BA Honours in Criminology

Course structure

The following subjects are indicative of what you will study in this course.

Year 1

Subjects of study include:

• Controversies in Criminal Justice
• Crime and the London Underworld
• Justice and Human Rights
• Psychology and Crime
• Researching Crime and Justice
• The Criminological Imagination

Credit Level 4

Year 2

Subjects of study include:

• Forensic Criminal Psychology
• Gender, Crime and Justice
• Globalisation, Crime and Control
• Race, Crime and Justice
• Radical Criminology
• Research Methods in Sociology and Criminology
• Youth, Crime and Justice

Credit Level 5

Year 3

Subjects of study include:

• British Convict Criminology: Connecting Prisons and Universities Through Higher Education (available only to a limited number of students)
• Criminological Research in Action
• Dissertation
• Human Rights and Global Injustice
• Immigration, Crime and Control
• Issues in State Crime
• Media and Crime
• Psychology Crime and the Popular Imagination
• Punishment and Modern Society
• Victims of Crime
• Work Experience in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Credit Level 6

Entry Requirements

UK

One of the following (or equivalent qualification):

• A Levels – BBC
• International Baccalaureate – 28 points
• Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended National Diploma / National Diploma – DMM / D*D*
• Access to HE Diploma – Pass with 45 credits at Level 3 with a minimum of 33 Level 3 credits at Merit or Distinction.

In addition to one of the above, you should have:

• GCSEs - minimum grade 4 (Grade C in grading system prior to 2017) in Maths and English.

If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each element.

EU/International

• International Baccalaureate – 28 points

If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS score of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each element.

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