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The Crimes of the Powerful

PostgraduateMAQ-PICX80622020

Previously MAQ-PICX862

Course information for 2020 intake View information for 2025 course intake

Gaze back at some of the most powerful and criminal individuals and institutions. Categorise types of crime, such as white collar and state crime. Study notorious offenders and criminal acts, including the BHP oil spill and Nazi death camps.

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
18 weeks

Loan available
FEE-HELP available

The Crimes of the Powerful

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to;

    1. identify and interpret different types of ‘crimes of the powerful’ such as war crimes, white collar crimes, and environmental crimes.
    2. explain the incidence of ‘the crimes of the powerful’ using key criminological concepts and theories.
    3. evaluate and analyse policy responses to illegal activities such as white collar crime, environmental crime, corporate crimes and state crimes.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-PICX841-Organised Crime (no longer available)

  • MAQ-PICX862-The Crimes of the Powerful (no longer available)

Others

Admission to MSecStrategicStud or MIntell or MCrim or MCyberSec or MCTerrorism or GradCertSecStudCr or GradDipSecStudCr or MPICT or GradDipPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -
    • Broadband access

    Note:

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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