BSc Criminology
About this course
BSc in Criminology is a sociology degree focused on the study of crime, the criminal justice system, and social life. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Marketing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. Students can undertake a short work placement lasting between three and six weeks with a bursary from a range of organisations. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance, Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology, Social Analysis, Introduction to Social Data, and Data Analysis in Social Science 1, alongside optional choices like Introduction to Criminal Justice. The second year examines comparative and transnational perspectives via compulsory modules including International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology, International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime, Research Design in the Social Sciences, and Data Analysis in Social Science 2. Optional modules in the second year allow students to explore topics such as The Anthropology of Prisons, Organised Crime and Criminal Networks, Police and Policing, and Data Science in Society.
Modules
- Social Issues: Part I - Introducing Crime and Deviance
- Social Issues: Part II - Themes in Criminology
- Social Analysis
- Introduction to Social Data
- Data Analysis in Social Science 1
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Population and Society
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- International Criminal Justice: Comparative Criminology
- International Criminal Justice: Application of Theory to Transnational and International Crime
- Research Design in the Social Sciences
- Data Analysis in Social Science 2
- The Anthropology of Prisons
- Organised Crime and Criminal Networks
- Race, Ethnicity and Criminalisation
- Police and Policing
- Victimology
- Forensic Science, Conflict and Justice
- Deprivation of Liberty: Imprisonment and Beyond
- Introduction to Terrorism Studies
- Crime Science
- Crimes of the Powerful
- On Violence
- Forensics in Policing
- Deviance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- Power and Domination
- Deception
- Digital Society
- Data Science in Society
- Data Justice and Surveillance Capitalism
- Social Networks
- Data Analysis in Social Science 3
- Mapping the Social World: Introduction to Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences