Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)/Bachelor of Justice

Queensland University of Technology

Bachelor degree

48 months

Processing time: 20 days

Application fee: A$250

Full-time

Intakes: July, February

International tuition: A$31,400

Domestic tuition: A$7,100

This 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, governance 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, transnational crime, terrorism and death investigation. In the justice component, you can choose a major in either policy and governance 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.

This program can be done

On campus

Exams:

PTE
IELTS
TOEFL iBT

Australian Year 12 equivalency Maths A, B or C English: Academic IELTS 6.5 with no individual band below 6.0, Internet-based (IBT) TOEFL: a score of 79 (Writing 21) Pearson PTE Academic 58 overall with no individual skill below 50

You 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.

Brisbane , Australia