BSc Education Studies and Criminology
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 112 A level: BBC T Level: Merit BTEC: DMM GCSE: GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification Access to HE: Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits: 45 at Level 3 with a minimum of Distinction: 15, Merit: 24, Pass: 6 English language: IELTS: 6.0 (with at least 5.5 in each skills area)
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Education, combining the study of crime and justice with a multi-disciplinary approach to education. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme includes a 12-day placement and concludes with an independent research project. The department maintains links with courts, prisons, and youth offender training centres.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- The Criminal Justice System
- Introduction to Criminological Theory
- Undertaking Criminological Research
- Another Brick in the Wall: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education
- Teaching, Thinking and Reasoning
- Education Through the Ages
- ​​Investigating Society: Truth, Ethics and Justice​
- Real World Criminology
- Effecting Change
- Qualitative Research: Methods, Ethics and Application
- Themes in Forensic Psychology
- Policing and Society
- Penology: Punishment and Rehabilitation
- Victimology
- Lessons from History of Education
- Motivation and Achievement
- Research Methods in Education
- Is it all just words? Language, Society and Education
- Educational Alternatives
- Education in Context: a reflection
- Independent Study
- Cybercrime
- Youth Justice
- Green Criminology and Global Communities
- Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Abuse
- Substance Misuse
- Criminal Intelligence Analysis
- Offenders with Mental and Intellectual Disabilities
- Murder: Dynamics, Pathologies and Investigation
- Working with Young Offenders
- Psychopathy
- Domestic Abuse
- Applied Working with Offenders
- International Criminology
- Investigating Crime
- The Future of Education
- Left Behind and Left out: Social Exclusion and Education
- The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching
- ‘Entrepreneurial’ Education
- Educational Independent Study