Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Justice

This double degree integrates two highly sought after areas.Explore fascinating topics including: crimes of violence, cyber crime, domestic violence, official corruption, death investigation and transnational crime.Learn how to understand human behaviours, and apply your skills in challenging situations where knowledge of the human response is essential.This course is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.Why choose this courseThis double degree integrates two highly sought-after areas. You will learn how to understand human behaviours and apply your skills in challenging situations. You can combine justice, criminology, policing, policy, politics and psychology in one package, and explore topics including crimes of violence, cyber crime, official corruption, youth justice, crime prevention, intelligence and security, drugs and crime, domestic violence, sex and crime, organised crime, terrorism and death investigation. In the justice component, you can choose a major in either policy and politics or criminology and policing. In the psychology degree, you can take the first step towards a career as a registered psychologist. The two degrees have many related study areas such as addictive behaviours, forensic psychology and traffic psychology.In the justice degree, choose from two majors—policy and politics or criminology and policing. The policy and politics major offers you the opportunity to learn policy analysis and the intricacies of how government officers research, analyse, recommend and develop policies in the justice sphere. Particularly, it gives you an insight into how policy is implemented and critiqued, and evolves through government and its departments.Careers and outcomesYou will have the unique ability to apply psychological principles to the field of justice. With an understanding of the most recent theory and practice of social justice, and skills in social, developmental, cognitive and abnormal psychology, you will have a pathway to careers in public policy development, criminal justice institutions such as police, security and intelligence agencies, corrections, rehabilitation services, and family services.Justice offers extensive career paths in areas that make a real difference in our community. Career pathways include policing, customs, community outreach, forensic investigation, mediation, outreach programs, social work, intelligence, defence, insurance and banking investigation, youth justice, Indigenous justice, community legal services, and policy and adviser roles within a range of state and federal government departments.Past graduates have developed successful careers in state and federal law enforcement, correctional services, private security, defence services, foreign aid programs, and customs, and have worked on social and justice policies for government and non-government organisations. Others have become criminologists, contributed to women’s, youth and children’s advocacy, or worked in the areas of human rights and antidiscrimination.Possible careersCase managerChange managerChild protection officerChild and family counsellorClinical psychologistCommunity corrections officerCommunity workerCorrective services officerCounsellorCriminologistCustoms officerDevelopmental psychologistFace to face counsellorFamily services officerForensic psychologistGuidance officerHealth psychologistPolice officer (australian federal)Police officer (state)Policy officerPolicy analystPsychologistPublic health officerSchool counsellorSchool psychologistYouth worker

Academic entry is based on:
your ATAR, selection rank, International Baccalaureate (IB) score or interstate results
a portfolio, interview or audition (if your course requires one).
International Baccalaureate- 27.
IELTS Academic: 6.5 Overall with 6.0 in all other band. TOEFL iBT: 79 Overall with Listening 16, Reading 16, Writing 21, Speaking 18.