Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University
Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University
Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University
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COURSE LOCATION<br />
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.<br />
MODE OF STUDY<br />
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.<br />
MODE OF DELIVERY<br />
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Offcampus.<br />
COURSE STRUCTURE<br />
Students must complete 60 credit points (Four 15 credit point<br />
units).<br />
Select 4 of the following units:<br />
CRI5605 Communication for Law Enforcement and<br />
Compliance<br />
15<br />
CRI5113 Investigation Management in Law Enforcement<br />
and Compliance<br />
15<br />
CRI5604<br />
AND<br />
Information Gathering and Intelligence<br />
Analysis<br />
15<br />
LAW5605 Law of Evidence 15<br />
OR other level 5 unit by arrangement with the course coordinator.<br />
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF CRIMINAL<br />
LAW AND ADVOCACY<br />
Course Code F85<br />
This course is designed for those wishing to enhance skills and<br />
gain university qualifications in prosecution roles and functions.<br />
It is suited to personnel currently in police forces or performing<br />
prosecutorial functions in government departments and/or<br />
statutory authorities, including the Department of Fisheries,<br />
Customs and the Department of Conservation and Land<br />
Management. The course equips students with substantive<br />
knowledge and skills to perform prosecution functions in the<br />
above roles and further develops advocacy competency.<br />
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS<br />
Students must meet ECU English entry requirements. In addition<br />
to the English entry requirement to gain admission, a student must<br />
satisfy at least one of the following:<br />
1. A Bachelors Degree in a related area;<br />
2. A Bachelors Degree in an unrelated area together with<br />
at least 2 years appropriate professional experience (in<br />
prosecution and/or enforcement and/or regulatory<br />
agencies or similar);<br />
3. Equivalent prior learning including at least 5 years<br />
appropriate professional experience (in prosecution<br />
and/or enforcement and/or regulatory agencies or<br />
similar).<br />
Where the applicant is a serving police prosecutor he/she will<br />
need a letter of recommendation from his/her supervisor. It is also<br />
recommended that the applicant submit a brief statement (no more<br />
than 2 pages) of his/her work experience, qualifications and<br />
planned career path.<br />
Applicants who have a prosecutorial role in a government agency<br />
will require a letter of recommendation from his/her Supervisor<br />
together with a brief statement (as above).<br />
COURSE LOCATION<br />
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.<br />
MODE OF STUDY<br />
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.<br />
MODE OF DELIVERY<br />
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Oncampus.<br />
COURSE STRUCTURE<br />
The course consists of four units (15 credit points per unit) 60 in<br />
total. The units are:<br />
LAW5602 Criminal Offences 15<br />
LAW5603 Criminal Offences, Defences and Procedure 15<br />
LAW5604 Legal Process 15<br />
LAW5605 Law of Evidence 15<br />
Students need to also satisfactorily complete an advocacy<br />
weekend seminar - although this seminar attracts no credit points<br />
it will be an academic requirement that students attend and<br />
satisfactorily complete this free three day seminar, which is<br />
included in the assessment component of LAW5605 - Law of<br />
Evidence, if the award of Graduate Certificate of Criminal Law<br />
and Advocacy is to be conferred.<br />
GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN CRIMINOLOGY &<br />
JUSTICE<br />
Course Code S17<br />
The Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Justice facilitates<br />
advanced independent learning and consolidation of skills. The<br />
Graduate Diploma is designed for professionals who are involved<br />
in the full range of careers in law enforcement, compliance and<br />
justice and is highly applied in focus. Students are introduced to<br />
the external environment of the justice and policing environments,<br />
and their management. Students will acquire the skills to<br />
undertake quantitative and qualitative research to conduct<br />
workplace projects, evaluate the implementation of new policies<br />
and programs and understand the research and evidence base of<br />
existing and emerging policy and practice. In particular, the<br />
capacity to reflect on practice in the complex and demanding<br />
environments of criminology, justice, law enforcement and<br />
compliance is a significant feature and underpinning principle of<br />
the course.<br />
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS<br />
Successful completion of one of the Graduate Certificates offered<br />
through the School of Law and Justice, OR completion of an<br />
appropriate qualification at the postgraduate level approved by the<br />
Course Coordinator as suitable preparation for the Graduate<br />
Diploma.<br />
Advanced standing on the constituent units of the Graduate<br />
Certificate and Graduate Diploma may be relevant on a case-bycase-<br />
basis.<br />
COURSE LOCATION<br />
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.<br />
MODE OF STUDY<br />
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.<br />
MODE OF DELIVERY<br />
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - Offcampus.<br />
COURSE STRUCTURE<br />
The Diploma consists of 120 credit points (8 units), of which 4<br />
units exemptions (60 credit points) will be available to students<br />
who have successfully completed a Graduate Certificate<br />
(Graduate Certificate in Criminology and Justice; Graduate<br />
ECU <strong>Postgraduate</strong> Course Guide 2008 25
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