About the Courses
This course is aimed at anyone interested in crime, psychology and the criminal justice system. You will get an introduction to criminology and criminal psychology and explore issues such as offender profiling, stalking psychopathology, gender, race and discrimination, crime scene investigation and terrorism. You can also undertake a work placement to practise your learning and skills.
Our criminology graduates have pursued careers in policy, research, policing, social care and welfare, and organisations such as HM Revenue and Customs.
This course is aimed at anyone interested in crime, psychology and the criminal justice system. You will get an introduction to criminology and criminal psychology and explore issues such as offender profiling, stalking psychopathology, gender, race and discrimination, crime scene investigation and terrorism. You can also undertake a work placement to practise your learning and skills.
Our criminology graduates have pursued careers in policy, research, policing, social care and welfare, and organisations such as HM Revenue and Customs.
Modules
Year 0
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
The Art of Communication (15 credits)
Study Skills (15 credits)
Academic Writing (15 credits)
Introduction to Social Sciences (30 credits)
Introduction to Criminology (30 credits)
Introduction to Ethics and Society (15 credits)
Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Introduction to Psychology for Criminology (30 credits)
Foundations of Criminology (30 credits)
Forensic Criminology (30 credits)
Understanding Deviance (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Criminological and Forensic Psychology (30 credits)
Criminological Research Methods (30 credits)
Criminological Perspectives (30 credits)
Students are required to choose 30 credits from this list of options.
Crime and the Media (15 credits)
Penology (15 credits)
Forensic Mental Health (15 credits)
The Criminologies of Disobedience (15 credits)
Crime Stories: The Inequality of Justice (15 credits)
Subcultures and Cultural Criminology (15 credits)
Drugs and Us: Crime, Health, Politics and Culture (15 credits)
Rehabilitation and Desistance (15 credits)
Youth, Crime and Justice (15 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Social Forensic Psychology (15 credits)
Investigative Forensic Psychology (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 90 credits from this list of options.
The Psychology of Terrorism (15 credits)
Criminology Undergraduate Dissertation Project (30 credits)
Policing (30 credits)
Women, Power, Crime and Justice (30 credits)
Criminology, the Community and Work Based Practice (30 credits)
Crime in the City, Crime and the State (30 credits)
Crimes of the Powerful (15 credits)
The Parameters of Hate (15 credits)
Perspectives on Violence (15 credits)
Gangs, Guns and Knife Crime (15 credits)
Restorative Justice: Theory and Practice (30 credits)