Succeed in business by understanding people
Learn how to safeguard businesses by understanding crime and crime trends, with a practical double degree that combines business with criminology and justice. You’ll study the legal and criminal justice systems, and how to develop fair and effective methods for crime prevention. You’ll also build strong analytic and problem-solving skills – essential for both business and crime prevention, to ensure you remain in front of emerging trends such as cyber scams and fraud.
New in 2020
Learn how to safeguard businesses by understanding crime and crime trends, with a practical double degree that combines business with criminology and justice. You’ll study the legal and criminal justice systems, and how to develop fair and effective methods for crime prevention. You’ll also build strong analytic and problem-solving skills – essential for both business and crime prevention, to ensure you remain in front of emerging trends such as cyber scams and fraud.
In this program you will:
- Gain a strong foundation in the fundamentals of modern business, including economics, management, marketing, international trade business law, corporate governance and social responsibility
- Develop strong analytical skills to interpret trends relating to crime or business
- Understand the role of the justice system
- Examine policies that impact policing, courts, corrections and allied agencies
- Have the chance to complete a professional placement in your final year in the field of criminology and justice
Career opportunities
- Policing and law enforcement
- Security and intelligence (private and public)
- Advocacy
- Youth justice
- Custodial corrections officer
- Crime prevention
- Research and policy
- Business manager
- Entrepreneur
Program structure
Business courses
Introductory courses (5) 60 units
BUS102 Communicating Sustainability
BUS104 Introduction to Economics
BUS105 Introduction to Management
BUS106 Introduction to Marketing
BUS108 Accounting for Business
Developing and Graduate courses (3) 36 units
BUS203 Introduction to Informatics
BUS306 Business Law and Ethics
BUS320 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
Major (8) 96 units
1 Major (96 units) selected from the USC Business School:
- Economics and Finance
- Entrepreneurship
- Human Resource Management
- Information Systems
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
Criminology and Justice courses
Introductory courses (7) 84 units
CRM101 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
CRM102 Introduction to Criminology
CRM103 Understanding Crime
CRM105 Punishment and Corrections
JST101 Policing
SCS101 Justice and the Australian Legal System
SCS110 Foundations of Human Behaviour
Developing and Graduate courses (9) 108 units
CRM204 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
CRM205 Applied Crime Prevention
SCS225 Criminal Law: An Introduction
CRM304 Social Research
CRM308 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
PLUS select 4 Criminology Discipline elective courses from:
CRM201 Diversity, Crime and Justice
CRM203 Criminal Profiling
CRM302 Homicide
CRM305 Youth Justice
CRM307 Professional Placement
CRM309 Crime Research Methods
JST202 Working with Victims and Offenders
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
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Total units: 384
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.