BSc Criminal Investigation with Foundation Year
Canterbury Christ Church University
Entry requirements
A level: DDE BTEC: MPP Access to HE: Pass 45 Credits 64 UCAS tariff points.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Law, combining legal analysis with criminal justice and investigation. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Legal Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The course includes a foundation year for students without standard level-3 entry requirements, and features a partnership with Inside Justice to investigate real potential miscarriages of justice. A 30-credit work-based learning module and a dissertation in the final year allow students to apply knowledge in professional settings.
Modules
- Exploring Justice
- Crime, Power and Society
- Interdisciplinary Communication Skills
- The Big Picture
- Student Success Modules
- Succeeding in Your Criminal Justice Specialism
- The Criminal Justice System
- Investigative Interviewing
- Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation
- Student Success Modules
- Criminal Investigation: Process and Decision Making
- Investigating Major and Complex Crime
- Interdisciplinary modules
- Employability Modules
- Miscarriages of Justice
- Evidence Relating to Criminal Investigation
- Dissertation in Policing
- Investigating Serious Sexual Offences and Domestic Abuse
- Research in Practice
- Forensic Specialist in Death Investigations
- Demystifying 'True' Crime
- Knowledge in Practice
- Mental Health and Trauma in Criminal Justice