Bachelor of Psychological Sciences/Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology
60.0
Overview
Understand criminal behaviour so you can predict and eliminate it. Our Bachelor of Psychological Sciences/Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology prepares you for an always-interesting career – from tackling cybercrime to terrorism, to working in policy development, offender rehabilitation, law enforcement, and more. Plus, it’ll put you a step closer to becoming a professional psychologist.
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Your industry experience
Bolster your CV with real industry experience while you study through our Work Integrated Learning programs – a guaranteed part of all our bachelor degrees. This double degree includes:
- an industry-linked research project in Psychology Project (PSY30003)
- a problems-based project briefed to you by an industry partner in Crime, Society and Culture (LAW30025)
Skills you’ll learn
- Communication
- Criminal justice
- Research skills
- Cultural awareness
Your career opportunities
- Social welfare consultant
- Clinical worker
- Medical researcher
- Law enforcement officer
- Victim support worker
- Corrections officer
Key codes
International student visa
International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.
Professional accreditations
Why Swinburne?
Ranked Top 200 in Law
Times Higher Education World University Ranking by Subject 2023Ranked Top 150 in Law
ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 202280.6% of UG graduates found employment within 4 months of completing their course
