BASS Politics and Criminology

The BA in Politics and Criminology is one of 15 pathways within the BA Social Sciences (BASS) degree.

BASS offers you the chance to sample a broad range of social sciences subjects before you decide what to specialise in. It is therefore ideal if you want to keep your options open or study specific topics, such as race, class, crime or religion, from a variety of different perspectives.

By giving you a broad foundation in the first year, during which you will study at least three subjects, it also gives you flexibility in choosing what subjects to concentrate on further.

Studying one or two main disciplines in the second and third years ensures that you gain a high level of knowledge in these by the end of your degree.

The six main subject areas are:

Criminology - The study of the causes and consequences of crime.
Philosophy - The study of fundamental questions such as the nature of knowledge, truth and values. Philosophy also encourages greater consideration of our reasoning, judgement and ethics.
Politics - The study of human organization, government and power. Politics examines and evaluates political systems and institutions.
Quantitative Methods - The study of data and analysis to understand the social world.
Social Anthropology - The study of societies and cultures across the globe in comparative perspective.
Sociology - The study of society and examines such issues as social inequalities and forms of everyday life.
Due to the flexibility of BASS, you are not tied to the course code you apply to through UCAS, and have the option to change after your first year.