BA Sociology and Criminology with a Foundation Year
Entry requirements
80 UCAS Tariff points. Learn more about UCAS Tariff points . This course does not require evidence of GCSE qualifications. Please see A Level, BTEC and other level 3 requirements below. A Level / AS Level: A Level: 80 UCAS Tariff points / CDD (or equivalent) AS Level: Must be in a different subject to A Levels A maximum of four subjects will be considered Pearson BTEC (Diploma / Extended Diploma/ Extended Certificate): 80 UCAS Tariff points Diploma accepted with one A Level or equivalent level 3 qualifications Extended Certificate accepted with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications T Level: Pass overall (C or above on the core) All subjects considered Access to HE Diploma: Pass with 60 credits, 45 credits at Level 3 OCR Cambridge Technical qualifications: 80 UCAS Tariff points NCFE CACHE Level 3 qualifications: 80 UCAS Tariff points WJEC Level 3 qualifications: 80 UCAS Tariff points Considered with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualification(s) Irish Leaving Certificate (Highers): Minimum of 80 UCAS Tariff points, achieved in five Higher level subjects Scottish Higher / Advanced Higher: 80 UCAS Tariff points from three Advanced Highers (DDD) or two Advanced Highers (DD) plus two Highers (DD) Welsh Baccalaureate: 80 UCAS Tariff points. Considered with three A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology and Criminology with a Foundation Year. Core topics include Research Methods, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Entrepreneurship, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Optional placements are available with public and third sector organisations, and the degree culminates in an integrated research project.
Modules
- Criminology: The Foundations
- Skills for Social Scientists
- Making Sense of Society Today
- Criminality, Crime Control and Society
- Independent Research Project
- City, Community and Culture
- Crime, Punishment and Society
- Sociological Imagination
- Politics and Society
- Becoming a Social Researcher
- Applied Sociological Research
- Contemporary Social Theory
- Race and Crime
- Experiencing Harm
- Youth Crime and Justice
- Media and Popular Culture
- Sociology Placement
- Gender and Crime
- Integrated Research Project
- Emotions in Crime & Criminal Justice
- Cybercrime
- Deviant Leisure
- Harms of the Powerful
- Local to Global Organised Crime
- Music & Society
- Activism, Social Movements & Social Change
- Black Arts Movement
- Gender & Sexuality
- Postcolionality