Study Bachelor of Social Science/ Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Criminology and Criminal Justice at Western Sydney University in Australia, School of Law

About this course

About this course
Study options
Entry requirements
- International
Pathways options
- By other partners

What will I learn?

This criminology major offers students the opportunity to study crime and criminal justice in a critical way that particularly stresses social and cultural definitions of criminality and the reactions to it. Areas of focus include criminal justice institutions and practices the development of criminology as a discipline and its various strands forms and patterns of victimisation crime prevention strategies and debates aspects of juvenile justice the evolution of prisons and different forms of punishment law enforcement and surveillance violence, gender and crime cultural depictions of crime and contemporary debates in criminology.

Which department am I in?

School of Law

CRICOS

108414C

Study options

Full Time (5 Years)

Tuition fees

A$38,153.00 (US$ 25,144) per year

Cost of Living - AUD 29710 Per Person Per Year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

March 2027

Venue

Campbelltown

Corner of Narellan Road and Gilchrist Drive,

Campbelltown,

New South Wales,

2560, Sydney, Australia

Full Time (5 Years)

Tuition fees

A$38,153.00 (US$ 25,144) per year

Cost of Living - AUD 29710 Per Person Per Year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

March 2027

Venue

Parramatta South Campus

Victoria Road,

Rydalmere,

New South Wales,

2116, SYDNEY, Australia

Entry requirements

For international students

This program is designed for students in the Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws program who wish to undertake an Honours program. Students must meet all of the following criteria for admission: Completion of at least 160 credit points of law study (or 140 credit points if two Summer subjects are undertaken); Demonstration of the likelihood of graduating with an Honours Weighted Average Mark (HWAM) of at least 70 at the time of graduation; or an Admission Average Mark (AAM) of at least 70 at the time of admission to the Honours program.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.