BA in Criminology

The course overall progressively develops your critical understanding of criminology through the examination of key concepts and theory. This is enhanced further through the development of core methodological skills so that students advance key analytical skills and expertise. In essence, in taking the course you will be able to confidently analyze complex criminological questions and present them in a highly academic and scholarly fashion.

Year 1

Modules provide you with a core grounding in criminological theory and concepts, social research methods, as well as specific topics on crime, deviance and criminal justice. Please note all modules are subject to change.

Compulsory modules:

In previous years modules have included:

• Understanding Crime
• Criminal Justice Landscape
• Introduction to Research
• Conceptualizing Society.

Candidates shall also study and be assessed in modules to the value of 20 credits from Level 1 open modules offered by The Board of Studies of the School of Applied Social Sciences or another Board of Studies (including appropriate credit-bearing language modules offered by the Centre for Foreign Language Study).

Year 2

You will build on and extend your criminological knowledge further developing core skills in research. Modules now become more specialized and the questions surrounding criminological inquiry become more focused and intense. The theoretical detail of criminological inquiry is expanded in both the core theory and methods modules.

You will study:

• Contemporary Criminological Theory
• Social Research Methods.

Depending on module choice, you may also study topics such as:

• Sociology of Social Exclusion
• Crime, Power and Social Inequalities
• Self, Identity and Society
• Modules to the value of 20 credits from open modules offered by another Board of Studies (including appropriate credit-bearing language modules offered by the Centre for Foreign Language Study).

Year 3

You will concentrate on more complex criminological issues and themes and will also take a double module Dissertation, which provides an opportunity to explore a criminological topic in greater depth.

Depending on module choice, a specific study can include:

• Issues in Criminal Justice
• Cybercrime: Crime in the Information Age
• Sociology of Punishment
• Sociology of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation 
• Drugs, Crime, and Society
• Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
• Rural Studies and Social Policy
• Social Policy
• Sociology of Work and Professions
• Crime, Justice and the Sex Industry
• Sociology of Health and Medicine
• Sports Policy in Action
• Modules to the value of 20 credits offered within the School or from another Board of Studies (including appropriate credit-bearing language modules offered by the Centre for Foreign Language Study).

You can find out more about this course by watching our film.

We review course structures and core content (in light of e.g. external and student feedback) every year and will publish finalized core requirements for 2019 entry from September 2018.

Study Abroad

We are part of the SOCRATES/ERASMUS program which encourages students to study for part of their course at the university of another EU country.

We currently have links with the universities of Helsinki in Finland and Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Students can also apply to the university-wide international exchange program with universities in North America, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Options Available:-

• 4 Year With Foundation Year