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Charles Sturt University

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Graduate Diploma of Financial Crime

  • Graduate Diploma

Learn to design and implement strategies to prevent financial crime, deepen your understanding of methodologies, governance, and ethics, and progress seamlessly into a Master of Financial Crime.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 - 2 years full-time
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Mar, Jul, Nov
Domestic Fees
$26,400 per year

About this course

Overview

Learn to design and implement strategies to prevent financial crime and keep the world's money safe. Our Graduate Diploma of Financial Crime is designed to deepen your understanding of financial crime methodologies, governance and ethics. Investigate current and emerging trends, with an industry-aligned curriculum designed in collaboration with current policing and security experts. And if you want to continue your exploration of financial crime, when you complete this course you'll be able to progress seamlessly into a Master of Financial Crime.

Our Graduate Diploma of Financial Crime equips you to evaluate organisational risks, strengthen prevention frameworks and inform evidence-based policy and professional practice across national and international contexts. You will explore how governance, organisational culture, and ethical decision-making influence the prevention of financial crime, while developing the capacity to respond effectively to emerging threats in diverse professional settings.

This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.

  • Graduate Certificate in Financial Crime
  • Master of Financial Crime

Entry requirements

A completed Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree from a University or other Tertiary education provider (Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent).

Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

Learn to design and implement strategies to prevent financial crime and keep the world's money safe. Our Graduate Diploma of Financial Crime is designed to deepen your understanding of financial crime methodologies, governance and ethics. Investigate current and emerging trends, with an industry-aligned curriculum designed in collaboration with current policing and security experts. And if you want to continue your exploration of financial crime, when you complete this course you'll be able to progress seamlessly into a Master of Financial Crime.

Our Graduate Diploma of Financial Crime equips you to evaluate organisational risks, strengthen prevention frameworks and inform evidence-based policy and professional practice across national and international contexts. You will explore how governance, organisational culture, and ethical decision-making influence the prevention of financial crime, while developing the capacity to respond effectively to emerging threats in diverse professional settings.

Career pathways

Graduates will be prepared for roles across many sectors including banking and non-banking financial institutions, insurance, law enforcement, regulatory bodies, crime investigation and compliance, government agencies and corporate security. You could make your mark as a financial crime analyst, a compliance and risk assessment manager, a fraud investigator, a cybercrime specialist, or a policy adviser in financial crime prevention. Or use your skills and expertise to contribute to research surrounding the ever-changing world of financial crime.

Course structure

Core (32 pts)CodeTitleCredit PointsJST412Financial Crime Control and Risk Management8 credit ptsJST542Criminology of Financial Crime8 credit ptsJST547Technology and Financial Crime8 credit ptsJST560Cultural Competency in Security Studies8 credit ptsCompulsory subjects (32 pts)

Students complete the 2 listed subjects then choose 2 level 5 subjects offered from AGSPS

CodeTitleCredit PointsJST543Ethics and Professional Practice8 credit ptsJST561Risk in Security Studies8 credit ptsXRT008Restricted elective8 credit ptsXRT008Restricted elective8 credit pts

Credit for prior study or work

If you've completed relevant tertiary study, or work experience related to your course, you could receive credit towards your degree. Which would mean completing your qualification quicker. Find out how to apply for credit and see our credit policy.

How to apply

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