BA Criminology and Psychology (Study Abroad)
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 overall with 15 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Criminology and Psychology (Study Abroad), a degree combining the study of psychology and sociology. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Human Behaviour. This four-year course includes a dedicated third year spent studying abroad at an international partner university. Throughout the first year, students build foundational knowledge through modules such as Cognitive and Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology, Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime, and Explaining Criminology. The second year progresses into specialised areas with modules including Cognitive Psychology, Criminological Thought, Measuring Crime, and Social Psychology, alongside options like Financial Crime and Organised Crime. The final year focuses on advanced applications with core study in Forensic and Criminological Psychology and Prisons, Punishment and Society. Optional modules in the final year allow students to explore topics such as Clinical Psychology, Cyberpsychology, and Drugs, Crime and Society, with the option to complete an in-depth Criminology Dissertation.
Modules
- Cognitive and Social Psychology
- Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- Explaining Criminology
- Exploring the Criminal Justice System
- A Brief History of Crime and Criminology
- Crime and Popular Culture
- Cognitive Psychology
- Criminological Thought
- Measuring Crime
- Social Psychology
- Understanding Criminological Fieldwork
- Contemporary Issues in Policing
- Financial Crime
- Organised Crime
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Your Year Abroad
- Forensic and Criminological Psychology
- Prisons, Punishment and Society
- Clinical Psychology
- Cognition: From Laboratory Research to Everyday Behaviour
- Crime and Media
- Criminology Dissertation
- Current Directions in Social Psychology
- Cyberpsychology
- Drugs, Crime and Society
- Gendered Harm and Justice
- Green Criminology
- Hate Crime
- Innovations in Developmental Psychology
- The Lying Brain: the Neuroscience of Hallucinations, Delusions, and Disorders of Consciousness
- Crimes and Harms of the Powerful
- Sex Crimes and Sexual Offending