Graduate Diploma of Criminology

2023 Deakin University Handbook

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Year

2023 course information

Award granted Graduate Diploma of Criminology
Campus

Exit only option

Duration1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
Deakin course codeA604
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.

This course is exit only option from A704 Master of Criminology

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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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.

Course structure

Core units

ACR701Crime and Innovative Justice

ACR702Criminological Policy and Criminal Justice Practice

AAI018Academic Integrity [0 credit point unit]

Elective units

Plus 6 credit points of electives from:

ACR703Critical Criminology Theory

ACR704Public Criminology and Criminological Knowledge

ACR705Cyber Crime and Digital Surveillance

ACR706Environmental Crime and Regulation

ACR707Populism and Policing Futures

ACR709Global Crime, Prevention and Responses

AIP746Challenges to Democratic Governance

AIR726Human Rights in World Politics

AIX706Research Design

ACR708 The Carceral Society and Prison Futures [No longer available for enrolment]

ACR710 Environmental Offenders And Victims [No longer available for enrolment]

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.