Graduate Certificate of Criminology

Program Overview

The Graduate Certificate of Criminology from Deakin University provides a comprehensive foundation in crime and criminal justice. Students explore innovative justice practices, criminological policy, and emerging criminological concerns. The program offers elective units to tailor the degree to individual career goals and includes opportunities for practical learning through immersive environments. Graduates are well-prepared for roles in various fields, including corrections, community services, and government agencies.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Studying the Graduate Certificate of Criminology gives you a solid base of knowledge in crime and criminal justice. Begin to approach criminal behaviour, crime policy and prevention from a different angle, applying your learnings to further study or directly in the workforce. Are you ready to start building your own network of industry connections? Deakin's postgraduate criminology courses are designed with input from a variety of industry partners and relevant stakeholders including police, policy and regulatory agencies so you can be confident that the skills you develop studying Deakin's Graduate Certificate of Criminology will be relevant to your future or existing career. You'll push the boundaries of the way we currently look at justice and creatively examine areas of ongoing and emerging criminological concern. Get ready to engage and debate pressing issues of local, national and global concern. Your core subjects will focus on crime and innovative justice and criminological policy and criminal justice practice. You can also choose elective units, allowing you to create a degree built for your unique career goals. Your elective unit options include:

• Critical Criminology Theory
• Public Criminology and Criminological Knowledge
• Challenges to Democratic Governance
• Human Rights in World Politics
While the course is conveniently offered on our premium online learning platform, there are also opportunities to engage in practical learning. During the course, you can utilise Deakin's cutting-edge immersive learning environments to experience lively and engaging content.

Outline:

Core Units

• Crime and Innovative Justice
• Criminological Policy and Criminal Justice Practice

Course Electives

(choose 2)

• Critical Criminology Theory
• Public Criminology and Criminological Knowledge
• Challenges to Democracy

Careers:

As a graduate, your deeper understanding of crime and criminal justice will be in high demand by agencies focused on specific areas of the community. If you're already in the workforce, you'll be prepared for roles that require advanced knowledge, ensuring you're capable of making well-rounded decisions that will positively impact lives. Once successfully completing this course, you'll also be eligible to apply for the Master of Criminology - a further step in the right direction to becoming a senior criminological expert. With a Graduate Certificate of Criminology, you can confidently apply for roles as a corrections officer, case manager/worker or specialist adviser and explore a variety of areas, including:

• Anti-corruption agencies
• Correctional facilities and prisons
• Community services
• Criminology research
• Government agencies
• Intelligence and security services
• Sociology and youth work
• State and federal police