Master of Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing
PostgraduateCSU-AML-MAS2025
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Prevent business crimes that pose a national security risk
Learn how to identify signs of money laundering in your industry. Explore new regulations and threats that impact this work. Write a dissertation that brings your expertise to light. Graduate ready for a role in compliance, policy or criminal intelligence.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 12
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Master of Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing
About this degree
Charles Sturt's Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing is offered online to give you the flexibility to fit study around your existing work, family or other commitments.
Tailored to meet the emerging needs of industry
Developed with extensive industry consultation across law enforcement, intelligence, regulatory, banking and finance sectors, the Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing is the only course of its kind offered at an Australian university.
Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS)
Established in 1993, Charles Sturt's Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security (AGSPS) is a leading provider of postgraduate research and education for professionals in law enforcement, emergency management and security. Charles Sturt's courses offered through AGSPS span a broad range of global issues that include international terrorism, intelligence analysis, transnational crime, fraud and financial crime, corruption, cyber-crime, and natural disaster management.
The Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing from Charles Sturt University provides students working in the field with the opportunity to conduct research and contribute to knowledge and practice in their discipline.
Recommended study pattern
The courses consist of a coursework stream and a research stream, students are advised to verify their subject selection after completing the Graduate Certificate or equivalent subjects for enrolment in the correct stream.
Coursework
Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
JST537 Crime and Regulation (Mandatory first enrolment subject)
GPM426 Terrorist Financing and Resourcing
JST545 Money Laundering
Restricted Elective (total of 8 points)
Graduate Diploma of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate plus:
JST543 Ethics and Professional Practice
JST538 Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Customer Due Diligence
JST548 Cryptocurrencies and Anti-Money Laundering
Restricted Elective (total of 8 points)
Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Diploma plus:
JST544 Leadership and Strategic Thinking
JST540 Independent Knowledge Integration: Theory and Professional Practice
Restricted Elective subjects (total of 16 points)
Research
Graduate Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
JST537 Crime and Regulation (Mandatory first enrolment subject)
GPM426 Terrorist Financing and Resourcing
JST545 Money Laundering
Restricted Elective (total of 8 points)
Graduate Diploma of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Certificate plus:
JST543 Ethics and Professional Practice
JST538 Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Customer Due Diligence
JST548 Cryptocurrencies and Anti-Money Laundering
JST544 Leadership and Strategic Thinking
Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
Successful completion of the requirements for the Graduate Diploma plus:
JST530 Research Methodology and Dissertation Proposal (16)
JST531 Dissertation (16)
OR
EMG505 Work Based Project (16)
EMG506 Literature Review (16)
Restricted Electives
ACG512 Data Analysis for Financial Decision Making
ACC549 Financial Literacy (2)
CCI551 Networking and Building Perspectives (2)
CCI552 Developing Media Relationships (2)
CCI553 External Communication Strategies (2)
GPM414 Organisational Communication
GPM417 History of Terrorism (16)
GPM418 Contemporary Terrorism (16)
GPM425 Applied Management in Law Enforcement and Security
GPM428 Operational Command
GPM508 Radicalisation
GPM510 Terrorism in Cyberspace
ITC578 Dark Web
ITC595 Information Security
ITC596 IT Risk Management
ITC597 Digital Forensics
JST409 Investigation Principles
JST428 Operational Intelligence
JST450 Introduction to Intelligence
JST452 Intelligence Management
JST462 Corporate Governance
JST473 Forensic Accounting and Asset Recovery
JST493 National Security and Intelligence Issues (16)
JST495 Intelligence and Analytics
JST497 Multi-Agency Investigations
JST536 Emerging Issues and Professional Practices in Trans-national Crime Investigations
JST542 Criminology of Financial Crime
JST546 Financial Crime Typologies
JST547 Technology and Financial Crime
JST549 White-Collar Psychopaths (2)
JST550 Dark Markets (2)
JST551 Trade Based Money Laundering (2)
JST552 Dirty Money (2)
LAW532 Negotiating and Managing Conflict (2)
LAW540 Australian Law and Legal System
MGM502 Leading Change (2)
MGM503 Motivating and Influencing People (2)
MGM505 Strategic Management (2)
MGM506 Strategic People Management (2)
MGT598 Business Research
Note: the 2-point micro-subjects are delivered in the micro-sessions (12, 32, 42, 52, 72, 82)
Award requirements
As a Charles Sturt University student, throughout your course you have a responsibility to continue to develop skills in English language, literacy and numeracy as appropriate to your discipline. This ongoing development will enable you to effectively participate in your course and graduate prepared to enter the workforce.
Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.
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Indicative first year fee
$24,960
Indicative total fee $37,440
The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
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Entry requirements
A completed Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree from a University or other Tertiary education provider (Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent) in a discipline area similar to the course profile, including:
- Policing;
- Security, Intelligence and Analysis;
- Counter-Terrorism, Regulation;
- Government Policy;
- Business;
- Accounting;
- Finance;
- Law;
- Criminal Justice or similar.
OR
A completed Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree from a University or other Tertiary education provider (Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent) in any discipline area
AND Currently employed in a position in a discipline area similar to the course profile, including:
- Policing;
- Security, Intelligence and Analysis;
- Counter-Terrorism, Regulation;
- Government Policy;
- Business;
- Accounting;
- Finance;
- Law;
- Criminal Justice or similar.
Three (3) years of full time work experience in a discipline area similar to the course profile. Discipline areas within the course profile include:
- Policing;
- Security, Intelligence and Analysis;
- Counter-Terrorism, Regulation;
- Government Policy;
- Business;
- Accounting;
- Finance;
- Law;
- Criminal Justice;
- Risk-based approaches to crime reduction;
- Crime prevention strategies;
- Money laundering and or the financing of terrorism typologies; or,
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing principles and guidelines.
Provide the Course Director with sufficient evidence of capability to undertake the Master of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants. If you’ve studied before, you may be able to fast-track your postgraduate degree with Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). If you’ve completed relevant tertiary study, you could be awarded credit for your postgraduate degree. Get in touch to see if you’re eligible for credit based on your previous qualifications or industry experience.
Career opportunities
This course is for you if you're already working or wish to work in compliance, regulation, law enforcement, finance, banking and security fields in roles relating to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. Gaining a qualification in this field will allow you to deepen your understanding of the discipline and seek higher level policy, planning, management and research positions in the field.
Australian job snapshots
Data sourced from Australian Jobs 2023.
Role | Earnings | Employment change |
|---|---|---|
Customs Officers | $75K to $93K | N/A^ |
Detectives | $93K to $120K | N/A^ |
Intelligence and Policy Analysts | $93K to $120K | Up 22.6% |
Police | $93K to $120K | Up 10.8% |
Policy and Planning Managers | Over $120K | Up 53.8% |
Prison Officers | $93K to $120K | Up 27.7% |
^ There is no data available