查爾斯特大學

The Bachelor of Policing (Investigations) from Charles Sturt University (CSU) is designed to enhance the professional policing practice and knowledge of police officers and officers in law enforcement agencies with a policing focus. Upgrade your knowledge and skills of law enforcement with our structured content that is directly relevant to current policing activities.

Designed for serving police officers who intend pursuing a career in investigation, enrolment in the program is restricted to those officers in policing, or other relevant organisations, who are designated as 'detective' or who are working towards that qualification in their organisation.

Course highlights

The Bachelor of Policing (Investigations) is a nationally accredited and registered award in tertiary education.

Build specialist investigative skills

The course aims to enhance your capabilities by building upon your existing knowledge of investigative practice and procedure. It is designed to complement existing in-service investigation programs or their equivalent. The course aims to foster critical reflection upon those ethical, legal and practical issues which impact on criminal investigation.

Manage professional and personal demands

Subjects are delivered entirely online, enabling you to carry out your study both when, and where, is most suitable to you.

Develop your expertise across emerging policing practice areas

The program is designed to enhance knowledge and practice in the areas of evidence, accountability and ethics, investigation, intelligence, and investigation management. Core investigative subjects are complemented by policing related elective subjects that expand on a wide range of current and emerging policing investigation practice areas, including terrorism, organised crime, and forensic science. Successful completion of the course will provide you with the opportunity to improve and critically reflect on your professional capacity.

Industry relevant

This course has been designed in extensive consultation with police, the justice community and academics. This ensures subjects are vocationally relevant and up-to-date, producing ethical and professional graduates ready for a rapidly changing police and community environment.

Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS)

Established in 1993, CSU’s Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS) is a leading provider of postgraduate research and education. Our faculty members are leaders in their fields and have significant field experience and academic expertise. The school continues to grow through close collaboration with law enforcement, regulators, universities, research bodies, private industry and emergency services providers in Australia and overseas, with courses attracting students from around the globe.

Career opportunities

The course has been developed in close conjunction with experienced police investigators. It is designed to meet the career needs of police officers engaged in the field of investigation.

Manage and lead investigations

Use your advanced investigative skills and strategies to secure and validate critical intelligence, including confessions, statements, testimony and offender profiling.

Apply criminology to crime reduction

Lead high-level investigation activities across a wide range of jurisdictions towards early identification of emerging crime risks and issues.

Tackle organised crime and terrorism

Collaborate across Australian and international agencies to develop intelligence and deliver operational responses to national security threats.