study.

In this degree you will:

• Learn advanced theoretical concepts and perspectives and engage in critical debates in the field.
• Be exposed to advanced research training methods through coursework and the design and implementation of your own research project.
• Contribute meaningfully to scholarship in the criminology and justice discipline through an original dissertation.
• Develop the core skills sought after by employers, including critical thinking and analysis, problem-solving and project management, and the ability to work collaboratively, ethically and under minimal supervision to produce high-quality work.

Research Areas:

• Policing
• Youth justice
• Restorative justice
• Sexual violence and abuse
• Corrections
• Crime analysis
• Security industry
• Criminal courts
• Applied crime prevention

Admission requirements:^

• Completion of a three-year bachelor’s degree in criminology and justice or related field, or equivalent, from a recognised higher education institution
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 5 (across 200/300 level courses)
• Program Coordinator approval

^These are minimum requirements and do not guarantee entry. Importantly, enrolment is contingent upon the University's capacity to provide appropriate supervision in the intended field of research.