Bachelor of Arts

BA Criminology

The BA (Hons) Criminology is an undergraduate degree designed to allow you to delve into the fascinating and diverse world of criminology, exploring areas such as drugs, cybercrime and terrorism. With this course you’ll be able to develop an understanding of contemporary criminology concepts and theories, looking at how they are viewed from a variety of perspectives. If you have aspirations of working in the criminal justice sector and want to build a strong overview of criminology and its effects within modern society, then this course is an excellent place to start.

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Key Facts

Entry requirements

A Level: BBC
BTEC: DMM
UCAS Tariff Points*: 112
GCSE: English Language Grade C/4 or above, or equivalent

^{Requirements for the Foundation Year differ from those listed.
*From three A Levels or equivalent}

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Entry requirements

Locations

Birmingham, Leeds, London Bloomsbury and Manchester

Next start date

September 2024

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HOW TO APPLY

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Course Details

Full-time three year Criminology

UCAS code: M900

Designed by expert criminologists, this three year degree programme will allow you to look at areas such as drugs, cybercrime, migration, mass incarceration, terrorism, and trafficking in detail. You’ll get to consider how these areas are viewed by groups from various backgrounds and with different outlooks, including how gender, race and cultural perspectives and issues can impact opinion.

This course is particularly interesting if you’re looking to work in the criminal justice sector or associated fields. You’ll benefit from learning in various ways, giving you a well-rounded understanding of both the theory and practice of criminology. This will enable you to develop a comprehensive understanding of criminology and apply this to current socio-economic policies and conditions.

You will learn through a variety of group sessions, workshops, digital media and a wide range of learning resources, completing a research methods module and a dissertation or research project in your final year. In addition to your knowledge of criminology, you will gain a wide range of analytical, research, problem solving and communication skills, which are in high demand by employers.

Foundation Year (Four year)

UCAS code: M910

You can choose to take an additional Foundation Year before you start your course. This introductory year focuses on developing the key skills required to study at degree level. You will study six modules and on successful completion progress onto any of our
three year degrees.

Course Structure

Semester 1

Citizenship
Academic and Report Writing
Numeracy Skills in Context

Semester 2

Foundations of Business Management
Foundations of Law
Foundations of Social Science

Semester 1

Foundations of Criminology
Society and Punishment
Media Crime and Control

Semester 2

Drugs in the Criminal Justice System
Criminal Justice in Modern Britain
Contemporary Criminology

Semester 1

Gender, Sexuality and Crime
The Evolution of the Prison System
Research Methods

Semester 2

Youth and Crime
Zemiology (Social Harms)
Cybercrime

Semester 1

Urban Criminology - The City and Globalisation
Migration
Dissertation (all year double module)

Semester 2

Dissertation (all year double module)

^{Choose two*:}

Race, Ethnicity and Religion
Terrorism
The Politics of Policing

^{*All options are indicative and subject to availability.}

Course Start Dates

BA (Hons) Criminology
- Full-time: Birmingham, Leeds, London Bloomsbury and Manchester
BA (Hons) Criminology with Foundation Year
- Full-time: Birmingham, Leeds, London Bloomsbury and Manchester

Course requirements

Learn more about how the course is taught and how learning time is distributed by taking a look at our LPC online infographic. You can also look at the course demands document which shows the requirements, prior knowledge and commitments the course will involve.

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