Overview

This course prepares you as a graduate for a variety of careers in security, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, policing, corrections, juvenile justice, indigenous justice, social policy, public service, and criminal justice related occupations including customs. In first year, you complete a variety of core foundation units covering professional criminological research skills, criminal justice systems, policing, justice, forensic psychology, policy governance, and social justice. You then focus your studies by completing a primary major in either criminology and policing, or policy and politics, and eight additional units of study. Graduates are experienced in research methods, group work, problem-solving, critical thinking, and policy analysis skills.

This course is covered by the QUT Offer Guarantee and Year 12 Early Offer Scheme.

For more course information, visit Bachelor of Justice at QUT.

Prerequisites

Majors

Criminology and policing; policy and politics.

Potential Career Outcomes

Aid work manager, community corrections officer, community worker, corrective services officer, criminal investigator, criminologist, customs officer, diplomat, disability services worker, family services officer, fraud and compliance investigator, information officer, ministerial policy adviser, police officer (Australian federal), police officer (state), policy officer, private investigator, 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 offer89.7591.25
Median rank to receive an offer75.0376.88
Lowest rank to receive an offer65.1570.20

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Queensland 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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