Bachelor of Criminal Justice

Compulsory courses

Year 1:

• Introduction to Criminal Justice

• Legal Method in the Criminal Justice Context

• Legal Issues in the New Zealand Criminal Justice System

• Violence in Society

• Youth Realities

• Introductory Psychology – Brain, Behaviour and Cognition

• Introductory Psychology – Social, Personality and Developmental

• One course chosen from these options

If enrolled in the double degree BCJ and Bachelor of Laws, LAWS101 Legal System: Legal Method and Institutions is taken instead of CRJU150 and CRJU160.

Year 2:

• Gender, Crime and Social Theory

• Te Tiriti: The Treaty of Waitangi

• The History of Gangs in New Zealand

• Ethics, Politics and Justice

• Crime and Justice

• Criminal Law for Criminal Justice (or if enrolled in the double degree BCJ and Bachelor of Laws, LAW202 Criminal Law is taken instead)

Year 3:

• Sentencing Theory and Practice

• Prisons and Corrections

Elective courses

Complete 105 points from this list of elective courses (or 90 if enrolled in a double degree BCJ and Bachelor of Laws). At least 45 points must be at 300-level.

One 15-point course at 200-level or 300-level can be chosen from courses from any other UC degree.