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BA Social Policy and Criminology

University of Birmingham

Institution
University of Birmingham
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Social Policy and Criminology BA
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
L673
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

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.

About this course

BA in Social Policy and Criminology, a sociology and social policy degree exploring the connections between social welfare, criminal justice systems, and societal structures. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students complete a major independent dissertation in the final year. The first year establishes fundamental concepts through modules such as Introduction to Social Policy, Causes of Crime, Discovering Social Problems, and Social Research I. The second year expands into specialized areas via Criminology and its Critics, Policy Analysis, Social Research II, and Race and Racism. Optional modules across later stages allow deeper study in subjects like Crime and the City, Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Mental Health and Society, and Quantitative Data Analysis.

Modules

  • Introduction to Social Policy
  • Causes of Crime
  • Discovering Social Problems
  • Crime, Justice and Society
  • Violence in a Global Context
  • Social Research I
  • Criminology and its Critics
  • Policy Analysis
  • Social Research II
  • Race and Racism
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Histories of Criminal Justice and Empire
  • Housing, Home and Place: Issues in Policy
  • Media and Society
  • Prisons, Punishment and Penality
  • Contemporary Issues in Policing
  • Education, Policy and Social Justice
  • Poverty, Class and Inequality
  • Social Psychology
  • Youth, Crime and Justice
  • Enterprising Solutions to Social Problems
  • Victimology
  • Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Dissertation
  • Crime and the City
  • Genocide and Mass Atrocities
  • Harmful Societies: Crime, Social Harm and Social Justice
  • Psychology and Crime
  • Drugs: Society, Politics and Policy
  • Wrongful Conviction
  • Mental Health and Society
  • Sociology of Success and Spectacle
  • Social Policy, Inequality and the Life Course
  • Professional Development
  • Contemporary Social Theory
  • Policing Migration: victims, villains and global border regimes
  • Technology & Society
  • Power, Control and Resistance
  • Quantitative Data Analysis