Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Griffith University - Gold Coast

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Overview

Understanding human behaviour and what makes people tick is a crucial skill in the world of criminology and criminal justice. In the psychological science component, you’ll develop an understanding of human behaviour and the variables that affect it, which will help you understand how people can get caught up in the criminal justice system. In the criminology and criminal justice component, you’ll study crime trends and learn how crime can be analysed and prevented.

Majors

Areas of study

For Psychological Science: Psychology.

For Criminology and Criminal Justice: Criminology.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

For Psychological Science: General psychologist in areas such as clinical, health, community, educational, organisational, or forensic settings, job placement and recruitment, counselling, guidance, and social research. You can also pursue further studies to work in specialist fields, including becoming a clinical psychologist, organisational psychologist, or other specialist psychologist.

For Criminology and Criminal Justice: Roles in policing and security, law enforcement, intelligence, probation and parole, child protection, crime analysis, courts and justice services, crime prevention and regulatory agencies, criminological research and policy. 

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 offer96.4099.95
Median rank to receive an offer76.6083.20
Lowest rank to receive an offer62.4070.00

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

Admission Criteria

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

Course Seeker

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