Do you want to delve into an enthralling field that deals with the complexities of crime and responses to crime? Look no further.
Our program addresses the causes, politics and management of crime and criminal justice from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
You will develop an understanding of a range of issues in contemporary criminology including definitions and representations of crime, the complex social, political, and individual factors that underpin criminal activity, the operation of the criminal justice system. We offer courses on policing, the courts, prisons and punishment, organised crime, transnational crime, drugs and crime, young people and crime and more. The Bachelor of Criminology also has a strong focus on empirical methods and debates. This provides our graduates with valuable skills that translate across many career paths.
The ANU Bachelor of Criminology draws attention to the social dimensions of crime and deviancy and assesses the effectiveness and implications of crime control measures.
The ANU Bachelor of Music nurtures outstanding musical artistry through the intersection of performance, composition and technology. We believe that discovery lies at the heart of both creativity and excellence. We foster artistry through offering a diversity of musical experiences in an environment that encourages excellence, passion and entrepreneurship.
Our program provides students with a unique 21st Century musical experience which includes classical, jazz and contemporary performance, multimedia composition and audio engineering and recording.
Students can specialise in one or more of five majors: performance; composition for film and video games, composition, music technology; and musicology.
Career Options
ANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.
We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.
Employment Opportunities
In the Bachelor of Criminology you will learn about the drivers of crime and how society responds to it. The breadth of knowledge that you learn can be applied to many different industries and institutions. Graduates may find work in government, intelligence, criminal justice institutions, social work, the non-government sector, research, consultancy, journalism and policy making.
In the Bachelor of Criminology you will learn about the drivers of crime and how society responds to it. The breadth of knowledge that you learn can be applied to many different industries and institutions. Graduates may find work in government, intelligence, criminal justice institutions, social work, the non-government sector, research, consultancy, journalism and policy making.
Learning Outcomes
- better understand the social conditions, forces and relations influencing crime and deviance, criminal justice system processes, and crime control interventions;
develop analytical techniques and research skills for applied use in the fields of criminology and in social research;
critically evaluate scholarly theories, concepts and methodological approaches relating to all aspects of contemporary criminological inquiry;
critically evaluate criminal justice policies and practices from an informed interdisciplinary perspective; and
express complex ideas and arguments across multiple modalities of communication when engaging with a range of relevant audiences in a clear, effective, appropriate and ethical manner.
- understand the practices, languages, forms, materials, technologies and techniques of a broad range of musics;
- demonstrate deep knowledge of and proficiency in one or more areas of musical performance, composition arranging and sound design, musicology, or music technology by applying specialist cognitive and technical skills;
- evaluate and interpret musical ideas and concepts by engaging with relevant research of others, and thinking creatively, critically, ethically, and independently to solve research questions through words and/or creative practice such as performance or composition;
- communicate ideas, problems and arguments to do with music and the arts, through words and/or creative practice such as performance or composition, clearly and coherently in modes suited to a range of audiences; and
- work independently and collaboratively in response to authentic music project demands.
Admission Requirements
- ATAR:
- 80
- International Baccalaureate:
- 29
Pathways
Students who successfully complete the below program will be admitted to the Bachelor of Music:
DP-BD72 Diploma of Music (CUA50820), offered by the Canberra Institute of Technology
Prerequisites
Entry to Performance courses is by audition. Applicants undertaking an audition will be expected to have pre-existing musical knowledge obtained through secondary studies, or equivalent qualifications or experience.
Adjustment Factors
Adjustment factors are additional points added to an applicant's Selection Rank (for example an applicant's ATAR). ANU offers adjustment factors based on performance and equity principles, such as for high achievement in nationally strategic senior secondary subjects and for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies.
Selection Rank adjustments are granted in accordance with the approved schedules, and no more than 15 (maximum 5 subject/performance-based adjustment factors and maximum 10 equity-based adjustment factors) can be awarded.
You may be considered for adjustment factors if you have:
- applied for an eligible ANU Bachelor degree program
- undertaken Australian Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate
- achieved an ATAR or equivalent at or above 70
- not previously attempted tertiary study.
Please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.
Indicative fees
Bachelor of Criminology - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
Bachelor of Music - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $41,030.00
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Criminology flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:
A maximum of 36 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 96 units must include:
48 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
CRIM1001 - Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality (6 units)
CRIM1002 - Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime (6 units)
CRIM2001 - Doing Criminology: Research and Practice in Crime and Criminal Justice (6 units)
CRIM3001 - Professional Perspectives on Crime and Prevention (6 units)
CRIM3005 - Diversity and Crime: Equality in the Criminal Justice System (6 units)
SOCR1001 - Foundations of Social Research (6 units)
SOCY2038 - Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (6 units)
SOCY2043 - Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (6 units)
6 units from completion of a course from the following list:
ANTH1002 - Culture and Human Diversity: Introducing Anthropology (6 units)
ANTH1003 - Global Citizen: Culture, Development and Inequality (6 units)
ASIA1025 - Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change (6 units)
ASIA1030 - Asia and the Pacific in Motion
ECON1101 - Microeconomics 1 (6 units)
ECON1102 - Macroeconomics 1 (6 units)
GEND1001 - Sex, Gender and Identity: An Introduction to Gender Studies (6 units)
GEND1002 - Reading Popular Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Studies (6 units)
HIST1209 - Terror to Terrorism: A History (6 units)
INDG1001 - Country, Kinship and Continuities: An Introduction to Australian Indigenous Studies (6 units)
INDG1002 - First Peoples' resilience rights and resurgence in Australia (6 units)
INTR1021 - Understanding Peace and Conflict (6 units)
INTR1022 - Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution (6 units)
LING1001 - Introduction to the Study of Language (6 units)
LING1002 - Language and Society (6 units)
PHIL1004 - Fundamental Ideas in Philosophy: An Introduction (6 units)
PHIL1005 - Logic and Critical Thinking (6 units)
PHIL1008 - Introduction to Ethics (6 units)
POLS1002 - Introduction to Politics (6 units)
POLS1005 - Introduction to International Relations: Foundations and Concepts (6 units)
POLS1006 - Introduction to International Relations: Contemporary Global Issues (6 units)
SOCY1002 - Self and Society (6 units)
SOCY1004 - Analysing the Social World: An Introduction to Social Psychology (6 units)
STAT1003 - Statistical Techniques (6 units)
STST1001 - Introduction to International Security Studies (6 units)
WARS1001 - War in the Modern World, 1789 to today (6 units)
Maximum 30 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ANTH2017 - Culture, Social Justice and Aboriginal Society Today ( 6 units)
ANTH2130 - Violence and Terror (6 units)
BIAN2128 - Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (6 units)
CRIM2000 - The Illicit Economy (6 units)
CRIM2002 - Organised Crime: Understanding the Underworld (6 units)
CRIM2003 - Controversies in Crime Control (6 units)
CRIM2005 - Alcohol, Drugs and Crime: Promoting Health and Preventing Consequences (6 units)
CRIM2006 - Young People and Crime: Developmental Criminology and its Discontents (6 units)
CRIM2007 - Order in the Courts: An Introduction to the Australian Judicial System (6 units)
CRIM2008 - Punishment and Society: An Introduction to Penology (6 units)
CRIM2009 - Corruption in our World (6 units)
CRIM2010 - Cybercrime: An Introduction (6 units)
CRIM2011 - Special Topics in Criminology (6 units)
CRIM2013 - Policing (6 units)
CRIM2014 - Introduction to Crime Science (6 units)
CRIM2015 - Targeted Violence: Criminological Approaches to Understanding and Prevention (6 units)
HIST2232 - Crime and Justice: Historical Dilemmas (6 units)
HIST2238 - Human Rights in History (6 units)
LING2105 - Forensic Linguistics: Language and the Law (6 units)
PHIL2020 - Theories of Social Justice (6 units)
POLS2100 - Genocide in the Modern World (6 units)
PSYC2011 - Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology (6 units)
SOCY2026 - Excessive Appetites: Sociocultural Perspectives on Addiction and Drug Use (6 units)
SOCY2157 - Surveillance and Society (6 units)
Minimum 12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
ANIP3003 - Australian National Internships Program A (6 units)
ANIP3005 - Australian National Internships Program B (12 units)
CRIM3002 - Corruption in Sport (6 units)
CRIM3003 - Criminology at the Scene 1 (6 units)
CRIM3004 - Criminology at the Scene - Extended (12 units)
CRIM3006 - Crime Prevention: Evaluation Theory and Practice (6 units)
INDG3001 - First Nations Peoples, the State and Public Policy in Australia (6 units)
LING3032 - Forensic Linguistics: Forensic Voice and Text Comparison (6 units)
POLS3036 - International Terrorism (6 units)
SOCR3001 - Data for Decision Making (6 units)
SOCY3001 - Research Internship (6 units)
The Bachelor of Music flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:
A maximum of 36 units can come from completion of 1000 level courses.
A minimum of 84 units must come from completion of courses from the subject area MUSI Music and courses from any majors listed in the Bachelor of Music.
The 96 units must consist of:
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
MUSI1501 Aural Skills and Music Theory 1
MUSI1502 Aural Skills and Music Theory 2
12 units from completion of courses on the following list:
MUSI2503 Aural Skills and Music Theory 3
MUSI2504 Aural Skills and Music Theory 4
MUSI2507 Advanced Jazz Studies 1
MUSI2508 Advanced Jazz Studies 2
A minimum of 6 units must come from completion of courses on the following list, which may be double counted towards one major or minor in which they are listed:
INDG2002 Contemporary Australian Indigenous Music Studies
MUSI2222 Music in the Long 19th Century: From Classicism to Modernism
MUSI2228 Music from 1900 to the Present: A Century of Crisis and Change
MUSI1113 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses, which may be double counted towards one major or minor in which it is listed:
MUSI1110 Introduction to Music Technology
MUSI2211 Writing about Music 1: Styles and Theories
48 units from completion of one of the following majors:
Composition for Film and Video Games
A maximum of 24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU.
Majors
Bachelor of Music Majors
Minors
Bachelor of Music Minors
Study Options
Year 1 | CRIM1001 Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality 6 units | 6 units from the 1000 level list | MUSI1110 Introduction to Music Technology 6 units | MUSI1501 Aural Skills and Music Theory 1 6 units |
CRIM1002 Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime 6 units | SOCR1001 Foundations of Social Research 6 units | MUSI1109 | MUSI1502 Aural Skills and Music Theory 2 6 units | |
Year 2 | SOCY2038 Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods 6 units | 6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list | MUSI2503 Aural Skills and Music Theory 3 6 units | Major Course |
SOCY2043 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods 6 units | 6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list | MUSI2504 Aural Skills and Music Theory 4 6 units | Major Course | |
Year 3 | CRIM2001 Doing Criminology: Research and Practice in Crime and Criminal Justice 6 units | 6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list or minimum 12 unit list | Major Course | MUSI2211 Writing about Music 1: Styles and Theories 6 units |
CRIM3001 Professional Perspectives on Crime and Prevention 6 units | 6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list or minimum 12 unit list | Major Course | Major Course | |
Year 4 | CRIM3005 Diversity and Crime: Equality in the Criminal Justice System 6 units | 6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list or minimum 12 unit list | Major Course | Elective Course 6 units |
6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list or minimum 12 unit list | 6 units from BCRIM maximum 30 unit list or minimum 12 unit list | Major Course | Major Course |
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Course selection
Enrolling for the first time can seem like a big task. Below, you will find an example enrolment pattern for your first year of study.
There are a few items to note:
- Courses coded in the 1000 range are appropriate for first-year students. We strongly recommend that students new to tertiary study enrol in first-year courses during their first semester.
- We recommend you start a CASS Program Plan. This is a way to track how the courses you take fit within the overall structure of your degree and will help you pick your later year courses.
- The tables below represent only one possible combination. You are welcome to pick and choose from any other 1000-coded course found under the “Study Tab”.
- The tables below assume you are new to tertiary study and ineligible for course credit.
- A step-by-step guide on how to enrol in courses is available on the Enrol for the First time webpage.
Single degree
Students starting in Semester 1–single degree Bachelor of Criminology, example
Semester 1
1000 level list or free elective
Free Elective
Free Elective
Semester 2
CRIM course
Elective
Students starting in Semester 2– single degree Bachelor of Criminology, example
Semester 2
1000 level list or free elective
Free elective
Semester 1
CRIM course
1000 level list or free elective
Elective
Other first year courses available: to find all other 1000-level courses, refer to the Catalogue of Programs and Courses. You may refine your selection on the right-hand column of the webpage.
Double degree
Students starting in Semester 1– double degree Bachelor of Criminology, example
Semester 1
1000 level list
Course from other degree
Course from other degree
Semester 2
Course from other degree
Course from other degree
Students starting in Semester 2– double degree Bachelor of Criminology, example
Semester 2
Course from other degree
Course from other degree
Semester 1
1000 level list
Course from other degree
Course from other degree
Enrolment Status
Electives
Study Options
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | CRIM1001 Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality 6 units | 1000 level list or free elective | Free Elective | Free Elective |
CRIM1002 Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime 6 units | SOCR1001 Foundations of Social Research 6 units | CRIM course | Elective |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | CRIM1001 Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality 6 units | SOCY1002 Self and Society 6 units | Course from other degree | Course from other degree |
CRIM1002 Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime 6 units | CRIM course | Course from other degree | Course from other degree |
Study Plan
Study Options
Year 1 48 units | CRIM1001 Criminological Imaginations: Understanding Criminality 6 units | 6 units from the 1000 level list | Other Degree Course 6 units | Other Degree Course 6 units |
CRIM1002 Criminological Perspectives: Understanding Crime 6 units | SOCR1001 Foundations of Social Research 6 units | Other Degree Course 6 units | Other Degree Course 6 units |
Academic Advice
Course credit
If you have undertaken previous study that is relevant to your current academic program, you can request to receive course credit. For more information and how to apply, see the CASS credit application webpage, or contact the CASS Student Office.
Other important information for new students
Please refer to the New students page. You will find all the information you require to activate your ANU email account, enrol into courses and our O week details.
Need help?
If you would like further information or advice regarding your degree, please contact the Student Office. We offer appointments, and you can reach us at students.cass@anu.edu.au.
You can also check out our in person opening hours and location on the CASS Student Office webpage.
Back to the Bachelor of Music page
Course selection
Enrolling for the first time can seem like a big task. Below, you will find an example enrolment pattern for your first year of study.
There are a few items to note:
- Courses coded in the 1000 range are appropriate for first-year students. We strongly recommend that students new to tertiary study enrol in first-year courses during their first semester.
- We recommend you start a CASS Program Plan. This is a way to track how the courses you take fit within the overall structure of your degree and will help you pick your later year courses.
- The tables below represent only one possible combination. You are welcome to pick and choose from any other 1000-coded course found under the “Study Tab”.
- The tables below assume you are new to tertiary study and ineligible for course credit.
- A step-by-step guide on how to enrol in courses is available on the Enrol for the First time webpage.
Single degree
Students starting in Semester 1– single degree Bachelor of Music, example
Semester 1
1000-level for major
Elective
Semester 2
1000-level for minor
Elective
Other first year courses available: to find all other 1000-level courses, refer to the Catalogue of Programs and Courses. You may refine your selection on the right-hand column of the webpage.
Double degree
Students starting in Semester 1– double degree Bachelor of Music, example
Semester 1
1000-level for major
Course from other degree
Course from other degree
Semester 2
1000-level for major
Course from other degree
Course from other degree
Study Options
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | MUSI1501 Aural Skills and Music Theory 1 6 units | 1000-level for major | MUSI1110 Introduction to Music Technology 6 units | Elective |
MUSI1502 Aural Skills and Music Theory 2 6 units | 1000-level for major | MUSI1109 | Elective |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | MUSI1501 Aural Skills and Music Theory 1 6 units | 1000-level for major | Course from other degree | Course from other degree |
MUSI1502 Aural Skills and Music Theory 2 6 units | 1000-level for major | Course from other degree | Course from other degree |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
Study Plan
Please refer to the "Study" tab.Study Options
Year 1 48 units | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - |
Academic Advice
Course credit
If you have undertaken previous study that is relevant to your current academic program, you can request to receive course credit. For more information and how to apply, see the CASS credit application webpage, or contact the CASS Student Office.
Other important information for new students
Please refer to the New students page. You will find all the information you require to activate your ANU email account, enrol into courses and our O week details.
Need help?
If you would like further information or advice regarding your degree, please contact the Student Office. We offer appointments, and you can reach us at students.cass@anu.edu.au.
You can also check out our in person opening hours and location on the CASS Student Office webpage.