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If you want a career that makes a positive difference, our justice degrees prepare you to think and act ethically with a social justice focus. No two days are the same when you work in the areas of policing, intelligence, policy or government.

Undergraduate courses

Single degrees

Make a difference to society and follow your passion for justice with a degree that allows you to explore crime and criminal investigations, or help others by making systematic changes to the justice system.

Duration
  • 3 years full-time
  • 6 years part-time
  • 3 years full-time
Delivery
  • Online
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
006117E

Double degrees

Combine psychology and justice to work in policy development, criminal justice institutions, rehabilitation and family services.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
076302B

Combine business and justice for roles including Business advisor, Community worker, Government Officer, Ministerial policy adviser, Police Officer or policy officer.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Online
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
099274M

Combine human services and justice for careers in policy development, child and family services, Indigenous community work, customs services or criminology research.

Duration
  • 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
058290F

Combine justice and law for careers such as in-house counsel, public prosecutor, public defender (Legal Aid), investigator for government or business, police or customs officer.

Duration
  • 5.5 years full-time
  • 11 years part-time
  • 5.5 years full-time
Delivery
  • Online
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point

CRICOS
083027B

Our courses are industry relevant and up-to-the-minute with current theory and practice. Our Graduate Certificate in Policy and Governance has been designed in consultation with the Queensland Public Service Commission (QPSC). The Graduate Certificate in Domestic Violence was developed after extensive industry consultation with front-line workers, non-profit and support service employees and police.

Postgraduate courses

Graduate certificates

Learn to apply risk assessment tools in actual cases, and learn more about the impact of domestic violence on victims, carers and the community. Build skills in trauma prevention and care, and gain important insight to support your work in the law, counselling or enforcement.

Duration
  • 6 months full-time
  • 1 year part-time
  • 6 months full-time
  • 1 year part-time
Delivery
  • Online
Delivery
  • Online

Opens pathways into both policy development roles in government agencies, and policy analysis roles in political and non-government offices.

Duration
  • 6 months full-time
  • 6 months full-time
Delivery
  • Online
Delivery
  • Online

Masters

Build your research skills with a university-wide postgraduate degree while setting yourself up for the opportunity to advance to a PhD.

Duration
  • 1.5 - 2 years full-time
  • 4 years part-time
  • 2 years full-time
Delivery
  • External
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
095410G

Doctoral

Duration
  • 3 - 4 years full-time
  • 4 years full-time
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove
Delivery
  • Gardens Point
  • Kelvin Grove

CRICOS
006367J

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