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Corrections Major
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Why study at ECU?
About this Major
Provides students with a unique opportunity to gain valuable knowledge in the criminal justice system, with a focus on offender management.
The major develops students' interpersonal and leadership skills, while building a comprehensive understanding of the theories of offender management and motivational change. Students will develop an appreciation for the complex issues surrounding offender management and how they can work within an environment that seeks to reduce recidivism. The major is relevant to students with an interest in criminology and justice, but also has a wider appeal to social work, psychology, security and other students in the humanities discipline.
Code MAAAIG
Availability & Campus
Location | Availability |
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Joondalup | |
Mount Lawley | |
South West | |
Online |
Details
Structure
Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
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PSY1101 | Introduction to Psychology | 15 |
CSV1103 | Interpersonal and Helping Skills | 15 |
CRI2101 | Professional Skills - Case Management | 15 |
MAN3121 | Leadership | 15 |
CRI2202 | Youth Justice | 15 |
CRI3105 | Community Corrections (Theory and Practice) | 15 |
CRI3109 | International Human Rights | 15 |
CRI3206 | Misconduct and Corruption Prevention | 15 |
For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical issues in corrections.
- Communicate knowledge of correctional ideas clearly, coherently and with independence.
- Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility and accountability for own learning in scholarship and professional practice.
- Think creatively to anticipate challenges to generate correctional solutions and responses to criminal behaviour.
- Think critically to identify, conceptualise and analyse complex issues in contemporary correctional practices.
- Use digital technologies to access, evaluate and synthesise information in the discipline of corrections.
- Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values in criminology and justice.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities
The criminal justice system is a popular career path, with employment opportunities in fields such as the court system, government and private prison systems, community-based corrections, and offender treatment programs. Employment opportunities also exist in community services, sociology and youth work, the public and private sector, Government agencies, research and universities, criminology, policy development, intelligence, crime analysis and restorative justice.
Possible future job titles
Community Corrections Officer, Youth Justice Officer, Prison Officer, Crime Prevention Officer, Victim Support Officer, Policy Development Officer, Researcher, Community Services Officer, Security Services Officer, Intelligence Officer