Policing and Criminology
It's all about courses
Want Sydney's best policing or criminology education?
In an increasingly complex society, Australia's policing and criminology professionals face greater challenges than ever before. Understanding, preventing, detecting and reducing crime requires a comprehensive understanding of civil liberties, human rights, national security, technology, psychology and sociology.
For a rewarding career in criminology, forensics or policing you need the confidence and competence that can only come with a first-class education combining leading edge theory and real-world practical experience.
You need a UWS degree in Policing or Criminology
UWS offers the only metropolitan Sydney-based policing degree, as well as leading criminology and forensics programs, each offering a unique blend of:
- Professional recognition
- Regular consultation with the NSW Police Force recruiters
- Broad subject choices
- Full-time or part-time study
- Flexible course structure
- Exciting career options
- Balance of theory and practical field studies
- Research opportunities
- Scholarships
It's all about opportunities...
A career in policing or criminology is your opportunity to make a difference to Australia's future. Take up the challenge.
The NSW and Federal Police are now two of the most sophisticated and progressive organisations in the country, offering a vast array of career options:
- criminal investigation
- prosecutions and corrections
- crime prevention
- accident investigation
- forensic science and crime scene investigation
- drug analysis and testing
- environmental investigation
- traffic management
- education, training, and community development
- human resource management
- national intelligence and border protection
- juvenile justice and youth liaison
- probation and parole
Read each course description for more detailed career options...
It's all about our students...
Studying Policing & Criminology at UWS
The Bachelor of Policing degree and studies in Criminology are offered on our dynamic Bankstown campus, the campus that also offers social science majors such as sociology and community education, as well as the disciplines of psychology and education. So as a student at Bankstown you'll find yourself at the hub of a precinct devoted to teaching subjects relevant to your policing or criminology studies, and able to take advantage of shared staff and student philosophies.
Similarly, if you choose to study criminology at Penrith campus, you will have access to joint teaching facilities and staff from the areas of psychology, social sciences, education, humanities and engineering. This will make your studies at Penrith diverse and flexible.
Our Hawkesbury campus, where Forensics is taught, offers an array of science and health subjects to complement your forensics units. So in any class you could be mixing with budding biochemists, medical scientists, nurses, environmental scientists or agriculture specialists.
