BSc Criminology
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff: 120 A level: BBB T Level: Merit BTEC: DDM 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 Criminology, combining sociology with law, psychology and philosophy. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. A placement year option is available with professional partners including police, probation services and prisons. The final year includes an independent research project.
Modules
- Placement Learning and Professional Development
- Introduction to Criminological Theory
- Understanding Crime and Criminology
- The Criminal Justice System
- Undertaking Criminological Research
- Crime, Justice and Society
- ​​Investigating Society: Truth, Ethics and Justice​
- Policing and Society
- Penology: Punishment and Rehabilitation
- Themes in Forensic Psychology
- Victimology
- Effecting Change
- Qualitative Research: Methods, Ethics and Application
- Independent Study
- Youth Justice
- 6CJ535
- International Criminology
- Investigation of Crime
- Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Abuse
- Substance Misuse
- Murder: Dynamics, Pathologies and Investigation
- Advanced Knowledge Production
- Psychopathy
- Domestic Abuse
- Populism, Extremism & Violence
- The Psychology of Intimate Partner Abuse
- The Use and Abuse of Psychological Theory
- Psychological Perspectives of Serious and Dangerous Offenders