About the Courses
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
You start with foundation learning in key areas from both subjects, including crime, society, social behaviour, offending behaviour and criminal and social justice. You then use this core understanding as well as academic, research and personal skills to develop specialist criminological and sociological knowledge.
You learn through
lectures
class-based discussion and debate
group tasks
projects
simulation
case study analysis
There are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
You start with foundation learning in key areas from both subjects, including crime, society, social behaviour, offending behaviour and criminal and social justice. You then use this core understanding as well as academic, research and personal skills to develop specialist criminological and sociological knowledge.
You learn through
lectures
class-based discussion and debate
group tasks
projects
simulation
case study analysis
There are opportunities to study abroad at one of our partner universities with the possibility of funding through the Erasmus+ programme (until 2023) or the Turing Scheme
Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Module Credits Assessment
Criminal Justice 20 Coursework
Exam
Criminological Landscapes 20 Coursework
Graduate Research And Development 1 20 Coursework
Practical
Graduate Research And Development 2 20 Coursework
Exam
Shaping Societies 20 Coursework
The Sociological Imagination 20 Coursework
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Module Credits Assessment
Deconstructing Research 20 Coursework
Identity, Diversity And Deviance 20 Coursework
Power And Control In Society 20 Coursework
Elective modules
Module Credits Assessment
Cybercrime And Society 20 Coursework
Education: Theory, Policy And Practice 20 Coursework
Environment And Society 20 Coursework
Exclusion Rights And Justice 20 Coursework
Experiencing Criminal Justice 20 Coursework
Health And Inequalities 20 Coursework
Practical
Life Beyond Crime, Substance Use And Offending 20 Coursework
Real World Cutting Edge Research Methods 20 Coursework
Real World Enterprise And Entrepreneurship 20 Coursework
Real World Professional Practice 60 Coursework
Real World Project Management 20 Coursework
Practical
Real World Social Justice And Activism 20 Coursework
Spin, Propaganda And The Media 20 Coursework
Studies Abroad In Criminology 60 Coursework
Youth: Chaos And Control 20 Coursework
Year 3
Optional modules
Module Credits Assessment
Placement Year - Coursework
Final year
Compulsory modules
Module Credits Assessment
Dissertation 40 Coursework
Practical
Elective modules
Module Credits Assessment
21St Century Crime: Threats, Responses And Human Rights 20 Coursework
Advanced Research Methods 20 Coursework
Practical
Charity And Community 20 Coursework
Practical
Comparative Criminal Justice 20 Coursework
Comparing Social Issues And Policy In A Global Context 20 Coursework
Crime And Justice In The Information Age 20 Coursework
Crime And The Media 20 Coursework
Criminal Justice Compared 20 Coursework
Criminal Justice Realities 20 Coursework
Culture, Media And Consumption 20 Coursework
Drug Use In Context 20 Coursework
Practical
Education, Power And Control 20 Coursework
Experiences Of Health, Illness And Disability 20 Coursework
Experiencing Custodial And Community Sentences 20 Coursework
Exam
Families And Kinship: A Sociological Insight Into Family History Studies 20 Coursework
Practical
Globalisation, Gender And Work 20 Coursework
Making Desistance And Recovery A Reality 20 Coursework
Policing And Crime Reduction 20 Coursework
Politics Of The City 20 Coursework
Power, Sex And The Body 20 Coursework
Sex Violence And Extremism 20 Coursework
Exam
Simulating Justice Practice 20 Coursework
Understanding Human Rights: Disrupting Universalism 20 Coursework
Work, Employment And Globalisation 20 Coursework