BA Sociology and Criminology
Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: 30 overall with 15 points from the best 3 HL subjects
About this course
BA Hons in Sociology and Criminology, a sociology degree centred on the intersections between crime, social structures, and the criminal justice system. Core topics include Statistics, Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum integrates input from professionals in law enforcement, social services, and charitable organisations. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Explaining Criminology, Thinking Sociologically, Researching Society: Principles and Practices, Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime, and Exploring the Criminal Justice System, alongside optional choices like Framing Social Issues and Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change. The second year advances theoretical and practical training with core modules including Global Social Theory: Connecting Sociologies, Criminological Thought, Research in Action: Methods for Investigating the Social World, Understanding Criminological Fieldwork, Designing Sociological Research, and Measuring Crime, while offering options such as Youth Justice and Cybercrime and Cybercriminality. The final year centers on independent research through the Sociology Independent Project and the Criminology Dissertation, complemented by specialized optional modules such as Green Criminology, Drugs, Crime and Society, Crimes and Harms of the Powerful, and Advanced Sociological Theories and Applications.
Modules
- Explaining Criminology
- Thinking Sociologically
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- Exploring the Criminal Justice System
- Framing Social Issues
- Public Sociology: Understanding and Creating Social Change
- Crime and Popular Culture
- A Brief History of Crime and Criminology
- Contemporary Social Issues 1: Power, Inequality and Everyday Life
- Policy Lab
- British Politics: Political Ideas in Action
- Media, Power and Identity
- Screens and Selves
- Global Social Theory: Connecting Sociologies
- Criminological Thought
- Research in Action: Methods for Investigating the Social World
- Understanding Criminological Fieldwork
- Designing Sociological Research
- Measuring Crime
- Youth Justice
- Cybercrime and Cybercriminality
- Race, Racism and Inequality
- Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture
- Organised Crime
- Contemporary Issues in Policing
- Transnational Debates on Gender and Society
- Welfare States: Poverty, Policy and Politics
- Thinking Digital Worlds
- Sociology Independent Project
- Criminology Dissertation
- Green Criminology
- Drugs, Crime and Society
- Crimes and Harms of the Powerful
- Advanced Sociological Theories and Applications
- Health, Bodies and Social Reproduction
- Audiences, Fans and Participatory Cultures
- Prisons, Punishment and Society
- Gendered Harm and Justice
- Hate Crime
- Crime and Media
- Environment and Society: Crisis, Justice and Change
- Migration, Inequalities and Societies
- The Making of Media and AI Futures
- Mediating the Body