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BSc Politics and International Studies with Criminology

Ulster University

Institution
Ulster University
Level
undergraduate
Subject
BSc (Hons) Politics and International Studies with Criminology
Duration
4 years

About this course

BSc (Hons) in Sociology and Politics and International Relations. Core topics include Research Methods, Policy Analysis, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The course runs over four years full-time, with a study abroad year available at a partner institution.

Modules

  • Understanding Crime, Harm and Deviance
  • The Criminal Justice System
  • Introduction to Government and Public Policy
  • Political Ideologies
  • Foundations of Politics and International Studies
  • Power and Politics in the UK and Ireland
  • International Relations
  • Political Thought: Text and Context
  • British Politics: Race, Class, and Policy
  • Politics in Practice: Skills, Experience and Employability
  • Policing and Society
  • Environmental Crime
  • State Crime
  • Victims of Crime
  • Young People, Crime and Harms
  • Understanding Punishment
  • Terrorism and Political Violence
  • Policing & the Law
  • The Politics of Ireland since Partition
  • Contemporary European Politics
  • The Comparative Politics of Democracy and Dictatorship
  • Populism
  • Restorative Justice
  • Exploring Crime and the Media
  • Politics Study Abroad
  • Diploma in Professional Practice
  • Prisons, Punishment and Power
  • Research Skills and Dissertation Preparation
  • Dissertation
  • Crime, Social Order and Social Control
  • Drugs and Crime
  • Gender, Crime and Justice
  • Cybercrime
  • Corporate Crime
  • Life After Crime and Criminal Justice
  • Surveillance and the Law
  • Memory and the Nation
  • Conflict Transformation and Peace
  • Politics of Deeply Divided Societies
  • The Politics of Identity
  • Crime and the Media
  • Terrorism and Political Violence
  • Psychology and Crime
  • Green Criminology and Environmental Crime
  • Global Crime
  • Migration, 'Race' and Ethnicity