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  • Location:
    Joondalup
  • Study Mode:
    Full-time
    Part-time
  • Delivery Mode:
    On-campus
    Online (Off-campus)
  • Duration:
    2 years full-time or equivalent part-time
  • Faculty:
    Business and Law
  • School:
    Law and Justice
  • Code:
    J37

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Master of Criminal Justice by Research

This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.

This course comprises two years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent. The program includes two stages.



Stage 1
Stage 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points (6 units), consisting of units in research methodologies as well as the state of knowledge and research activity in Criminal Justice, plus two thesis preparation units.

UnitDescription Points
Semester 1
CRI5603Pivotal Issues in Criminology and Justice 15
MKT5704Qualitative Research Methods 15
LAJ5200Thesis Preparation A 30
Semester 2
CRI5602Justice Policy Development and Evaluation 15
MKT5705Quantitative Research Methods 15
LAJ5201Thesis Preparation B 30
 


Stage 2
Students complete a thesis in an area of study which has been identified during thesis preparation in discussion with the course coordinator and their supervisor. The thesis component of this course is entirely research based and is equivalent to one year of full-time study. Each semester students will enrol in the research thesis unit at 50 or 100% of full-time enrolment. Students are required to continue re-enrolling in the thesis unit each semester until the thesis is submitted for examination.

UnitDescription Points
JUS6200Masters Thesis 0