Study two fascinating, tech-focused areas at once, with our Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology/ Bachelor of Cyber Security.

Cybercrime is on the rise and it’s here to stay. The world needs professionals to help fight it, protect people and their data, and understand what drives criminal behaviour.

Learn all about the causes of crime and how society responds to it. Uncover the tools to predict, detect, and stop criminal behaviour. Then apply an in-demand tech filter to your skills. Add skills in secure programming, penetration, cyber resilience, and more to the mix to enhance your hire-me appeal. Plus, learn on the tools used by cyber security professionals.

After four years of full-time study, you could be ready to graduate and pursue a career as a cyber analyst, security consultant or in law enforcement, corrections, policy, and more.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this Course students will be able to:   

• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Describe the nature of criminal activity and analyse and evaluate the main causes of crime
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Systematically review and undertake research to evaluate the consequences of crime on victims and the broader community
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Apply knowledge and skills to compare and analyse Australia’s response to crime with that of other nations
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Effectively and persuasively communicate with legal and non-legal audiences
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Analyse information from a variety of sources to investigate and evaluate proposed solutions to crime
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Evaluate technological and other scientific approaches to reducing crime and dealing with the consequences of crime
• Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Criminology - Function as an effective member or leader of a team and critically reflect on individual performance
• Bachelor of CYB - Identify the need for cyber security and ICT solutions and elicit information from the relevant stakeholders about the requirements for the solution
• Bachelor of CYB - Assess and analyse the appropriateness of methodologies and technologies for the design and implementation of cyber security and ICT solutions
• Bachelor of CYB - Identify, investigate, and appraise cyber security situations by applying appropriate methodologies, practices, technologies, ethical and legal issues, utilising generic and specialised software tools used by cyber security professionals
• Bachelor of CYB - Communicate effectively using written and oral communication skills in a professional context, adapt personal interaction style to a given audience, work efficiently in a team, guide and direct other team members
• Bachelor of CYB - Plan and implement a cyber security strategy considering the requirements of the organisation and consult with stakeholders
• Bachelor of CYB - Apply knowledge of the technologies that make up secure infrastructure to exploit and defend against idealised and real-life cyber security threats 

 

Career opportunities

The course prepares students to work in the areas of law enforcement, corrections, offender rehabilitation, victim support and government policy development in addition it includes careers in the cyber security of systems, networks, and programs via a combination of technical units and those with embedded industry-relevant projects, graduates will have demonstrated contemporary technical abilities, teamwork, oral and written communication skills. Examples of specific careers include cyber analysts, penetration testers, security consultants, and information security officers.