In this course you will undertake units in key theories and concepts in criminology, advanced research skills and honours research methods before completing your substantial research project with the support of an academic supervisor. Your project will culminate in a thesis and gives you the opportunity to pursue original lines of thought, formulate and test hypotheses, develop problem solving strategies, make decisions and demonstrate high ethical standards, pursue awareness of sociocultural and equity issues, and develop professional accountability. Honours provides you with advanced analytical skills, leading to opportunities for higher degree studies and giving you an edge in your professional life.

Honours students have investigated important and absorbing topics such as:
• impairment of the mind and the right to give sexual consent
• news coverage of domestic violence homicide
• politicisation of the genocide label
• murder by falling—analysis of staged fatal falls
• gendered representation of male and female terrorists in Australian media
• ‘African’ women on ‘mail-order bride’ websites
• cyberbullying and young Australians.

• Community Corrections Officer
• Community Worker
• Corrective Services Officer
• Criminologist
• Customs Officer
• Diplomat
• Government Officer
• Investigator
• Police Officer (Australian Federal)
• Police Officer (State)
• Policy Officer
• Project Manager
• Public Servant
• Rehabilitation Professionals
• Youth Worker