BA Sociology with Criminology
Entry requirements
A level: ABB IB: 34 points overall BTEC: DDM We consider a range of BTEC qualifications equivalent to 3 A Levels, or in combination with A Levels or other qualifications. For example: Distinction, Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Diploma plus B at A Level Distinction in BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate plus AB at A level Distinction, Distinction in 2 BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificates plus B at A level
About this course
BA (Hons) in Sociology with Criminology, a sociology degree exploring the relationship between social structures and criminal justice. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can optionally add a placement year or year abroad to the three-year programme. The first year introduces foundational concepts through Cultivating a Sociological Imagination, Foundations in Social Psychology, Explaining Crime and Deviance, Investigating Social Problems, and Theorising the Social World. The second year examines contemporary issues via Understanding Contemporary Crime, Doing Research, and Crime, Control and Globalisation, alongside optional choices such as Health and Illness, Popular Culture, Media and Society, Social Interaction and Conversation Analysis, Humans and Other Animals, People and the State, Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities, Body and Society, Working in the Criminal Justice System, and Societies and the Climate Crisis. The final year centres on the Undergraduate Dissertation and Influencers and Ideas in Criminology, with further specialization available through optional modules like Race and Injustice, Global Justice, Health and Wellbeing, Crime, Media and Culture, AI in Society, Crime, Gender and Sexuality, Talk at Work, Spiritual Realities, Morbidity, Culture and Corpses, and Cities and Urban Culture.
Modules
- Cultivating a Sociological Imagination
- Foundations in Social Psychology
- Explaining Crime and Deviance
- Investigating Social Problems
- Theorising the Social World
- Understanding Contemporary Crime
- Doing Research
- Crime, Control and Globalisation
- Health and Illness
- Popular Culture, Media and Society
- Social Interaction and Conversation Analysis
- Humans and Other Animals
- People and the State
- Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities
- Body and Society
- Working in the Criminal Justice System
- Societies and the Climate Crisis
- Undergraduate Dissertation
- Influencers and Ideas in Criminology
- Race and Injustice
- Global Justice, Health and Wellbeing
- Crime, Media and Culture
- AI in Society
- Crime, Gender and Sexuality
- Talk at Work
- Spiritual Realities
- Morbidity, Culture and Corpses
- Cities and Urban Culture