Sociology with Criminology BA
Entry requirements
A level: BBB
About this course
Sociology with Criminology BA, examining how society, culture and power shape understandings of crime and justice. Core modules in the first year cover both disciplines, with research methods training and optional specialisms in later years including policing, terrorism, and hate crime. Criminology at Leicester is ranked 6th in the UK (The Guardian University Guide 2025).
Modules
- Introduction to Criminology
- Sociology in Practice
- Theories of Crime and Criminality
- Ways of Researching
- Gender and Society
- Race, Ethnicity and Racisms in Britain
- Doing Qualitative Research
- Punishment and Rehabilitation
- Using Numbers in Social Research
- Live Sociology
- Policing
- Terrorism
- Sex and Violence
- Global Alternative Justice
- Media, Culture and The Lifecourse
- Research, Reflection and Future Direction
- Doing Social Research
- Criminal Justice and Mental Disorder
- Hate Crime
- Violence
- Body and Society
- Social Psychology
- Education and Social Justice
- Forensic Science and Criminal Justice
- Football & Society: Social Divisions, Violence and Consumption
- International Migration
- Green Criminology
- Understanding Extremism: Causes, Actions and Solutions
- Sociology of Health and Illness