Master of Justice and Criminology

The Master of Justice and Criminology program has been designed to enhance your career opportunities in the justice sector and related fields.

If you are already working in the justice industry, this program will allow you to update and extend your knowledge about the field in which you are currently employed or another related field which you may wish to move into.

The program will also be particularly beneficial to you if you are new, or relatively new to the justice system, and intend a career in one of its many and varied roles.The objective of the program is to build your skills and knowledge to enable you to operate more effectively, and to advance, in your chosen profession, well grounded in theory and informed by best professional practice.

The program has a strong vocational focus, which will provide you with the advanced skills and knowledge required for you to effectively perform the wide range of tasks undertaken by professionals in the justice industry, as well as a variety of other fields such as compliance, investigation, governance and human security.You will engage in critical enquiry in regard to global, national and local practices and demonstrate mastery of concepts, debates, processes and recent developments that underpin contemporary justice activities and scholarship in the discipline.

While developing your critical thinking and research skills, you will also learn to how to explore the links between evidence, intelligence and practice and develop the capacity to determine the ways in which contemporary ideas and practices enable, shape and limit the application of justice in contemporary Australia.In the final semester you will complete a project-based capstone experience in which you will synthesize and integrate your knowledge and skills, connect theory and practice, as well as demonstrate your holistic understanding of the program’s learning outcomes.

Year One of Program

Complete the following Seven (7) Courses:

Select and Complete One (1) of the Justice Studies Option Courses or an alternative negotiated with the Program Manager. Please refer to the list of Justice Studies Option Courses at the end of this program structure.

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Year Two of Program

Complete the following Five (5) Courses:

Select and Complete Two (2) of the Justice Studies Option Courses or an alternative negotiated with the Program Manager. Please refer to the list of Justice Studies Option Courses at the end of this program structure.

AND

Justice Studies Option Courses

Justice Studies Option Course List:

Successful completion of an Australian Bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification), or significant work experience or professional practice.

For equivalents to Australian academic entry requirements, see the Country Equivalency web page on the RMIT website.

A minimum of IELTS (Academic module) overall score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0, or equivalent. For equivalents to English entry requirements, see the English requirements web page.

Program Learning Outcomes

As a graduate of this program you will be able to:

• Use strategic, critical, creative, and analytical thinking to develop creative solutions to a range of dynamic problems associated with crime management and the justice system
• Critically analyse, synthesise and reflect on complex theories, principles, philosophies and recent developments in the justice sector, both locally and globally, to extend and challenge knowledge and practice
• Employ a wide range of research tools, methods and approaches to produce new knowledge of justice issues and guide policy development and inform decision making
• Synthesise, rationalise, and communicate new scholarship and research to diverse professional and non-professional audiences
• Use a range of communication, conflict management, and leadership skills to work productively with a diverse range of people in justice environments, as well as within teams
• Use appropriate ethical ideas and reflective practice skills in addressing situations and problems in justice settings demonstrating cultural, social and environmental sensitivity.