Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 101969

Coordinator Kate Linklater Opens in new window

Description The Policing Leaders Internship offers work experience to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Policing (Leadership) and Bachelor of Policing degrees within the School of Social Sciences. Internships can take place in a range of policing organisations such as the NSW Police Force, Police Association of NSW, and other member organisations of the Police Federation of Australia. Internship placements will require students to utilise a range of social science skills obtained throughout the Bachelor of Policing (Leadership) and Bachelor of Policing degree programs. This practical work schedule is supported by a reading program that examines different approaches to the study of policing organisations (their structures, functions and policies) and links these issues to the internship experience. The internship provides work at a host organisation for fourteen full days, totalling 105 hours. Typically, this internship component will be realised as one day per week for fourteen weeks, however an alternative spread of work may be agreed between the organisation, the student, and the unit coordinator. The unit is only offered in the Spring session of Level 3, and is worth 10 units of credit, which will be recorded as an elective on your degree transcript. There is only one lecture for this unit.

School Social Sciences

Discipline Other Society And Culture

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Co-requisite(s) JUST 3006 AND
CULT 3001

Restrictions (1). Students must be enrolled in 1734 Bachelor of Policing (Leadership Program), 1844/1662 Bachelor of Policing or 6029 Diploma in Social Science (Policing)/Bachelor of Policing and have passed 80 credits at Level 1 and 60 credits at Level 2. (2). Students will be required to have achieved a GPA of 5 for all Level 1 and Level 2 core subjects of their degree. Internship placements are limited to 20 and will be prioritised for Bachelor of Policing (Leadership Program) students, for whom this subject is core. Any remaining internships will then be offered to Bachelor of Policing students who meet the two prerequisites. In the case of more than 20 students in 1734 meeting these requirements, students will be allocated based on their GPA ranking.

Learning Outcomes

Subject Content

• Cordner, G.W. (2016). Police Administration. (9th ed.). London & New York: Routledge.