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BSc Criminology

Aston University

Institution
Aston University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Criminology
Duration
4 years
UCAS code
L370
Typical offer
A-level CCC

Entry requirements

A level: CCC - CDD

About this course

BSc (Hons) in Sociology, focused on criminology, crime, and social inequality. Core topics include Social & Cultural Analysis and Research Methods. The programme includes an integrated placement year providing practical experience in the UK or abroad. A dissertation in Criminology is completed in the final year.

Modules

  • Introduction to Social Theory
  • Becoming a Social Scientist
  • Identities and Inequalities I
  • Identities and Inequalities II
  • What’s Trending: Contemporary issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
  • Research Methods
  • Advanced Research Methods
  • Theories of Crime
  • Prisons, Policing and Punishment
  • Victimology
  • Media and Society
  • Racisms
  • Embodiment and Feminist Theory
  • Digital Methods for Social Science and Humanities
  • Global Society
  • Welfare States
  • Integrated Placement Year
  • Dissertation (Criminology)
  • Corporate Crime
  • Ecocide: Environmental Harms and Social Justice
  • Migration, Borders and Detention
  • Protest, Power and the State
  • Fraud, Bribery and Corruption
  • Ethics in a Crisis
  • Emerging Technologies: AI and Law
  • Work, Organisations and Society
  • Bodies, Power and Resistance
  • Elites
  • Pregnancy and Politics
  • Education for the 21st Century
  • Religion and Society
  • Health and Society