Bachelor of Criminal Justice

With Charles Sturt University's Bachelor of Criminal Justice you’ll learn about crime and its solutions. This Bachelor’s degree enables you to become a leader in making your community safer and a better place to live.  Designed with extensive consultation with the justice sector and academics, to ensure it is vocationally relevant, practical and up-to-date with the latest criminal justice issues. You'll gain a strong theoretical background and highly developed critical and analytical skills in diverse disciplines to take into the workplace.

Throughout our Bachelor of Criminal Justice you'll study the key institutions – prisons, policing, courts – and the complex social problems that fuel our criminal justice system. You'll understand how different communities approach the same issue from vastly different viewpoints and learn how to work within conflict. This bachelor's degree ensures you have the skills to be a changemaker and work with diverse communities, corrections, juvenile justice, people in prison, probation and parole, police/law enforcement and victims of crime and their families.

You'll graduate with a diverse set of skills as you study a range of subjects including, public safety and security, criminology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, communication, policing/law enforcement and Indigenous studies. You can choose elective subjects that suit your career plans or current workplace.

A work placement forms part of your final year of study and results in many of our students transitioning to graduate employment in organisations that offer rewarding and satisfying job opportunities that relate directly to their studies. From the early stages of your degree, you can apply for a range of international programs. You could take a session or two on exchange at one of our partner institutions across the world, go on a study tour during the holidays, or complete some of your subjects in a unique location.

Areas of study

Applied police studies, criminology, justice studies, opportunity for international exchange/study programmes, psychology, sociology, welfare.

Career opportunities

When you graduate, you'll be ready to make your mark in a wide range of careers, including case worker, criminologist, immigration officer, parole officer, policy and research officer, social worker.

Practical experience

Field placement in a justice, welfare or community agency in either government or private sectors.

Fees and charges

The Australian Government subsidises the tuition fee for this course. The remaining balance is paid by the student. Visit the Charles Sturt University website for current fee information.