Course details

Summary

Further your study and enhance your career potential with advanced courses and supervised research alongside some of New Zealand’s leading scholars.

Programme overview

You can take the one-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) as a qualification in its own right after a Bachelor of Arts, or as a pathway to a one-year Master of Arts.

Postgraduate study is a unique opportunity to deepen your study of an academic area that you find intellectually rewarding and personally meaningful.

As well as deepening your knowledge in small classes with some of New Zealand’s leading scholars, you can hone advanced skills that will be an advantage in any career.

Criminology

Criminology seeks to understand issues relating to crime, deviance, justice, law, culture and power.

Criminology is concerned not just with crime, but with the broader issues of social control and deviance and how these affect punishment and criminal justice.

Criminology and your career

A background in Criminology can open up career opportunities in social policy and criminal justice. You can develop analytical and research skills for many other careers.

Postgraduate study in Criminology can prepare you for a position in policy, academic research, law enforcement and corrections, as well as for further study at PhD level (a PhD in Sociology is available). A PhD could lead to a career in advanced public and private research, public policy and advocacy, or in academia.

Postgraduate study opportunities in Criminology

Criminology considers various perspectives and responses in criminology and criminal justice both within New Zealand and internationally. We offer courses and research possibilities in criminological theory, criminal justice practice and crime policy.

Criminology staff research and publish in the following areas:

• theories of crime causation (eitology) and control
• social responses to crime
• punishment, prisons and corrections
• indigenous and restorative justice
• crime and social stratification (including race, social class and gender);
• critical legal theory
• crime and intelligence
• drugs, violence, deviance and more.

Programme structure

120 points

Advanced taught courses (75 or 90 points)

A small research project such as a dissertation (usually 30 or 45 points)

You may be able to include up to 30 points from other subjects

Further study options

Master of Arts

Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies

Master of Heritage Conservation

Master of Indigenous Studies

Master of Public Policy

MTESOL

Other Bachelor of Arts (Honours) subjects: Ancient History; Anthropology; Art History; Asian Studies; Chinese; Development Studies; Drama; Economics; Education; Employment Relations and Organisation Studies; English; French; Gender Studies; Geography; German; Greek; History; Italian; Japanese; Languages and Literature; Latin; Linguistics; Logic and Computation; 毛利 Studies; Mathematics; Media, Film and Television; Museums and Cultural Heritage; Music; Pacific Studies; Philosophy; Politics and International Relations; Psychology; Screen Production; Sociology; Spanish; Statistics.

Entry criteria

A BA with a major in Criminology or approval of the Head of School or nominee. You must have an average grade of B or higher in 45 points above Stage II in the major.

They must have an average grade of B or higher in 45 points above Stage II in the major. IELTS 7.0; TOEFL (iBT) 100; TOEFL (paper-based) 600; CAE or CPE 185; PTE 65; MELAB 90.