Criminology
Units of study
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Master of Criminology |
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| Exemption from core units of study should not be assumed to be automatic. Formal approval must be obtained from the Sydney Law School prior to enrolment. | |||
| Students must complete 48 credit points, comprising: | |||
| (i) 18 credit points of core units of study and 30 credit points of elective units of study for students without a law background; or | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of core units of study and 36 credit points of elective units of study, for students with a law background. | |||
2017 Core Units of Study |
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| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology units. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6034 Criminal Liability |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim students. This unit is an introduction to aspects of criminal law for non-lawyers and is therefore not available to students who have completed a law degree or completed criminal law at a tertiary level. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6048 Explaining Crime |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students and co-requisite for other criminology elective units. |
Semester 1 |
2017 Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law |
6 | N CISS6011 or LAWS3483 |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6327 Crime and Media |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6986 Criminal Justice Internship |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit is offered to students enrolled in the MCrim and GradDipCrim only. Interested applicants must submit an Expression of Interest (maximum two typed pages) clearly outlining reasons for applying, details of previous internships undertaken (where applicable), perceived benefits of completing the internship, preferred placement agency/agencies and steps that the applicant will undertake to organise a placement. Those applicants demonstrating the greatest interest in and perceived benefit from the Internship will be accepted. The Expression of Interest must be submitted to Dr Garner Clancey garner.clancey@sydney.edu.au by 20 Nov 2016. Successful applicants will be formally notified of the outcome of the Expression of Interest and enrolment procedures explained no later than 30 Nov 2016. Successful applicants will then work with Dr Clancey to arrange placement at preferred host organisations. Please note that placement may be subject to permanent Australian residency in a number of organisations. |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6348 Criminal Law and Markets |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6350 Criminal Law: History and Theory |
6 | A LAWS6034 Criminal Liability, undergraduate criminal law or by permission of Unit Coordinator |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6233 Criminology Research Project A |
6 | C LAWS6234 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Closing date 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students must complete both LAWS6233 and LAWS6234 within one or two semesters. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6234 Criminology Research Project B |
6 | C LAWS6233 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Closing date 30 September (Semester 1) and 30 April (Semester 2). Students must complete both LAWS6233 and LAWS6234 within one or two semesters. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 | Intensive April |
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| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 | Intensive August |
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| LAWS6893 Environmental Criminology: Space and Place |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6970 Forensic Psychology |
6 | N PSYC1001 or PSYC3020 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6862 Hate Crime |
6 | Intensive March |
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| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 | Intensive September |
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