Bachelor of Criminal Justice Online

Description 
This course will provide you with a broad understanding of the criminal justice system, its institutions, processes, and policies. The course aims to give you a comprehensive understanding of how the system operates, including how criminal offenses are defined, how law enforcement agencies investigate and prevent crime, and how courts and correctional facilities deal with those who have been convicted of crimes. The course also aims to explore the unique historical, cultural, and social factors that shape the criminal justice system in Aotearoa New Zealand, such as the country's colonial past, the role of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the impact of contemporary social issues on the justice system. Through this course, you will gain a deep understanding of the complex and multifaceted nature of the criminal justice system in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how it can be improved to better serve the needs of the community. We have structured this course into seven modules that will be taught in the following 9 weeks. These modules will be woven together to introduce the broad field of Criminal Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Evaluate the impact of criminal justice policies and practices that have led to the overrepresentation of Māori and Pasifika in the criminal justice system.
2. Critically analyse crime and criminal behaviour, including the social, economic, and cultural factors that contribute to criminal activity. 
3. Recognise the role of criminological theory in the context of criminal justice.
4. Develop effective communication and problem-solving skills in the context of criminal justice, including the ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner, and to analyse and solve complex problems. 

Description 
Learn about significant historical events and issues that have had a profound impact on the social, political, and cultural fabric of Aotearoa New Zealand. This course will support you in developing a deeper understanding and awareness of our past, and enable you to use this to appreciate the different perspectives, complexities and sensitivities within the justice sector. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed between Māori and the British Crown. This document and its signing saw dramatic changes in the political structures of the country and the lives of its Indigenous peoples. Beginning with the Treaty of Waitangi, this course looks at significant events and issues in the shaping of contemporary New Zealand society. The course will explore issues ranging from early European settlement, the Treaty of Waitangi, colonisation, the New Zealand Wars through to Māori activism, Treaty settlements and claims to self-determination.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Explain the meaning, importance and opportunities of the Treaty of Waitangi.
2. Compare the alternative discourses surrounding the Treaty.
3. Examine Māori self-determination and Indigenous autonomy.
4. Compare differing perspectives of insight into New Zealand history through Māori perspectives.

Description 
Psychology is a diverse and thriving science devoted to understanding behaviour and the human mind. In PSYC105 you will receive an introduction to the following areas: positive psychology; wellbeing; visual perception; research methods; learning and behaviour change; forensic psychology; neuropsychology; drugs and behaviour; memory and cognition; and health psychology.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Define some of the key terms in the study of brain, behaviour, & cognition.
   
2. Explain why people might behave the way they do, and the mental processes that give rise to their behaviour.
   
3. Practice some of the research techniques that are used to gain scientific knowledge in psychology.
   
4. Demonstrate the ability to read original journal articles and interpret research writing in psychology.
   
5. Demonstrate elementary abilities in handling quantitative data in psychology.
   
6. Demonstrate abilities to write clearly about research procedures and data in a research report.

Description 
Legal method in the criminal law context provides an introduction to understanding legal concepts, the sources of law, and the structure of the criminal justice system in New Zealand. Students will be introduced to important concepts and definitions and to the techniques of legal reasoning, case analysis and statutory interpretation through an examination of criminal cases and laws. They will also be introduced to the impact Tikanga and customary law has on understanding legal method in New Zealand. Students who study this course will be well equipped to understand legal method from a New Zealand criminal law perspective. 

Description 
What should we do when justice and freedom conflict with each other? This course will introduce you to moral and political philosophy, examining ideas and arguments about how we should live our personal, social and political lives, and the crossover into the criminal justice system. It introduces you to moral and political philosophy by examining ideas and arguments about how we should live our personal, social and political lives. What makes our actions right or wrong: our culture, our minds or emotions, facts about the world, or God’s commands? Is pleasure the only thing that has inherent value? Are right actions the ones that bring about the most happiness? Justice and freedom also seem to matter, but what should we do when justice and freedom conflict with happiness or with each other? Should people be free to do whatever they want if they don’t hurt others? Should we always obey the law? Is taxation legalised theft? We discuss these questions and more. The course will give you first an introduction to ethics and an introduction to philosophical questions about social and political justice. 

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Identify the reasons people have for some moral and political views.
2. Describe some of the central problems of moral and political philosophy and proposed answers to these problems.  
3. Develop research-based arguments about moral and political philosophy.

Description 
The course introduces students to the diverse realities of 'youth' with a focus on multiple contexts. Students explore the concept of youth and the cultural, historical, political and economic contexts in which young people live and the decisions that they make. We critically consider the issues that place young people outside the margins of dominant society, and the responses, models and theoretical frameworks used in youth studies.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to demonstrate:

1. Competent digital literacy and capacity to undertake literature searches, and assess the relevance of literature to topics/issues under consideration.
   
2. The ability to consider the relevance of issues of ethnicity, class, and gender in the analysis of social change processes for youth.
   
3. An understanding and knowledge of bi-cultural and cultural diversity.
   
4. Capacity to engage in discussions and debates wherein they convey a beginning ability to think reflexively or develop theoretical questions from data and literature.

Description 
Psychology is a diverse and thriving science devoted to understanding behaviour and the human mind. In PSYC106 you will receive an introduction to five major domains: personality, abnormal, social, developmental, and organisational psychology. You will also learn about the different research methods used in each of these domains. 

Description 
This course will introduce students to the issue of violence in society and its impact on communities. The course will introduce the concept of structural violence and explore the links between interpersonal violence and structural violence. Key topics include economic violence, colonial violence, cultural violence, gendered violence, political violence and family violence.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, it is expected that learners will be able to: 

1. Examine the social, economic, and political implications of violence on New Zealand society, and globally.
2. Explore invisible forms of violence (slow violence) emanating from dominant social, political and economic structures.
3. Introduce the area of gendered violence.
4. Consider inter-species violence and oppression.
5. Consider formal and informal social responses to violence.