Bachelor of Science (Security and Justice Studies)
Course Code E73
The Bachelor of Science (Security and Justice Studies) brings together Security Science and Justice Studies. This unique course combination addresses the vocational needs of students who wish to seek professional employment in security and justice industries, including public law enforcement and private policing sectors. This course enables students to combine studies in the protection of assets with the studies of the nature, causes, prevention and control of crime.
Opportunities
The Double Major in Justice and Security Studies offers students the advantage of gaining knowledge of judicial concepts relating to the administration of justice, while at the same time developing their practical skills in security management and technologies. The double major is particularly useful for employment in such areas as: law enforcement, government security, private sector security, strategic facilities security, retail security, financial institutions security, corporate security, and major security organisations.
Admission requirements
Participants must generally meet Tertiary Entrance Examination requirements, however, the University offers several alternative admission pathways based on recognition of prior experience/learning, which are designed to meet the needs of specific groups of prospective students. Courses Structure The program is available full-time (3 year) or part time equivalent and is also available through external study mode. The course comprises of 24 units, 12 Security units and 12 Justice units. It's available at Joondalup full time or part time and external study.
Location: Joondalup
Availability: Full-time / Part-time
Duration: 3 years Full-time or Part-time equivalent
Course structure
The course comprises of 24 units, 12 Security units and 12 Justice units.
Year 1
- SCY1101 Security and Risk Management
- SCY1103 Physical Security
- CRI1101 Australian Criminal Justice System (Law, Police, Courts and Corrections)
- CRI1103 Criminology
- SCY1108 Building Management Systems
- CSI2102 Information Security
- CRI1105 Psychology and Criminal Justice
- CRI1104 The Psychology of Criminal Behaviour
Year 2
- SCY2111 Intrusion Detection Systems
- SCY2302 Facility management 2
- CRI 2103 Correctional Studies (Theory and Practice)
- CRI2107 Foundations of Criminal Law
- SCY2212 Security Risk
- SCY2402 Industrial Security Procedures
- CRI1106 Minority Groups as Offenders and Victims
- CRI2104 Professional Skills (Counselling and Managing Conflict)
Year 3
Semester 1
- SCY3215 Security Project 1
- SCY3213 Access Control Systems or SCY3214 CCTV and Imaging Systems
- CRI3104 Organised Crime
- CRI3103 Juvenile Justice or CRI3105 Community Corrections (Theory and Practice)
Semester 2
- SCY3207 Security project 2
- SCY3302 Management of the Security Function or SCY3117 Seurity in Government
- CRI3106 Media and Justice
- CRI3107 Offender Profiling or CRI3108 Justice and Forensic Science
Contact for more information:
Tel: +61 (0)8 6304 5666
E-mail: businessandlaw@ecu.edu.au
