Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - 2024 Early Entry Program

Swinburne University of Technology - Hawthorn

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Overview

This course is part of Swinburne’s 2024 Early Entry Program. You will be selected for entry based on your subject study scores and school recommendation, instead of your ATAR. To be eligible, you must submit an online application and preference this course in VTAC. Learn more    

In the first degree of its kind in Victoria, you'll unpack the causes of crime as well as the fallout. Examine the international dimensions of criminal justice, as well as the technological advances impacting the sector, including predicting the commission of crime, detecting and stopping criminal behaviour, and implementing effective and efficient criminal sanctions.

Build up your CV with real industry experience in our Work Integrated Learning programs. In this degree, in the unit Criminal Justice Industry Project (LAW30025), you’ll team up with other students to work on a problems-based project briefed to you by an industry partner.

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Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL or at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL).

Majors

Advanced topics in forensic psychology, Brain and behaviour, Corrections systems and practice, Crime and punishment in the international context, Crime society and culture, Criminal law and process, Deviance difference and conformity, Fundamentals of criminology, Global crime, Introduction to forensic psychology, Introduction to law, Law and social science, Policing systems and practice, Sentencing, Technological advances in dealing with crime, Youth justice and crime.

Potential Career Outcomes

Graduates will be prepared to work in the areas of law enforcement, corrections, offender rehabilitation, victim support and government policy development. Possible roles include law enforcement officer, intelligence analyst, investigator, crime analyst, victim support worker, government policy writer, corrections officer.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer72.35N/P
Median rank to receive an offer57.45N/P
Lowest rank to receive an offer35.70N/P

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Swinburne University of Technology website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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