BSc Criminology and Sociology
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 120 Tariff points from your IB Diploma, Typically H5, H6, H6 or equivalent
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Sociology, combining the study of society with criminological inquiry. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Historical Research, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, and Social & Cultural Analysis. The programme offers an optional year abroad or industry placement between the second and final years, extending the degree to four years full-time.
Modules
- Theories of Crime and Harm
- Fundamentals of Sociology
- Introduction to Criminology
- Sociological Theory: The Classics
- Developing the Criminological Imagination
- Making Sense of Society
- Contemporary Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Contemporary Sociological Theory
- Investigating Social Issues
- Inequalities
- Researching Digital Society and Culture
- Computational Social Science
- Critical Issues in Policing Concepts, Theories and Debates
- Crime and Punishment in Britain from 1750 to the Present
- Prisons and Society
- The Psychology of Criminal Justice
- Restorative Justice: Theories and Practices
- Globalisation and Development
- Digital Culture
- ‘You think you’re better than me?’ The Sociology of Status
- Race and Ethnicity in Multicultural Societies
- Migration and Belonging
- Education in a Global World
- Applying Social Research
- Analysing Data in the Real World
- Philanthropy in Action
- Social and Criminal Justice Practice
- Drugs and Crime
- Offender Rehabilitation in Prisons and Probation
- Technology and Cybercrime
- The Politics of Criminal Justice
- Youth, Crime and Youth Justice
- Violence and Society
- Issues in Criminology: The Inside-Out Programme
- Multispecies Sociology: Animals and Society
- Protest, Activism, and Social Change
- Environmental Sociology: Politics and Protest
- Money and Power: Sociology of Economic Life
- Science and Society
- The Sociology of Urban Life
- Researching Bodies and Gender
- Sociology in the Global South
- Research Project
- From Mind to Society: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Crime
- Law, Crime and Society