Master of Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing

Charles Sturt's Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing is offered online to give you the flexibility to fit study around your existing work, family or other commitments.

Tailored to meet the emerging needs of industry

Developed with extensive industry consultation across law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory, banking and finance sectors, the Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing is the only course of its kind offered at an Australian university.

Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS)

Established in 1993, Charles Sturt's Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS) is a leading provider of postgraduate research and education for professionals in law enforcement, emergency management and security. Charles Sturt's courses offered through AGSPS span a broad range of global issues that include international terrorism, intelligence analysis, transnational crime, fraud and financial crime, corruption, cyber-crime, and natural disaster management.

The Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing from Charles Sturt University provides students working in the field with the opportunity to conduct research and contribute to knowledge and practice in their discipline.

Recommended study pattern

The courses consist of a coursework stream and a research stream, students are advised to verify their subject selection after completing the Graduate Certificate or equivalent subjects for enrolment in the correct stream.

Coursework

Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

JST537 Crime and Regulation (Mandatory first enrolment subject)

GPM426 Terrorist Financing and Resourcing

JST545 Money Laundering

Restricted Elective (total of 8 points)

Graduate Diploma of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate plus:

JST543 Ethics and Professional Practice

JST538 Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Customer Due Diligence

JST548 Cryptocurrencies and Anti-Money Laundering

Restricted Elective (total of 8 points)

Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Diploma plus:

JST544 Leadership and Strategic Thinking

JST540 Independent Knowledge Integration: Theory and Professional Practice

Restricted Elective subjects (total of 16 points)

Research

Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

JST537 Crime and Regulation (Mandatory first enrolment subject)

GPM426 Terrorist Financing and Resourcing

JST545 Money Laundering

Restricted Elective (total of 8 points)

Graduate Diploma of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate plus:

JST543 Ethics and Professional Practice

JST538 Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Customer Due Diligence

JST548 Cryptocurrencies and Anti-Money Laundering

JST544 Leadership and Strategic Thinking

Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Diploma plus:

JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal (16)

JST531 Dissertation (16)

OR

EMG505 Work Based Project (16)

EMG506 Literature Review (16)

Restricted Electives

ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision Making

ACC549 Financial Literacy (2)

CCI551  Networking and Building Perspectives (2)

CCI552  Developing Media Relationships (2)

CCI553  External Communication Strategies (2)

GPM414 Organisational Communication

GPM417 History of Terrorism (16)

GPM418 Contemporary Terrorism (16)

GPM425 Applied Management in Law Enforcement and Security

GPM428 Operational Command

GPM508 Radicalisation

GPM510 Terrorism in Cyberspace

ITC578 Dark Web

ITC595 Information Security

ITC596 IT Risk Management

ITC597 Digital Forensics

JST409 Investigation Principles

JST428 Operational Intelligence

JST450 Introduction to Intelligence

JST452 Intelligence Management

JST462 Corporate Governance

JST473 Forensic Accounting and Asset Recovery

JST493 National Security and Intelligence Issues (16)

JST495 Intelligence and Analytics

JST497 Multi-Agency Investigations

JST536 Emerging Issues and Professional Practices in Trans-national Crime Investigations

JST542 Criminology of Financial Crime

JST546 Financial Crime Typologies

JST547 Technology and Financial Crime

JST549 White-Collar Psychopaths (2)

JST550 Dark Markets (2) 

JST551 Trade Based Money Laundering (2)

JST552 Dirty Money (2)

LAW532 Negotiating and Managing Conflict (2)

LAW540  Australian Law and Legal System

MGM502  Leading Change (2)

MGM503  Motivating and Influencing People (2)

MGM505  Strategic Management (2)

MGM506  Strategic People Management (2)

MGT598 Business Research

Note: the 2-point micro-subjects are delivered in the micro-sessions (12, 32, 42, 52, 72, 82)

Award requirements

As a Charles Sturt University student, throughout your course you have a responsibility to continue to develop skills in English language, literacy and numeracy as appropriate to your discipline. This ongoing development will enable you to effectively participate in your course and graduate prepared to enter the workforce.

Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

Open Universities Australia is a not-for-profit organisation. You will not pay any fees for using our services.

Indicative total fee $37,440

The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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A completed Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree from a University or other Tertiary education provider (Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent) in a discipline area similar to the course profile, including:

•   Policing;
•   Security, Intelligence and Analysis;
•   Counter-Terrorism, Regulation;
•   Government Policy;
•   Business;
•   Accounting;
•   Finance;
•   Law;
•   Criminal Justice or similar.

OR

A completed Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree from a University or other Tertiary education provider (Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent) in any discipline area

AND Currently employed in a position in a discipline area similar to the course profile, including:

•   Policing;
•   Security, Intelligence and Analysis;
•   Counter-Terrorism, Regulation;
•   Government Policy;
•   Business;
•   Accounting;
•   Finance;
•   Law;
•   Criminal Justice or similar.

Three (3) years of full time work experience in a discipline area similar to the course profile. Discipline areas within the course profile include:

•  Policing;
•  Security, Intelligence and Analysis;
•  Counter-Terrorism, Regulation;
•  Government Policy;
•  Business;
•  Accounting;
•  Finance;
•  Law;
•  Criminal Justice;
•  Risk-based approaches to crime reduction;
•  Crime prevention strategies;
•  Money laundering and or the financing of terrorism typologies; or,
•  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing principles and guidelines.

Provide the Course Director with sufficient evidence of capability to undertake the Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing.

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants. If you’ve studied before, you may be able to fast-track your postgraduate degree with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). If you’ve completed relevant tertiary study, you could be awarded credit for your postgraduate degree. Get in touch to see if you’re eligible for credit based on your previous qualifications or industry experience.