Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $4,320 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
A student visa requires a full-time CRICOS-registered course, and single subjects have no CRICOS registration. If you’re studying in Australia on a student visa, you’ll need a full qualification instead.
See CRICOS-registered alternativesFrom early CCTV in banks to AI-driven surveillance, technology has long shaped policing. Today, it permeates all aspects of everyday life, from tracking to predicting and influencing behaviour. As law enforcement and offenders harness digital tools, urgent questions arise about power, privacy, and justice in an increasingly monitored world. This unit adopts a critical, practice-informed approach, engaging students with real-world case studies, legal frameworks, and current technologies to explore how surveillance is implemented, regulated, and experienced in contemporary policing. It explores the expanding role of surveillance in policing, from body-worn and in-car cameras to aerial surveillance, facial recognition, and covert monitoring. Students will examine how these tools are deployed in everyday policing, while critically analysing their unintended consequences, including overreach, bias, and privacy violations. The unit also considers the legal and ethical frameworks governing surveillance and the emerging role of AI in law enforcement. Students will critically assess the ethical, legal, and operational dimensions of surveillance and its limits. They will develop the capacity to evaluate the use and misuse of technology by public and private actors and anticipate the challenges and possibilities posed by emerging technologies.
Technology, Surveillance and Policing is a standalone subject at Macquarie University in NSW. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with Macquarie University before enrolling.
Macquarie University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 13 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with Macquarie University before enrolling.
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