BA Criminology and Sociology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level.
About this course
BA in Sociology, examining social life and human behaviour alongside criminology. Core topics include Data Analysis, Statistics, Research Methods, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Social & Cultural Analysis, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum spans diverse subjects from digital technology and social inequalities to criminal justice systems, victimisation, and transitional justice across international contexts.
Modules
- Rethinking Society
- The Sociological Imagination
- Introducing Criminology
- Digital Society
- Crime and Society
- Introducing Social Policy
- Visualising the Social World
- Qualitative Research Skills
- Quantitative Research Skills
- Policing and Society
- The Power of Social Theory
- Northern Ireland: Identities, Ideologies & Futures
- Social Inequalities and Diversity
- Criminological Theory
- Crime and the Media
- Theory Counts
- Justice and Conflict
- Exploring Harm & Victimisation
- State Violence, Resistance and Justice
- Level 2 Sociology Careers and Placement Preparation Module
- Punishment, Penal Policy and Prison
- Issues in Contemporary Irish Society
- Youth, Crime and Criminal Justice
- Modern Families: Intimate and Personal Relationships
- Psychological Perspectives on Crime
- Criminology Across Borders
- Religion: Death or Revival?
- Emotion, Power, and Politics: The Political Sociology of Emotions, Trump, Brexit, and Populism
- Social Identity: Differences and Inequalities
- Modelling the Social World
- The cultural politics of memory in a global perspective
- The sociology of protest and revolution
- Trauma Informed Justice
- Sociology Placement