BA Criminology
Entry requirements
A Level: AAB IB: 34; 33, with B in the extended essay
About this course
BA in Criminology, a sociology degree centred on the study of crime, criminal justice systems, and social control mechanisms. Core topics include Research Methods and Global & Comparative Perspective. Students complete an independent dissertation in the final year. The first year covers foundational subjects through Criminal Law and Justice, Crime in Global Context, Introducing Criminological Research, Representations of Deviance, Harm and Social Control, and Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice. The second year progresses to advanced investigations involving Responding to Crime, Punishment and Penal Policy, Qualitative Methods in Criminological Research, and Race, Gender and Crime. Optional modules across the course span diverse areas such as drug control, policing, youth justice, and the sociology of evil. The third year centres on the Dissertation (BA Criminology), alongside specialised study in modules such as The Value of Criminology: Policy and Practice, Drugs, Crime and Control, and Police and Policing in a Global Context.
Modules
- Criminal Law and Justice
- Crime in Global Context
- Introducing Criminological Research
- Representations of Deviance, Harm and Social Control
- Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice
- Plus the below: - Comprehending Criminology
- Responding to Crime
- Punishment and Penal Policy
- Qualitative Methods in Criminological Research
- Race, Gender and Crime
- Criminal Process
- Prisons, Prisoners, and their Families
- The Sociology of Crime
- Advanced Criminal Law and Justice
- Criminology Research Project
- Criminology and War
- Crime, Justice and Social Policy
- Cities, Violence and Security
- Doing Qualitative Sociological Research
- Dissertation (BA Criminology)
- The Value of Criminology: Policy and Practice
- Drugs, Crime and Control
- Criminal Process
- Youth Crime and Justice
- Sociology of Evil
- Protest, Movements and Social Change
- Police and Policing in a Global Context
- Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Law
- Perspectives on inequalities
- Sex Work: Rights, Regulation and Resistance