Understanding and Preventing Cyber Fraud
PostgraduateGRF-CCJ7552025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 6 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 14 July 2025
- Price from
- $3,438
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Understanding and Preventing Cyber Fraud
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of cybercrime as a contemporary and evolving crime type and demonstrate an-depth understanding of cyber fraud using relevant criminological theories.
- Analyse cyber fraud victimisation processes, including victim vulnerability, risk factors and harms (financial, emotional and societal) and contemporary explanations of offender methodologies.
- Ability to develop strategies for the prevention, disruption and detection of cyber fraud.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role, responsibilities and investigative capacities of governments, law enforcement, regulatory agencies and corporate and private sectors groups in combatting cyber fraud.
- Researching Cybercrime
- Cyber-Dependent Crimes
- Financial Cybercrimes
- Regulating, Policing, and Preventing Cybercrime
- Beyond 'Cybercrime'
The subject begins with a broad examination of cybercrime and moves to a specific focus on cyber fraud. The subject explores contemporary criminological theoretical approaches to explaining cyber fraud, analyses offender methodologies and examines cyber fraud victimology. The subject addresses contemporary approaches to prevention and enforcement in Australia and across the world. The role of relevant government, law enforcement, regulatory agencies and the corporate and private sector in the prevention and detection of cyber fraud is addressed.
- Cybercrime Research Skills (10%)
- Cybercrime Research Blog (40%)
- Final Exam (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- GRF-MCJ-MAS-2025 - Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice
PostgraduateGRF-MCJ-MAS