Overview

Explore crime, its causes and patterns, and related criminal justice institutions through a social science lens. This degree gives you a critical and practical insight into our criminal justice institutions and practices, offending and victimisation, crime prevention strategies and debates, crime and drugs, gendered violence, crime and culture, juvenile justice, race and crime, policing, prisons and different forms of punishment.

Majors

Areas of study

Criminology.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Crime research and analysis; roles in corrections, probation and parole, crime prevention; law enforcement agency roles including border protection; victim support, advocacy work, law enforcement, policy advisers for state and federal government; community agency roles including child protection, alcohol, drugs; university research and teaching (with further study).

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 offer96.399.95
Median rank to receive an offer62.268.95
Lowest rank to receive an offer50.7560.1

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Western Sydney University 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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