Bachelor of Justice Studies with Honours

Bachelor (Honours)

Justice Studies Honours will equip you to make a real contribution to contemporary global challenges by giving you an awareness of key aspects of social justice, human rights, international development and peace studies.

Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor (Honours)

Duration

1 - 2 years full-time

Course Code

R4D, 0102166

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb

International Fees

$34,950 per year / $34,950 total

About this course

Justice Studies Honours will equip you to make a real contribution to contemporary global challenges by giving you an awareness of key aspects of social justice, human rights, international development and peace studies.

If you want to pursue a career in the criminal justice system, honours offers advanced knowledge about crime and justice on both a domestic and international scale, and examines the human rights framework in both a local and global context. You will gain advanced knowledge of the implications of race, disability, gender, youth, and displacement in both the criminal justice and conflict zones settings.

If you are planning a career in the Department of Defence, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Federal Police, AusAid, the United Nations and numerous other Australian and international agencies, honours will allow you to specialise your expertise to aim for the career of your choice.

If you want to pursue an academic pathway, honours provides the opportunity to develop general attitudinal skills relating to social justice, critical awareness, cognitive skills, research methodology, project design and writing skills that will prepare you for a higher research degree.

Entry requirements

Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Justice Studies with Honours:

must have qualified for admission to the degree of Bachelor of Justice Studies, or another approved Bachelor degree, in this University or another approved tertiary institution with a weighted average of 70% of higher, in the 200 and 300 level units forming a major in the proposed Honours discipline of study or in the Core units of the degree.
if undertaking a combined honours program, should qualify for entry in both programs to be studied;

Exemptions regarding entry requirements may be made at the discretion of the Course Coordinator .

Study locations

Launceston

Hobart

What you will learn

1 Critically analyse a range of sources to create and present coherent arguments relating to one or more areas of justice studies

2 Identify and synthesise justice related issues across local, national and international contexts.

3 Define and resolve complex problems associated with one or more areas of justice studies.

4 Communicate research in accordance with relevant disciplinary scholarly standards.

5 Conduct a supervised independent project that makes original contributions to justice studies research.

Career pathways

With public, private and not-for-profit organisations increasingly partnering together to overcome social and environmental justice problems, as a Justice Studies graduate you will be prepared for a diverse choice of career options.

These are some of the top careers projected to grow in the next five years.1

1ABS Labour Force Survey, National Skills Commission trend data to May 2019 and projections to 2024.

Protective Service Workers (Police, Prison Officers etc.)
11.2%
Intelligence and Policy Analysts
12.7%
Social and Welfare Professionals
24.3%

Postgraduate study

If you successfully complete this course, you may be also be eligible to apply for a range of other postgraduate courses including Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas and Masters by coursework and research. Filter the course list by Postgraduate to view the current courses available.

Course structure

In the Bachelor of Justice Studies with Honours you will complete 100 credit points of comprising:

37.5 credit points of Core units
12.5 credit points of Core option units
a 50 credit point research thesis

In your final semester, you will need to enrol in XSB400 which will record your final overall Honours result. This unit is administrative only and does not have classes or assessments.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Law & Paralegal Studies courses at University of Tasmania.

80.8%

Overall satisfaction

80.8%

Skill scale

53.9%

Teaching scale

74.3%

Employed full-time

Data source