Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Federation University - Mount Helen (Ballarat)

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Overview

Understand crime data, why crime rates and types vary in different countries and across remote, regional and urban settings. Learn to evaluate the effectiveness of different crime prevention strategies and policies, and develop a knowledge of criminal justice programs in international jurisdictions. Choose a minor or second major from Community and Human Services, Behavioural Studies (Psychology) and Sociology. Prepare for work in roles including state and federal police, in courts and corrections, government departments and for work in community based agencies delivering criminal justice programs.

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Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any English.

Majors

Behavioural studies, Community and human services, Criminology and criminal justice, IT security, Sociology.

Potential Career Outcomes

Case management officer
Communications officer
Corrections officer, Court officer
Criminal intelligence analyst 
Criminal investigator
Criminologist
Government officer
Industrial relations officer
Investigation officer
Juvenile caseworker
Law reform campaign officer 
Police officer 
Policy officer 
Political advisor
Private investigator
Project officer
Public relations officer
Welfare officer
Youth worker

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 offer53.3067.50
Median rank to receive an offer46.0057.00
Lowest rank to receive an offer38.1552.55

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Federation University website for admission criteria information.

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University

Federation University

Campus

Mount Helen (Ballarat)

Course Type

Bachelors Degree

Study Area

Law

Indicative ATAR

38.15

Delivery Mode

On-campus

Duration

Full-time: 3 years, Part-time: Available

Course Link

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State
VIC
Type
University
Courses
225
Campuses
Berwick Brisbane Camp Street Gippsland Kangan Institute Melbourne Institute of Technology Melton Mount Helen (Ballarat) Rural Sciences Skills Centre (Ballarat) Rural Sciences Skills Centre (Mt Rowan) SMB Wimmera
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Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at Federation University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.

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