Master of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security)
PostgraduateCSU-LMP-MAS2025
Course information for 2025 intake
Become a leader in the policing and security sector
Secure in-depth skills and get strategic about security—and your executive career. Choose from international policing, research, or a work-based project. Progress into senior leadership roles. Create change in the policing and security industry.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- 1 year full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 12
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
- CSP available
- Yes
Master of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security)
About this degree
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the broad body of knowledge in leadership and management including recent developments in theory and practice, and how it relates to the policing and security context.
- Demonstrate mastery of the key theoretical underpinnings in leadership and management in policing and security, be able to reflect critically on these, and on their impact on professional police and security practice.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply established leadership and management theories to the policing context and critically analyse the application of these to personal, professional and organisational practice.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the key ethical and professional issues associated with management and leadership in policing and security, and capacity to assume a leadership role in promoting ethical practice in organisational settings.
- Demonstrate mastery of the communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to a variety of audiences including police, security personnel and other stakeholders.
- Technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship in leadership in policing.
The Master of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security) from Charles Sturt University develops your knowledge and high-level professional practice by analysing the challenges of contemporary executive leadership and equipping you with the skills to meet them.
This course offers three pathways to suit your unique requirements: a focus on executive leadership and international policing, development of a dedicated research paper, or the design and development of a work-based project.
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Indicative first year fee
$16,992
Indicative total fee $25,488
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.
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- 31
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- 37
How to apply
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Entry requirements
- Applicants for admission to the Master of Leadership and Management (Policing and Security) degree: hold an undergraduate degree in a related area, or have qualified for an equivalent award, OR
- have completed the requirements of the Graduate Diploma in Leadership and Management (Policing and Security) or subjects deemed equivalent by the Course Director. Applicants for admission to the Executive Masters in International Police Leadership: hold an undergraduate degree in a related area, or have qualified for an equivalent award, OR
- have completed the requirements of the Canadian Police College Executive Development Program, or equivalent program as approved by the Course Director. Additionally, a number of police jurisdictions have credit arrangements with the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, and prospective applicants should discuss these with the Course Director.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.
Career opportunities
As a highly experienced professional in the policing and security industry, you will use the in-depth skills secured in this course to enhance your senior leadership capabilities. Your analytical skills will be critical in identifying and managing competing risks and priorities across administrative and operational environments. You'll drive the development and delivery of strategic and operational leadership challenges and review operational command priorities.