MSCS - Security and Crime Science as a main subject
Main Subject
Learn how to manage real-world crime issues and develop analytical and creative methods to improve security in an ever-changing society.
Crime Science uses evidence-based information together with scientific approaches and methods to reduce crime and threats to security.
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Key information
Years: | 1.5 |
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Points: | 180 |
Start Dates: | Trimester A (March) and Trimester B (July) |
Estimated Fees* (Domestic): | $11,450 per year |
Estimated Fees* (International): | $40,175 (120 pts) $60,260 (180 pts) |
Entry Requirements: | Postgraduate International |
Area of Study: | |
All amounts are in New Zealand Dollars (NZD). *Tuition fees shown are indicative only and may change. There are additional fees and charges related to enrolment please see the Table of Fees and Charges for more information. You will be sent an enrolment agreement which will confirm your fees. |
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Papers
Papers available within Security and Crime Science
Prescriptions for the PGCert(SCS), PGDip(SCS) and MSCS[1]
To complete a Postgraduate Certificate in Security and Crime Science PGCert(SCS), Postgraduate Diploma in Security and Crime Science PGDip(SCS), or Master of Security and Crime Science (MSCS), students must complete CRSCI501 and CRSCI502.
Students completing a PGCert(SCS), will need to complete an additional 30 points from the 500 level papers listed for Security and Crime Science, excluding the 60 point dissertation.
Students completing a PGDip(SCS), will need to complete an additional 90 points from the 500 level papers listed for Security and Crime Science, excluding the 60 point dissertation.
Students admitted under section 2 (a) of the MSCS regulations must complete 180 points from approved 500 level papers, including least 45 points from the papers listed for the subject in List A: Advanced Study of the regulations for the MSCS.
Students admitted under section 2 (b) of the MSCS regulations must complete 120 points from approved 500 level papers, including at least 45 points from the papers listed for the subject in List A: Advanced Study of the regulations for the MSCS.
Depending on previous study, students who have an honours degree or a postgraduate diploma in a subject other than Security and Crime Science may be given a waiver of 15 points of the taught papers required for the MSCS, except for the compulsory papers.
[1] The MSCS will not be offered in 2024.
500 Level
Code | Paper Title | Points | Occurrence / Location |
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COMPX502 | Cryptography | 15.0 | No occurrences |
An introduction to cryptographic methods. | |||
COMPX518 | Cyber Security | 15.0 | 24A (Hamilton) |
This paper introduces the key topics in the important field of cyber security. It will cover various aspects of defensive, offensive and preventative security. Selective topics from a wide range, such as security vulnerabilities, secure software, intrusion detection and prevention, cryptography, applied cryptography, authentication... | |||
COMPX521 | Machine Learning Algorithms | 15.0 | 24B (Hamilton) |
This paper exposes students to selected machine learning algorithms and includes assignments that require the implementation of these algorithms. | |||
COMPX532 | Information Visualisation | 15.0 | 24A (Hamilton) |
This paper aims to provide an awareness of the potential offered by information visualisation techniques, a familiarity with the underlying concepts, and an understanding and ability to effectively design and apply information visualisations in a given context. | |||
CRSCI501 | Foundations of Security and Crime Science 1 | 15.0 | 24A (Online) |
This paper introduces the topics, theories, and approaches that make up Crime Science. The central focus is on understanding crime. | |||
CRSCI502 | Foundations of Security and Crime Science 2 | 15.0 | 24B (Online) |
The focus of this paper is on crime as a potentially preventable event. Crimes occur in a patterned way that is partly determined by situational factors and people's decision-making. This paper introduces students to theories about crime events, and approaches to analysing these events. | |||
FPSYC502 | The Psychology of Crime and Criminality: Theories and Approaches | 15.0 | 24A (Online) |
What is it about people that causes them to commit crime or become criminal? This paper introduces an integrative psychological perspective on potential causes of crime and criminality, beginning with genes and heredity, traversing learning and development, and ending with social and situational factors. | |||
GEOGY538 | Automated Spatial Analysis using Geographic Information Systems | 15.0 | 24X (Block) |
Automated GIS, using programming or scripts, are extremely powerful compared to the 'point and click' environment, and are the most practical method for the spatial analysis of large data sets. GIS professionals are expected have the skills to write their own scripts, as well as execute and manipulate existing scripts. In this pape... | |||
GEOGY558 | Applied Geographic Information Systems for Research and Planning | 15.0 | 24A (Hamilton) |
GIS is used widely in a range of industries and government agencies, and graduates competent in GIS are sort after for employment. This paper is designed as an introduction to GIS for graduate students and is co-taught with GEOGY328. It covers all aspects of GIS analysis, including remote sensing and model building. ArcGIS Pro is u... | |||
IRSST506 | International Relations and Global Security | 30.0 | 24B (Hamilton) |
This paper teaches and utilises major international relations theories to consider pressing global issues. This includes the causes of war and peace, globalisation, the Cold War, the widening security agenda, terrorism, the environment, inequality, new technologies, and international institutions. | |||
IRSST507 | Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare | 15.0 | 24B (Online) |
This course examines the political, strategic, legal and economic debates around cyber security and cyber warfare. Particular emphasis is placed on how militaries, national security agencies, and law enforcement are adapting to online threats and incorporating cyber in their strategic planning. | |||
LEGAL501 | Advanced Evidence Law | 30.0 | 24A (Hamilton) & 24A (Tauranga) |
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues in Evidence Law. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words. | |||
LEGAL526 | Legal Aspects of Cyber Security | 30.0 | 24A (Hamilton) & 24A (Tauranga) |
This research seminar paper provides an advanced-level examination of critical issues regarding the legal aspects of Cyber Security. Students complete a supervised research project of up to 12,500 words. | |||
PSYCH536 | Eyewitness Memory, Psychological Science and the Law | 15.0 | 24A (Hamilton) |
In this course, we learn about the legal system; the impact of eyewitness testimony; wrongful convictions; perceiving and remembering real world events, and common myths about memory that pervade our legal system and the opinions of the general public. | |||
PSYCH575 | Kaupapa Māori Psychology | 15.0 | 24A (Hamilton) |
Students develop a critical understanding of Kaupapa Maori psychology, and how it is sensitive to context, conscious of history and responsive to multiple ways of knowing and being in the world. This paper will cover topics relevant to students who wish to work and research as psychologists in applied settings. Topics covered inclu... | |||
PSYCH580 | The Psychology of Crime and Criminality: Research and Practice | 15.0 | 24B (Hamilton) |
This paper builds on the introduction to the psychology of crime and criminality provided by FPSYC502. Drawing on foundational knowledge from that paper, we critique relevant research, and consider how to apply it to prevent crime, particularly in correctional contexts. |
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