BA Criminology with Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A Level: ABB. IB: 6,5,5 at Higher Level with a minimum of 32 points overall.. BTEC: BTEC Extended Diploma, Diploma and Subsidiary Diploma are all considered.considered. T Level: all subjects considered; Standard offer: Distinction overall with A in the Core Component
About this course
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology with Year Abroad, a sociology degree exploring the causes and consequences of crime, justice, and societal responses. Core topics include Data Analysis and Research Methods. The programme incorporates a dedicated international study placement during the third year. The first year introduces foundational themes through Contemporary Criminological Issues, Causes of Crime, and Crime, Justice and Society. The second year expands into specialized areas with modules such as Contemporary Issues in Policing, Prisons, Punishment and Penality, and Victimology. During the fourth year, students undertake an independent Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation alongside advanced studies. Optional modules in the final year allow specialization in topics such as Genocide and Mass Atrocities and Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy.
Modules
- Contemporary Criminological Issues
- Causes of Crime
- Discovering Social Problems
- Social Research I
- Crime, Justice and Society
- Violence in a Global Context
- Criminology and its Critics
- Social Research II
- Contemporary Issues in Policing
- Prisons, Punishment and Penality
- Victimology
- Histories of Criminal Justice and Empire
- Youth, Crime and Justice
- Social Psychology
- Housing, Home and Place: Issues in Policy
- Media and Society
- Race and Racism
- Enterprising Solutions to Social Problems
- Sociology of Health and Illness
- Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Year Abroad
- Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation
- Crime and the City
- Genocide and Mass Atrocities
- Harmful Societies: Crime, Social Harm and Social Justice
- Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy
- Psychology and Crime
- Wrongful Conviction
- Mental Health and Society
- Professional Development
- Policing Migration: victims, villains and global border regimes
- Social Policy, Inequality and the Life Course
- Power, Control and Resistance
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Technology & Society