BA Sociology and Criminology (Placement Year)
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 (Placement Year), a sociology degree centred on the relationship 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 programme incorporates a mandatory third-year professional placement allowing students to complete a graduate-level work placement in an industry sector. The first year covers core foundations through Thinking Sociologically, Explaining Criminology, Exploring the Criminal Justice System, Researching Society: Principles and Practices, and Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime, alongside optional choices such as Framing Social Issues. The second year advances methodologies and theories via 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. Students can select optional subjects in both years, including Youth Justice, Cybercrime and Cybercriminality, and Race, Racism and Inequality. The final year focuses on independent research through the Sociology Independent Project and the Criminology Dissertation, complemented by optional modules such as Green Criminology, Drugs, Crime and Society, and Crimes and Harms of the Powerful.
Modules
- Thinking Sociologically
- Explaining Criminology
- Exploring the Criminal Justice System
- Researching Society: Principles and Practices
- Doing Criminology: How We Know About Crime
- 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
- Work Based Learning Year
- 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