This dual degree program provides students with an opportunity to obtain two degrees of professional importance to the public sector, criminal justice, community service, business and law practice. Career opportunities include criminal justice agencies such as the Attorney-General's department, Police, Prisons; Customs; ASIO; Magistrates, District and Supreme Courts; Australian Bureau of Statistics; and practising as a criminal law barrister. In addition, graduates may also undertake analytical and research work in a wide range of areas from aspects of law such as sentencing and punishment to the social causes of a range of crimes from domestic violence to terrorism.

The Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice (BCCJ) is an innovative and interdisciplinary field of study with a real world focus designed to explore your interests in crime, deviance, social control and the legal system. Contemporary criminological scholars investigate a broad range of topics including justice, conflict, risk, security, policing, state crime, alternative justice systems, criminalisation and regulation. Key concerns include the nature of crime, how crime is defined and measured, why people commit crime and how societies might respond. Criminologists tackle ‘real world’ social problems including victimisation, juvenile justice, drug-related harm, community safety, indigenous justice, organised crime and corrections. Criminology is shaped by scholars in law, philosophy, psychology and sociology, and other interdisciplinary fields including history, politics, economics, architecture, and cultural studies. The UNSW BCCJ also provides you with the skills of applied social research and policy analysis.

Students must satisfy the normal assumed knowledge requirements for entry to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and to individual courses in that Faculty.

Please refer to the program objectives and learning outcomes as listed for the Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice program 3422.

Unit Requirements:
Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
Prescribed law elective - 6 UOC
Law elective courses - 42 UOC
Law Total - 144 UOC

Criminology Core (36 UOC)
Social Research and Policy Core (42 UOC)
Prescribed Criminology Electives (18 UOC)
Criminology Total - 96UOC

Total - 240 UOC

Please seek advice from the coordinator for PSYC3301 about the pre-requisites.

Social Research and Policy Core
Compulsory courses (42 UOC) made up of
Level 1
SLSP1000 Social Science and Policy
SLSP1001 Research and Information Management

Level 2
SLSP2001 Applied Social Research 1
SLSP2002 Policy Analysis Case Studies

Level 3
SLSP3000 Social Theory & Policy Analysis (6 UOC)
SLSP3001 Applied Social Research 2
SLSP3002 Social Science and Policy Project

Prescribed Criminology Electives
A Prescribed Criminology Elective is any course chosen by the student from the approved list of Criminology elective courses provided by the Program.

Students enrolled in combined law degrees (with exception to Jurisprudence/Law) are not required to complete general education courses.

Honours in Criminology & Criminal Justice
High achieving Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice students may apply for entry to Honours. Honours is an additional year of study (two years part-time) which allows a student to further explore their field of Criminology. It involves seminars and the completion or a research thesis. Those students who are considering Honours should submit an expression of interest at the beginning of Level 3 and complete a formal application at the end of Level 3. Both should be submitted to the School of Social Sciences Honours Convenor. Entry to Honours requires a WAM of 70 or higher in the Criminology Core and Prescribed Criminology Electives and is subject to resources and the approval of the Head of the School of Social Science and International Studies. Honours is awarded in three classes (Class 1, Class 2 in two Divisions, and Class 3). If requirements for these classes are not met the Pass degree will be awarded if the student is not already a Graduate of the program.

Eligible students may commence the relevant Honours program only when they have completed the requirements for the equivalent of a single degree for that program (i.e. where a Criminology & Criminal Justice student in a dual program would like to commence Honours they must have completed at least the 96 UOC Criminology & Criminal Justice core degree plus 48 units of credit for the Law degree such that a total of 144 UOC has been completed).

To qualify for the award of the degree with Honours, a student must:
1. be a Graduand or Graduate of the Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice
2. hold a WAM of 70 or higher in the Criminology core and prescribed electives
3. complete the coursework requirement (18 UOC)
4. complete a research thesis (30 UOC)

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) will be awarded with the following levels of Honours:

Honours Class 1
Honours Class 2, Division 1
Honours Class 2, Division 2

To be awarded Honours in Law, students are not required to complete an additional year. Honours in Law is based on academic excellence throughout the degree. There are three criteria relevant for awarding Honours:

• Honours Weighted Average Mark (WAM)
Honours WAM will be calculated using the WAM from core courses as 60 percent of the Honours WAM and the WAM from the prescribed elective courses as 40 percent of Honours WAM.
• Satisfactory performance in written research
To demonstrate satisfactory performance in written research, a student must complete one long substantial piece (i.e. research thesis) or three shorter substantial pieces of research (i.e. 3000 words or more) in their program that is awarded a credit or more.
• Not been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion and not more than one failure in the law program

For more information, please visit Honours Page on the Law website

For academic rules on Bachelor of Criminology
To qualify for the award of the degree at Pass level, a student must:
1. enrol in the Bachelor of Criminology & Criminal Justice and complete 96 units of credit;
2. complete the requirements for the Criminology Core
3. complete the requirements for the Social Science and Policy Core
4. complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II courses
5. complete at least 30 UOC of Level II courses before enrolling in Level III courses
6. complete at least 72 UOC overall before enrolling in the program's Capstone course

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws
For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to program 4701. Although 4701 program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here.

A direct link is given below:
Bachelor of Laws 4701

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Students who find they are unable to complete the combined degree may apply to transfer to the single BSocScCrim degree program with credit for all courses completed.