The program prepares graduates for positions of senior responsibility as innovative, capable and resilient leaders operating to maintain public and national safety within the fields of Policing and Security, and who are able to lead within and across agencies while continuously developing and improving themselves, their teams and their organisations.
The program provides a specialised, theoretical foundation and applied skills for a graduate to function successfully as a senior leader within the domains of Policing and Security. Specifically, graduates will possess the skills, theoretical knowledge and practical ability to lead high performing and ethical policing and security operations, including organized crime, operational command, community safety, and strategic financial management.
- Have sufficient technological skills, knowledge, and abilities for employment as an effective leader within policing and security at a multi-agency level.
- Effectively work, lead, and communicate in a high performing team to achieve common goals.
- Utilize standard, ethical and human rights based practices and procedures for the effective delivery of high quality policing and security operations.
- Have the ability to deliver efficient and effective organizational management including finance and strategy development.
- Expand knowledge and capabilities through continuing education or other lifelong learning opportunities.
By successfully completing the MSc in Policing and Security Leadership, a graduate has the following competencies.
- Interpret the theory and professional practice of the discipline of policing and security.
- Apply critical thinking skills to real world issues affecting policing and security.
- Appraise collected data and information using a variety of analytic techniques and methodologies.
- Prepare analytic products in written, oral, visual, and/or multimedia formats.
- Develop open source research and collection management practices.
- Facilitate and manage policing and security processes and practices.
- Produce research in the field of policing and security.
| Semester | Code | Title | Classification | Credit |
| 1 | PAS500 | Human Rights and Ethical Policing | Core | 3 |
| PAS505 | Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning & Partnerships | Core | 3 | |
| 2 | PAS515 | Policing and Community Safety | Core | 3 |
| PAS520 | Strategic Financial Management | Core | 3 | |
| 3 | PAS525 | International Policing | Core | 3 |
| PAS580 | Research Methods in Policing and Security | Research | 3 | |
| 4 | PAS510 | Operational Command | Core | 3 |
| Elective Course 1 | Elective | 3 | ||
| 5
| Elective Course 2 | Elective | 3 | |
| Elective Course 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| 6 | SEC590 | Research Project | Research | 3 |
| Elective Course 4 | Elective | 3 |
- PAS500 Human Rights and Ethical Policing
- PAS505 Executive Leadership, Strategic Planning and Partnerships
- PAS510 Operational Command
- PAS515 Policing and Community Safety
- PAS520 Strategic Financial Management
- PAS525 International Policing
