Graduate Diploma of Criminology

2022 Deakin University Handbook

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Year	2022 course information
Award granted	Graduate Diploma of Criminology
Campus	Burwood (Melbourne)* Waurn Ponds (Geelong)* Cloud (online)
Duration	1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
Deakin course code	A604
Approval status	The course is approved by the University pursuant to the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8.
Note: This course is exit only option. *This course will be offered at Burwood (Melbourne) and Waurn Ponds (Geelong) from Trimester 1 2024.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

The Graduate Diploma of Criminology will provide students with advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of crime and criminal justice. It critically engages with existing criminological discourses and challenges students to critique contemporary approaches to criminal justice policy, practice and prevention.

Career opportunities

The course is designed to be authentic and prepare students to enter or advance in a broad range of careers related to crime policy, criminal justice, law enforcement and security. Career opportunities exist at all levels of government - local, state, federal - and with non-government and international organisations.

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Fees and charges

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as photocopying or travel.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Use advanced and integrated knowledge of criminological scholarship to review and analyse key issues in the definitions, history, causes, harms and prevention of different types of crime and criminal behaviour within Australia and internationally
Communication	Communicate the findings and analyses of criminological theories, concepts and their application to real-world contexts, in a broad range of written, oral and digital formats, to different audiences associated with or engaged in criminological activities
Digital literacy	Employ a broad range of digital technologies to communicate types and forms of crime and appropriate prevention responses to a diverse range of audiences, including the public and individuals and groups associated with or engaged in criminal justice policy and practice
Critical thinking	Exercise independent and critical judgement to organise, synthesise and evaluate complex theoretical approaches to defining and explaining crime and criminal behaviour in order to make recommendations to improve current policies and practices that address crime and criminal behaviour
Problem solving	Analyse differing perspectives and approaches to preventing and responding to crime and criminal behaviour in a variety of contexts and employ creative problem solving skills to investigate complex problems in a systematic manner as well as to generate creative, contextually aware solutions to those problems
Self-management	n/a
Teamwork	Collaborate productively in teams to research and evaluate explanations for and responses to complex issues in crime and criminal behaviour in a variety of national and international contexts
Global citizenship	Analyse and respond to criminological issues, in domestic, regional and international contexts, as a reflective scholar and practitioner, taking into account cultural and socio-economic diversity, social and environmental responsibility and adherence to professional and ethical standards in a variety of contexts
Approved by Faculty Board March 2020

Course rules

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma of Criminology, students must successfully complete 8 credit points of study.

Eligibility for this Graduate Diploma exit only option is based on the admission to the Masters degree recognising 4 units of study at level 8 or above, in addition to the four units completed at AQF level 9.