Meet one of the following criteria:
Participate in a screening interview (typically by phone though online can be arranged if required); and
Be 18 years or above at the date of commencement; and
Completion of a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (or equivalent); or
Completion of a Diploma or above (or equivalent); or
Admission to an undergraduate degree at an Australian University (or equivalent)
Overseas qualifications must be deemed by ACAP as equivalent to Australian qualifications.
The BPsychScCr provides students with the opportunity to complete an APAC accredited three year sequence featuring a major in psychology and a major in criminology. Students undertaking this program must follow a specified sequence of units from the Discipline of Psychological Sciences and the Discipline of Criminology. This specified sequence of units comprises the double major.
The psychology major provides students with a comprehensive education in the theories and models that underpin the scientific discipline of psychology, critical and analytical thinking, and research methodology, design and analysis necessary for conducting and evaluating psychological research. The psychology major also introduces students to the applications of psychological theory.
The criminology major is concerned with approaches to criminal behaviour, the causes of crime, crime prevention, and responses to crime. The coverage of sociology in this major stream exposes students to the wider context in which criminal behaviour takes place and the role society plays in shaping crime and the criminal. This, coupled with the psychology major, provides students with a well-rounded understanding of human behaviour.
Research by the Australian Institute of Criminology highlights the links between mental illness, crime and rehabilitation, with mental disorders identified up to four times more among prison populations compared to the general population. This specialised double major degree will therefore be of benefit to those who are interested in working in the courts, corrections, youth justice or with offenders, victims or vulnerable populations including young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The double major also provides the first three years of the six years of training required for registration as a psychologist.
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Recommended sequence of enrolments for students commencing full time study based on trimester commencement
Year 1
First trimester
MULT1015 Applications in Context
PSYC1042 Psychology: History, Science and Application 1
CRIM1004 Theoretical Criminology
Second trimester
MULT1025 Professions and Society
PSYC1052 Foundational Psychological Processes
SOSC1024 Diversity and Justice
Third trimester
PSYC2102 Psychology: History, Science and Application 2
MULT1035 Sustainability and Helping Professionals
JALE1054 Crime and the Media
Year 2
First trimester
PSYC2112 Foundational Perspectives: Cognition
PSYC2122 Foundational Perspectives: Biological Bases
JALE2034 Penology
Second trimester
PSYC2132 Foundational Perspectives: Lifespan Development
CRIM2044 Innovative Justice
JALE2024 Drugs and Crime
Third trimester
PSYC3102 Psychology: History, Science and Application 3
PSYC3112 Individual Differences and Assessment
CRIM3004 Victimology
Year 3
First trimester
PSYC3122 Abnormal Psychology and Intervention
PSYC3162 Applying Psychology to Crime and Justice
JALE3904 Youth Justice
Second trimester
PSYC3132 Social and Community Psychology
CRIM3014 Gender and Crime
SOSC2004 Indigenous Peoples and Justice
OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year
