DipCrim

Credit points

80

Minimum duration

1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Blacktown
  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney
  • Other

Note:

Diploma available in Brisbane via Townsville in 2025.

Students enrolling in professional terms can only study at the Townsville Leadership Centre.

Note: Students that wish to study at the Townsville Leadership Centre must enrol in professional terms only.


EFTSL value of units : All 10cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a credit point (cp) value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

International students must also meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

For domestic students to be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed:

  1. Equivalent of year 12 level with the ACU minimum eligibility rank for Diploma programs; OR
  2. Entry via an alternative pathway as approved by ACU.
StatePrerequisites

International applicants need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in Schedule Three (Associate Degree, Diploma and Certificate courses) of the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.  

The entry requirements are as follows: 

IELTS: Overall score: 6.0 individual score of: 5.5 in all tests 

PTE: 50 with a minimum of 42 in all four communicative skills

TOEFL: Internet based total of 60: minimum 18 in writing, 8 in reading, 16 in speaking and 7 in listening

ACU English Language Test: C (60-64%)

CAE: Overall CAE: 169 Individual score of at least 162 in all tests.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2025 Admission.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the Diploma, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. 80cp from Specified Units (Part A)


Exit points

N/A

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

On completion of 80 credit points, students will be able to either articulate into the second year of the relevant Bachelor degrees listed with up to one year (80 CPs) equivalent of credit or exit with the Diploma in Business as a standalone qualification.

Successful completion of the Diploma in Criminology will provide an entry pathway into the following ACU degrees:

  • Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

It may also provide a pathway to the following degrees*:

  • Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice/Bachelor of Laws
  • Bachelor of Human Rights/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (new in 2023)
  • Bachelor of Psychology/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice (new in 2023)
  • Bachelor of Laws*
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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

  • DPLC100Academic Literacy in Law and Criminology10 CP
  • LCRD101Introduction to Criminology10 CP
  • LCRD105Violent Crime and Society10 CP
  • LCRD106Introduction to Criminal Justice System and Policy10 CP
  • LCRD104Juvenile Justice10 CP
  • LHRD111Human Rights and Indigenous People10 CP
  • LCRD107Introduction to Research for Law, Human Rights and Criminal Justice Studies10 CP
  • LCRD109Public Law for Criminology & Human Rights Studies10 CP

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


Commencing Semester 1

  • Specified unitsDPLC100Academic Literacy in Law and Criminology10 cp
  • Specified unitsLCRD107Introduction to Research for Law, Human Rights and Criminal Justice Studies10 cp
  • Specified unitsLCRD101Introduction to Criminology10 cp
  • Specified unitsLCRD105Violent Crime and Society10 cp
  • Specified unitsLHRD111Human Rights and Indigenous People10 cp
  • Specified unitsLCRD109Public Law for Criminology & Human Rights Studies10 cp
  • Specified unitsLCRD106Introduction to Criminal Justice System and Policy10 cp
  • Specified unitsLCRD104Juvenile Justice10 cp

All units are delivered in multi-mode.

Commencing Semester 2

All units are delivered in multi-mode.

Commencing Professional Term (Only available to Townsville Leadership Centre students)

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