Bachelor (Honours)
Honours in Criminology is an intensive year-long program that enables students to research a topic they are passionate about. Students will have the opportunity to develop their own original research project and conduct empirical or theoretical research under the guidance of a supervisor who is a specialist in the relevant field. It is the final year of undergraduate study for most students and provides students with an avenue into postgraduate study or into a career as a professional researcher or academic. Students who complete honours can demonstrate to future employees that they have important job skills such as the ability to produce high quality work with minimal supervision, the capacity to engage with criminal justice agencies and important project management skills.
Honours can be one of the most enjoyable and challenging years of a student's undergraduate degree. Honours is a rare opportunity for students to dedicate an entire year to one area of study that is important to them and often allows students direct access to areas of the criminal justice system that interest them. In addition, honours offers students the experience of utilising all the skills they have learned through their undergraduate degree to produce a 15,000 to 20,000 word dissertation.
1. Admission to candidature shall be determined by the Head of School on the recommendation of the Course Coordinator.
2. Excepts as provided in Rule 3, a candidate for admission to the honours course shall have:
(a) satisfied all requirements of an AQF level 7:
(i) Bachelor of Arts majoring in Criminology or Bachelor of Criminology from the University of New England; or
(ii) Bachelor of Criminology in the Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws from the University of New England; and
(b) achieved a grade point average of 5.0 (Credit); and
(c) attained at least Distinction standard in 12 credit points at 300 level in Criminology and CRIM244 or equivalent; and
(d) passed units to the value of at least 48 credit points in the subject in which the candidate wishes to proceed; and
(e) have fulfilled any additional requirements prescribed and published by the School or area concerned;
3. With the approval of the Head of School a person who has fulfilled the requirements of an equivalent AQF Level 7 Bachelor qualification of a university or other institution and who meets requirements considered by the school to be equivalent to those specified in Rule 2(b), (c), (d) and (e), may be admitted to the honours course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Criminology with Honours.
Candidates admitted under Rule 2(a)(ii) shall have completed all requirements for admission to the degrees of Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws before being awarded the Bachelor of Criminology with Honours.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Careers include positions in Policy Advice and Development, Policing and Corrections, Crime Prevention, Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare, Security Industry, Crime Intelligence Services, Drug and Law Support Services, Environmental and Industry Regulation, University Research and Teaching.
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