BSc Criminology
Entry requirements
BBC-BCC at A Level. 112-104 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications. DMM-MMM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma. Pass at T level with grade C or above on core. Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above. 112-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications including a Higher Level at grade 6.
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology, examining crime as a social issue and the criminal justice system's response to it. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, and Policy Analysis. A compulsory work experience module in Year 2 offers placement opportunities in settings such as courts, prisons and police stations. The final year includes an independently researched dissertation supported by one-to-one supervision.
Modules
- Contemporary and Comparative Criminology
- Final Year Project for the Social Sciences
- Experiencing Punishment and the Penal System
- Serious Crime Investigation
- Offenders and Mental Disorder
- Race; Ethnicity and Difference
- Social Movements, Activism, and Collective Mobilisation
- Exploring the Social Sciences
- Human Rights and Social Policy
- Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Myths and Realities of Crime
- Victimology: Vulnerability and Risk
- Doing Social Research
- Exploring Work and Careers
- Reducing Crime
- Approaches to Policing
- Working with Offenders
- Policing the Roads
- Response Policing
- Organised and International Crime
- Violent Crime
- Gender Sexuality and Regulation