BA Criminology
Entry requirements
A level: BCC to BBC IB: 29 points overall.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology, covering social structures, inequality, and the criminal justice system. Core topics include Data Analysis, Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Human Behaviour, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course includes a comparative criminology virtual exchange with Clemson University in the USA. Modules address roles in policing, criminal justice, policy, and social services.
Modules
- 'Tank Town:' A Case study Introduction to Research Methods
- Becoming a Criminologist
- Crime and the Media
- Inequality and Society
- Introduction to Social Policy
- Introduction to the Criminal Justice System
- Skills for Social and Political Sciences
- Just Space: Building Equity and Inclusion
- Key Social Science Concepts
- Applying Criminology
- Law Enforcement and Human Rights
- Researching in Social & Political Sciences
- Working in Criminology and the Criminal Justice System
- (Re)Reading the Sociological Canon I
- (Re)reading the Sociological Canon II
- Comparative Criminology Virtual Exchange: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis in the USA and UK
- Conceptualising Sex Work
- Debating Welfare States
- Education: Inequalities, Immobility and Life Chances
- Ideology into Practice
- Model United Nations
- Nations and Nationalism
- Organised Crime in Global Perspective
- Policing and Society
- Power, Sex and Sexuality
- Psychology in the Criminal Justice Process
- Resilience and disaster management
- Social and Political Sciences Work Placement Year
- Social Engagement and Activism
- Social Policy and the Third Sector
- Strategic Studies
- The Vigilant State: intelligence and national security
- Transnational Security Studies
- Understanding Domestic Abuse
- Understanding the City
- Work and Society
- Youth Justice
- Youth, Deviance and Society
- Harm, Power and Justice
- Independent Study (Social Science)
- Penology and Penal Policy
- Analysing Policy Futures: Power and Progress
- Becoming a Data Analyst
- Body Politics
- Children, Families and the State
- Contemporary Social Theories and Approaches
- Counselling and Guidance Skills
- Drugs and Society
- Emotions in Everyday Social Life
- Experiencing Prison
- Extremism, Terrorism and Counterterrorism
- Gender and Violence
- Green Criminology
- Housing Crisis, Continuity and Change
- International Human Rights (Social Sciences)
- Life After Prison: Reintegration and Rehabilitation
- Masculinity, Gender and Power
- Migration and Borders in the UK and Europe
- Policing Crime and Deviance: UK and Beyond
- Policing in Practice
- Race and Racism
- Understanding and Responding to Homicide
- Understanding Multiculturalism and Policy Practices
- War Crimes and Genocide
- Working in Education and Children's Services
- Working With People in Adult Social Care Settings