Bachelor of Social ScienceWith a Major in Criminology

Unit code: COM10003
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit will introduce fundamentals of communication and learning in an online environment. Students will gain increased capability in a range of skills such as online written communication, collaboration in individual and group work, and critiquing and analysing a variety of information sources. Students will be encouraged to draw on their own understanding and experience while contributing and sharing ideas with peers.

Content

• Social media and communication technologies
• Models of online communication
• Current and evolving learning theories
• Identifying and evaluating sources of knowledge
• Critical analysis skills
• Referencing and attributing sources
• Creating and publishing in the online environment
• Strategies for reflecting on your own and others work

This unit is found in:

• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Media Studies.
• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Public Relations.
• Bachelor of Media and Communication with a Major in Advertising.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Criminology.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Behavioural Studies.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and International Relations.
• Bachelor of Social Science with a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism.
• Bachelor of Psychological Sciences.
• Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood).
• Bachelor of Education (Primary).

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Unit code: SOC10004
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit aims to provide students with an introduction to the foundations of the discipline of sociology. Successful completion of this unit will prepare students to undertake study in the discipline at more advanced levels through their understanding of the sociological imagination and central sociological theories as applied to a range of current events and issues.

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Apply a sociological perspective to the social world around them
2. Identify and differentiate between the major theoretical perspectives employed by sociologists
3. Define and use a range of key sociological concepts to appraise the ways in which social processes and social structures shape individuals and groups in contemporary society
4. Discuss and critique published work and communicate this through informed written argument
5. Undertake successful library-based research
6. Identify and utilise the referencing style required by this discipline

This unit is found in the following courses:
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Criminology
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Security and International Relations
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Behavioural Studies

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Unit code: POL10001
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit of study aims to provide a critical and analytical introduction to the Australian political system in an international context and the challenges it faces from globalisation, oppositional social movements and growing discontent among voters.

Content

Students will acquire a body of knowledge about the system of government in Australia in an international context. This will include the basic organising principles of the system, the institutions that express those principles and the processes by which voters elect representatives to transfer the people’s will into responsible government.

As students move through the unit, it will be apparent that the organising principles of the system do not always deliver their intended outcomes. By examining some contemporary political issues such as citizenship and republicanism, industrial relations, the role of political parties in expressing voters’ aspirations and the electoral system’s ability to deliver workable parliamentary repesentation, the unit will test the effectiveness of those principles and assess in general terms how the system is working. It also explores the reasons many citizens have turned away from institutional politics and engaged in political activism through social movements and other organisations in civil society.

The unit will offer a broad, long-term perspective against which students can analyse and interpret not just current policy issues, but the effectiveness of the whole system.

This unit is found in the following courses:

– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Criminology
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Security and International Relations
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Behavioural Studies

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Unit code: PSY10005
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of different research designs and research methods for psychology and health sciences. Students will gain familiarity with the scientific method, ethical issues in research, measurement, research design, and research methods. Students will be given the opportunity to develop professionally relevant knowledge in the selection and evaluation of research designs and methods and how to collect data that will address specific research questions.

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Describe the scientific method and scientific thinking principles
2. Demonstrate knowledge of the ethical issues in research
3. Describe the main concepts of measurement and various sampling methods.
4. Explain the general concept of an experiment and a quasi-experiment and outline uses of these designs in research.
5. Describe a range of research methods and be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each method.
6. Select appropriate research designs and research methods to address hypothetical and real world problems.

This unit is found in the following courses:
– Bachelor of Psychological Sciences
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Behavioural Studies
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Criminology
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Security and Counter Terrorism
– Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Security and International Relations

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Unit code: INS10001
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

Aim

This unit examines contemporary culture as a construct through initiating the education of students in Indigenous issues. With particular focus on the world’s oldest living, continuing culture, students learn concepts of imperialism and colonialism, the diversity of Indigenous Australian people and culture, and a basic understanding of issues that define our experiences as Australian citizens in a postcolonial society. Fundamental Indigenous concepts are introduced, including respect and relationships, connection to country spirituality, and kinship. Students will learn to challenge existing knowledge of Indigenous cultures and encouraged to form their own connections to help underpin their knowledge of contemporary culture.

Content

• The roles of colonialism and imperialism in Australian society
• Culture as a construct; the role of race and racial identity
• Diversity within Indigenous cultures
• Connections to country and local Wurundjeri culture
• Sovereignty of Indigenous cultures and knowledges
• The roles of narrative and storytelling in cultural identity
• Concepts central to Indigenous culture including The Dreaming, kinship structures, non-linear time and gendered knowledges
• Indigenous cultures in contemporary society.

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Unit code: FOR10001
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit introduces students to fundamental principles involved in research and practice within Forensic Psychology. Students are introduced to the structure of the criminal justice system in Australia and in other countries. They study the methodologies involved in forensic work including interviewing, deception detection techniques and risk assessment. Psychological factors involved in eye-witness testimony and false memories are described and the nature of criminal behaviour explored. Developmental risk factors are also discussed.

Content

• A comparative analysis of the Australian criminal justice system
• Theoretical perspectives in criminology (psychological, sociological, psychiatric)
• Defining and measuring crime: the uniform crime reporting system
• Interviewing and deception detection techniques
• Research methods in forensic psychology
• Risk assessment
• Eye-witness testimony and false memories
• Developmental risk factors for criminal behaviour social risk factors, parental and family risk factors, psychological risk factors

This unit is found in Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Criminology.

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Unit code: CRI10002
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit provides students with an overview of the discipline of criminology through a presentation of both the major theoretical models as well as the application of these models to a variety of criminal justice settings. Students will learn the breadth of the field of criminology as well as the importance of theoretical models when developing research and programming within the criminal justice system.

Content

Topics to be discussed may include:

• Theoretical perspectives in criminology (including biological, psychological, sociological)
• Defining and measuring crime
• Australian criminal justice system
• Violent crimes
• Property crimes
• Crimes against the person
• White collar crimes
• Organised crime

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Unit code: CRI20001
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This subject aims to provide students with an overview of criminology and policing. Students will gain an understanding of the breadth of the field of policing and criminology as well as an appreciation of the importance of theoretical models when developing research and programming within policing.

Content

• History of policing in Australia and abroad
• The organisational structure and systems of policing
• Policing, the law, and the constitution
• The role of policing in modern society
• Policing issues in Australia
• Police training and performance
• Police, crime and statistics
• Professional standards and ethics
• Current issues and debates in policing
• The future of policing in Australia

This unit is found in Bachelor of Social Science With a Major in Criminology.

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