CRIM 1001 - Understanding Criminology
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2022
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code CRIM 1001 Course Understanding Criminology Coordinating Unit Sociology, Criminology and Gender Studies Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Incompatible GSSA 1010 Assessment Online weekly quiz, Research Exercise, Hypothetical Report, Research Essay, Tutorial participation Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Ruthie O'Reilly
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
Understand the conceptualisation and representations of crime
Analyse the social, political and economic context of criminal activities.
Critically examine the major criminological explanations of crime.
Compare and evaluate explanations of crime.
Use criminological theory to offer explanations for criminal and deviant behaviours.
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Relevant journal articles will be provided for discussion each week. These readings will be digitised by the Digital Resources Management Centre and made available in electronic form via MyUni.Recommended Resources
Referencing, avoiding plagiarism, essay writing and report writing guides from the Writing Centre will be included in the course material. Students with further needs will be directed to the Writing Centre and the ‘Writing and Speaking at Uni’ MyUni course.
Library Pages - The course will have a library page for resources maintained by the GSSA librarian.
Turnitin - Students will be required to upload assignments to Turnitin for plagiarism checking. This can be done before the due date so that they can fix any problems and upload again, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own practice.
Web resources - MyUni will be used to provide students with useful web links to appropriate Human Rights organisations and campaigns for use in researching assignments. MyMedia recording facilities will be required in lecture theatres to enable recording of lectures for external students.
All of the above are standard resources already offered by the University and no extra resource or workload impact on the area is anticipated.Online Learning
Students will have access to recorded lectures.
All students will receive announcements and assessment tasks via MyUni and submit assessments online through Turnitin or other relevant system. MyUni will contain links to the course library page and a list of useful web resources related to the course.
All students will use the MyUni integrated version of Turnitin to check their own work for plagiarism. Turnitin’s Grademark facility may be used to give feedback to students on assignments. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
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Workload
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Learning Activities Summary
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
1 Online weekly quiz (25%)
2 Drafting Exercise (5%)
3 Hypothetical Report (30%)
4 Research Essay (30%)
5 Tutorial Participation (10%)Assessment Detail
No information currently available.
Submission
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Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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Student Feedback
The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.
SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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Student Support
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Policies & Guidelines
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- Academic Credit Arrangements Policy
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- Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy
- Reasonable Adjustments to Learning, Teaching & Assessment for Students with a Disability Policy
- Student Experience of Learning and Teaching Policy
- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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