Undergraduate
Criminology
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Careers and further study
This major opens up a world of future study pathways and career opportunities.
Career Pathways
The transferable skills of critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity will hold you in good stead in any number of career paths. Criminology graduates can pursue a wide range of employment opportunities, from operational roles in the criminal justice system, to policy-making, research, analysis or education.
Career Opportunities
Federal Police Officer
Youth Worker
Social Policy Officer
Further Study
Juris Doctor
Fees and scholarships
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Scholarships
Scholarships are available to students from a diverse range of backgrounds, including academic achievement, financial need, educational disadvantage, leadership and community service, artistic or sporting achievements, and being from a rural or remote area.
Cost of living
Admission requirements
The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from international and domestic school-leavers, mature-age applicants and those with previous tertiary study. If you’re interested in studying this major, find out the admission details below.
Admission requirements
English competency
How to apply
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Course details
About The Course
Quick Details
- Available 2020
- Perth (Crawley campus)
- Albany (Regional campus)
- Full-time
- Part-time
- On-campus
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Undergraduate
- MJD-CRIMN
- 3 years (BA);4 years (BPhil [Hons])
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Course Structure
Our undergraduate degrees offer you a broad range of options allowing you to combine subjects in a way that matches your career goals and personal interests. View the course structure for Criminology.
Popular combinations
Take a second major
Employers seek graduates with a breadth of knowledge from multiple complementary areas. Have you considered taking a second major to increase your skills and experience?
Criminology pairs well with these other majors:
- Anthropology and Sociology: study culture, social behaviours and systems of meaning in human societies
- Law and Society: pair a knowledge of crime with a holistic understanding of legal systems.
- Psychology in Society: analyse the science behind why people do what they do
Meet a criminologist
Professor Harry Blagg teaches criminology and is Associate Dean (Research) in the UWA Law School. He has a national and international reputation as a leading criminologist specialising in Indigenous people and criminal justice, young people and crime, family and domestic violence, crime prevention, diversionary strategies, policing and restorative justice.
Meet a criminologist
Professor Harry Blagg teaches criminology and is Associate Dean (Research) in the UWA Law School. He has a national and international reputation as a leading criminologist specialising in Indigenous people and criminal justice, young people and crime, family and domestic violence, crime prevention, diversionary strategies, policing and restorative justice.
He has developed a specific focus on remote communities – particularly in the Kimberly Region of WA and the Northern Territory. His current research includes diversionary responses to the problem of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) on Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley, and the role of Aboriginal women in community Night Patrols.
Your degree options
This major is offered as a degree-specific, or first, major for these degrees. It is also offered as a second major in our other bachelor's degrees.
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)
4 reasons to study Criminology
1. It's interdisciplinary and varied: in the Criminology major you'll take units from a wide range of areas, including Law, Psychology, Finance, Anthropology and Sociology, Geography and History.
2. It's fascinating: learning about crime and criminal law is interesting. From understanding the criminal justice system to tracking the history of crime and punishment in Britain, you'll be constantly surprised and intrigued along the way.
3. It's practical: whether you're majoring in Criminology itself, or taking it as a second major, it works well in combination with Psychology, Law and Society and History in particular.
4. It's well regarded by employers: you'll develop the capacity to think critically, integrate theory and research to practice, and communicate effectively in written and oral forms, all of which are excellent skills to have upon graduation.
Western Australia's premier Law School
The UWA Law School is ranked in the top 100 law schools in the world (QS 2019). You will join and contribute to 90 years of excellence: we were the first law school established in WA and the fifth oldest in Australia.
Our graduates include a Prime Minister, a Governor of Western Australia, State Ministers, Justices of the Supreme Court of WA, a Young Australian of the Year, Rhodes Scholars, and more.
While we have a long and proud history, we're also a closely-knit, creative and progressive Law School, fostering critical thought, ethical scholarship and practice, a deep connection to our Indigenous past and present, and supportive student culture based upon wellbeing and inclusion.