Course Content
The Bachelor of Criminology requires completion of 144 units, of which:
A maximum of 60 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 144 units must include:
48 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- CRIM1001 - Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality (6 units)
- CRIM1002 - Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime (6 units)
- CRIM2001 - Doing Criminology: Research and Practice in Crime and Criminal Justice (6 units)
- CRIM3001 - Professional Perspectives on Crime and Prevention (6 units)
- CRIM3005 - Diversity and Crime: Equality in the Criminal Justice System (6 units)
- SOCR1001 - Foundations of Social Research (6 units)
- SOCY2038 - Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (6 units)
- SOCY2043 - Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (6 units)
6 units from completion of a course from the following list:
- ANTH1002 - Culture and Human Diversity: Introducing Anthropology (6 units)
- ANTH1003 - Global Citizen: Culture, Development and Inequality (6 units)
- ASIA1025 - Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change (6 units)
- ASIA1030 - Asia and the Pacific in Motion
- ECON1101 - Microeconomics 1 (6 units)
- ECON1102 - Macroeconomics 1 (6 units)
- GEND1001 - Sex, Gender and Identity: An Introduction to Gender Studies (6 units)
- GEND1002 - Reading Popular Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Studies (6 units)
- HIST1209 - Terror to Terrorism: A History (6 units)
- INDG1001 - Country, Kinship and Continuities: An Introduction to Australian Indigenous Studies (6 units)
- INDG1002 - First Peoples' resilience rights and resurgence in Australia (6 units)
- INTR1021 - Understanding Peace and Conflict (6 units)
- INTR1022 - Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution (6 units)
- LING1001 - Introduction to the Study of Language (6 units)
- LING1002 - Language and Society (6 units)
- PHIL1004 - Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Introduction (6 units)
- PHIL1005 - Logic and Critical Thinking (6 units)
- PHIL1008 - Introduction to Ethics (6 units)
- POLS1002 - Introduction to Politics (6 units)
- POLS1005 - Introduction to International Relations: Foundations and Concepts (6 units)
- POLS1006 - Introduction to International Relations: Contemporary Global Issues (6 units)
- SOCY1002 - Self and Society (6 units)
- SOCY1004 - Analysing the Social World: An Introduction to Social Psychology (6 units)
- STAT1003 - Statistical Techniques (6 units)
- STST1001 - Introduction to International Security Studies (6 units)
- WARS1001 - War in the Modern World, 1789 to today (6 units)
Maximum 30 units from completion of courses from the following list:
- ANTH2017 - Culture, Social Justice and Aboriginal Society Today ( 6 units)
- ANTH2130 - Violence and Terror (6 units)
- BIAN2128 - Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (6 units)
- CRIM2000 - The Illicit Economy (6 units)
- CRIM2002 - Organised Crime: Understanding the Underworld (6 units)
- CRIM2003 - Controversies in Crime Control (6 units)
- CRIM2005 - Alcohol, Drugs and Crime: Promoting Health and Preventing Consequences (6 units)
- CRIM2006 - Young People and Crime: Developmental Criminology and its Discontents (6 units)
- CRIM2007 - Order in the Courts: An Introduction to the Australian Judicial System (6 units)
- CRIM2008 - Punishment and Society: An Introduction to Penology (6 units)
- CRIM2009 - Corruption in our World (6 units)
- CRIM2010 - Cybercrime: An Introduction (6 units)
- CRIM2011 - Special Topics in Criminology (6 units)
- CRIM2013 - Policing (6 units)
- CRIM2014 - Introduction to Crime Science (6 units)
- CRIM2015 - Targeted Violence: Criminological Approaches to Understanding and Prevention (6 units)
- HIST2232 - Crime and Justice: Historical Dilemmas (6 units)
- HIST2238 - Human Rights in History (6 units)
- LING2105 - Forensic Linguistics: Language and the Law (6 units)
- PHIL2020 - Theories of Social Justice (6 units)
- POLS2100 - Genocide in the Modern World (6 units)
- PSYC2011 - Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology (6 units)
- SOCY2026 - Excessive Appetites: Sociocultural Perspectives on Addiction and Drug Use (6 units)
- SOCY2157 - Surveillance and Society (6 units)
Minimum 12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
- ANIP3003 - Australian National Internships Program A (6 units)
- ANIP3005 - Australian National Internships Program B (12 units)
- CRIM3002 - Corruption in Sport (6 units)
- CRIM3003 - Criminology at the Scene 1 (6 units)
- CRIM3004 - Criminology at the Scene - Extended (12 units)
- CRIM3006 - Crime Prevention: Evaluation Theory and Practice (6 units)
- INDG3001 - First Nations Peoples, the State and Public Policy in Australia (6 units)
- LING3032 - Forensic Linguistics: Forensic Voice and Text Comparison (6 units)
- POLS3036 - International Terrorism (6 units)
- SOCR3001 - Data for Decision Making (6 units)
- SOCY3001 - Research Internship (6 units)
Elective units
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
