First-year student information for 2007

Welcome First-Years!

What's criminology about at first-year? What subjects do you take? Who are your lecturers? What's criminology and what's socio-legal studies? Find out here! An important link for first-year students is the Academic Interactive Resources portal or AIRPORT.

Welcome Day Presentation: Dr Mark Halsey

Resources for first-years

• The Bachelor of Arts
• Majoring in Criminology
• Transition Program
• Academic staff profiles
• Faculty of Arts First-Year Homepage
• Criminology Library Resources
• Socio-Legal Studies Library Resources
• Essay Writing Guides and Academic Skills training
• Alloc8 for tutorial allocation
• Helpful people in the Uni
• International Students Homepage

Model your future during Year 12 Change of Preference 2007

Course Information Day on Thursday 20 December is the perfect opportunity for Year 12 students to gather vital information to make an informed decision about their future. For those who can’t attend, there will be many additional activities and services available during the Change of Preference period.

To find out what’s on offer please visit: www.cop.unimelb.edu.au

Criminology is undertaken as a major and Socio-Legal Studies as a minor

They both explore definitions of crime and violence as well as reasons for criminal behaviour. They also look more broadly at the ways crime is depicted through such media as TV and film and at the ways different societies react to offending. As a student, you will be discussing and debating issues such as:

• Human rights abuses
• Drug law reform
• Terrorism
• Environmental damage and corporate responsibility
• The death penalty
• More details about Criminology or Socio-Legal Studies

What course do I need to enrol in to take Criminology and/or Socio-Legal Studies?

Criminology or Socio-Legal Studies may be taken as part of a Bachelor of Arts degree.

As an Arts student, you also select from a range of other disciplines including history, sociology, languages, cinema studies, classics, philosophy, politics and so on. As you progress through your degree, you can major (or specialise) in one or two areas of study.

In 2008, what subjects should I enrol in at first year level in Criminology?

One of two first-year criminology subjects plus one New Generation subject:

• 191110 Law in Society in Semester 1 Or
• 191-101 From Graffiti to Terrorism in Semester 2 Plus
• One Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation subject

In 2008, what subjects should I enrol in at first year level in Socio-Legal Studies?

Students enrol in one compulsory first-year Socio-Legal Studies subject and one New Generation subject.

• 191110 Law in Society in Semester 1 and
• One Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation subject

What subjects are available at second and third year levels?

Later year subjects allow you to choose more specialised areas: sentencing, drug law reform, crime prevention, the criminal law, corrections, juvenile offending, cultural criminology, gender and crime, deviance, white collar crime, violence, policing, ethnicity and crime, victims, and so on. Find out more about the subjects available in the Criminology major or in the socio-legal studies minor.

Students planning study around work hours and other committments.  At http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/timetable/. Students will be able to browse subjects by timetable availability, both those offered outside normal hours and by day of the week.